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HSBC faces new money laundering claims in Argentina
HSBC has previously admitted that its money laundering controls have been too laxBanking giant HSBC, which was hit with a US fine for money laundering last year, is facing fresh accusations of illegal...
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US flies B-52s over South Korea amid North rhetoric
The US and South Korea are conducting annual military drillsThe US is flying nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in what it says is a response to escalating North Korean rhetoric.US...
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China's Suntech Power in $541m debt default
Global solar panel makers have been hurt by a sharp decline in prices in recent yearsChina's Suntech Power Holdings, the world's biggest solar panel maker, has defaulted on its debt.The firm said it...
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Who makes China’s foreign policy?
By Celia HattonBBC News, BeijingChina's foreign policy decisions are being closely watched at home and abroadCapping 38 years of diplomatic service, Yang Jiechi has finally ascended to China's top...
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India key ally DMK pulls out of government
There have been a series of protests in Tamil Nadu against alleged atrocities on Sri Lankan TamilsA key regional ally has pulled out of India's ruling coalition over the government's failure to condemn...
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UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony 'after massage offer'
Large numbers of tourists travel to the city of Agra to visit the Taj Mahal A British woman has been injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local...
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Saudi Arabia arrests 18 for spying
An Iranian, a Lebanese and 16 Saudis have been arrested on spying charges in Saudi Arabia, officials say.The 18 suspects had been "involved in a spying cell for a state", an interior ministry spokesman...
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Controlling Mumbai's traffic
By Theo LeggettBusiness reporter, BBC NewsAbout 450 new vehicles are registered every day in MumbaiThe streets of Mumbai are seldom quiet. Day or night they echo to the sound of revving cars, rumbling...
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Sun TV, SpiceJet shares plunge after DMK pulls out of UPA BT Online Bureau...
Sun Group stocks - Sun TV and SpiceJet - tumbled as much as 6 per cent on Tuesday as sentiment turned bearish after the government's key ally DMK withdrew its support.DMK withdrew its support to the...
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BBC sells Lonely Planet guide business Associated Press London
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has agreed to sell its Lonely Planet travel guide business for 51.5 million pounds ($77.8 million) to US-based NC2 Media.NC2 Media, based in Nashville,...
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Tatas look to expand in Africa; new CV plants on anvil BT Online Bureau New...
Tata group is drawing up an expansion plan for Africa through its various business verticals. The company is expecting its revenue from the continent to grow by 30 per cent every year from the current...
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TCS settles lawsuit by former employees for $29.75 mn PTI Mumbai
Country's largest software firm Tata Consultancy Services on Friday said it has settled a law suit filed by former employees alleging violation of the rights of its non-US citizen workers in the US for...
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Big boys of Indian IT need to guard against class action suits Goutam Das BT
It was a Valentine's Day Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) would rather forget. On February 14, 2006, a former employee filed a class action lawsuit in a US court against India's largest software...
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The PMO X-File: Documents prove the PM was apprised of the 2G issue but he...
| The 2G controversy may well be back to haunt the United Progressive Alliance government and its Prime Minister. With disgraced telecom minister A. Raja trying desperately to depose before the Joint...
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Lok Sabha passes anti-rape Bill with certain amendments IT
Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and other stringent punishment for various offences like stalking, voyeurism and acid...
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British tourist jumps out of Agra hotel to escape sexual assault
A British tourist jumped from her hotel room in Agra after a man allegedly tried to molest her on Tuesday.According to police, the woman had to jump from the balcony of her first floor room to escape...
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Akshay Kumar is the highest tax payer in Bollywood, beats the top three Khans...
The actor has apparently paid Rs.18 crore as advance income tax outnumbering the three Khans.It's not been long when Akshay Kumar ( Son-In- Law of Bollywood icon Rajesh Khanna) was all over the...
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How do you say Panchsheel in Chinese? Beijing comes up with 5-point formula,...
Unveiling a five-point formula to improve relations with India, China's newly-elected President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that the resolution of the boundary dispute between the two sides "won't be...
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Conscious inequity: The Hindu’s “Mindless solidarity”
N.Ram . [TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 01:28 GMT]As the peoples’ mobilisation in Tamil Nadu is surging up to question the junta of the Establishments that was ultimately responsible for the...
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Bolshoi ballet was 'giant brothel' claims former dancer
Volochkova was controversially fired from the Bolshoi in 2003The Bolshoi Ballet has been mired in further controversy after a former soloist claimed female dancers were forced to sleep with wealthy...
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