China police pressure whistleblower for sex tapes

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 21:33

A Chinese whistleblower holding secretly filmed sex tapes featuring city bureaucrats has come under pressure from police.

`Human pressures affecting endangered species in Sundarbans`

Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 15:03

The Sundarbans, covering 10,000 sq kms of land and water (more than half of it in India, the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta, contains the world`s largest area of mangrove forests.

Katie Holmes struggled to sleep over Broadway pressure

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 09:01

Actress Katie Holmes struggled to sleep as she prepared for new Broadway play `Dead Accounts` because she was so worried about impressing audiences.

Jennifer Lawrence snubs Hollywood`s weight pressure

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 16:38

Thin is not beautiful for actress Jennifer Lawrence who eats normally and doesn`t worry about the `size zero` fad in Hollywood.

Reactor Pressure Vessel opened in KNPP

Last Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012, 23:55

The KNPP achieved an important milestone when the Reactor Pressure Vessel was unsealed paving way for removal of dummy fuel & inspection of vessel.

Pranab blames global volatility for pressure on rupee

Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2012, 12:17

With the rupee fast losing value against the US dollar, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday blamed volatility in global commodity prices for currency depreciation and said deteriorating balance of payment (BoP) situation in several Asian countries also put stress on currencies.

SL to have blood pressure meters in public places

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 10:26

Sri Lanka will install meters in Colombo`s public places to measure blood pressure of people, in a country where at least 350 die every day due to heart attacks, hypertension and respiratory diseases.

Not under financial pressure to take up many projects: Asin

Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 12:11

Asin Thottumkal says she is not keen on pursuing many films at a time as she is not under any "financial pressure", but is rather fastidious when it comes to finalising the offers that come her way.

US mounts pressure on India, China to stop Iran oil

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 09:45

Asserting that it was going to "to keep an absolute foot on the pedal" the United States says it's having "very intense and very blunt conversations" with India, China and Turkey to make them stop buying oil from Iran.

US will keep up pressure on Iran: White House

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 12:58

The United States will continue to keep up pressure on Iran so that it abandons its effort to pursue nuclear weapons.

‘UPA bowed to US pressure in allowing FDI’

Last Updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 15:46

Supporting the `bandh` called by small and medium traders in protest against the Centre`s decision to allow FDI in retail, BJP on Thursday accused the UPA government of "bowing" to the US pressure.