French footballers to go on strike over `super` tax

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 12:10

French President Francois Hollande has finally found an interest group he can say `no` to.

Little boy plays around Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square, refuses to leave the stage

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 18:01

While thousands were attentively listening to the speech delivered by Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square last week, a little boy went up to the stage, hugged the pope, sat on his chair and refused to leave despite being chased away by the security personnel.

Dead aliens easier to find

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 13:45

Aliens on far-away planets can be found even after they die out.

Global liquidity swell to spill into 2014

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 14:34

After a bone-dry summer, world markets seem awash with cash again and it looks like spilling into 2014.

St Jude storm strikes Britain, Europe killing thirteen

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 11:00

Out of 13, six death were reported from Germany, five in Britain and one each in Netherlands and Denmark.

Treat yourself to a storm? It`s all in the name

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 09:03

Anyone can get a European storm named after them -- if they are ready to pay for the honour.

Fight leaves seven inmates dead at Mexico prison

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 10:11

Local media dubbed the storm "St. Jude", after the patron saint of lost causes who is traditionally celebrated on October 28, and made comparisons to 1987 when a storm killed 18 people in Britain and felled some 15 million trees.

Fierce storm hits Britain cutting power lines, four killed

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 10:11

Local media dubbed the storm "St. Jude", after the patron saint of lost causes who is traditionally celebrated on October 28, and made comparisons to 1987 when a storm killed 18 people in Britain and felled some 15 million trees.

NCST for special drive to meet job quota for STs

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 10:01

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has expressed concern over "much less than prescribed" presence of Scheduled Tribes in jobs and recommended a time-bound action plan and special drive by the government to meet the constitutional quota of 7.5 per cent for them.

UEFA Champions League: Four for Zlatan Ibrahimovic as five-star PSG humble Anderlecht

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 09:52

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four times - including a breathtaking 25-metre half-volley that capped a 19-minute hat-trick - as Paris St Germain humbled Anderlecht 5-0.