KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of families fled their homes in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday as foreign and Afghan forces prepare to drive out Taliban insurgents who have overrun several villages, officials and witnesses said.

A book about global warming has won this year’s Royal Society prize for popular science writing. Mark Lynas’ Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet has already been turned into a TV programme and is now almost certain to experience a...

Israel and militant group Hamas have agreed on a truce starting on Thursday,

Nowadays we see so much of stress,terrorism,corruption,negative thoughts in our society. have we become so inhuman? why r we so hostile each other? have we lost our values? Where is our right and wrong? Have we over seen our ethics? We dont see the...

Air hostesses are using all means to keep the fat off, because even an extra kilo could get them the sack.The High Court recently upheld the policy of the national airline Indian to ground some of its air hostesses and cabin crew for being overweight....

Nowadays many celebrities are writing blogs...Amir khan,Amithab bachan,shekar kapur (many doubt if they really write or not... thats a different issue) Obviously the fans will adore their hero’s blogs, but what can a normal surfer, just an...

The communist parties are going on strike against the ruling congress government.The Left parties call for a powerful countrywide protest movement against the steep hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices.Yesterday we had a auto strike in chennai...

India’s crowded airline sector is flying into huge losses on the back of a surge in global fuel prices that have forced it to hike fares, slowing explosive passenger growth.

There is a huge competition going on in Chennai among the English dailies. Once we had the option of reading only two news papers in English -The Hindu or The Indian Express. Now things have changed, Deccan chronicle is busy competing with the Times of...

Rajesh Talwar, accused in the Noida twin murder case involving his daughter Aarushi, was on Wednesday subjected to polygraph test by the Central Bureau of India which has formed 10 different teams to look into various aspects of the probe.