JAMMU - On the day when the nation paid homage to the victims of Mumbai's 26/11 terror attack on its first anniversary Thursday, most of the top Jammu and Kashmir leadership kept itself off the issue.
NEW DELHI - Two workers were killed in a fire that broke out in a factory in Vijay Nagar area of northwest Delhi Thursday evening, officials said.
BERLIN - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the German government.
MOSCOW - The Russian Air Force considers the unmanned aerial vehicles offered by domestic manufacturers to be inferior in quality, the force commander said Thursday.
NEW DELHI - One swine flu death was reported Thursday from Punjab, taking the total toll in India to 561, health authorities said here.
BANGKOK - Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult - including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year - over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.
NEW DELHI - Eighty-two new swine flu cases were confirmed here Thursday, taking the total number of people affected by the influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital to 4,593, health officials said.
Amitabh Bachchan: “I was in Mumbai on 26/11 last year.
MUMBAI - The glamour world of Bollywood still shivers at the memory of the 26/11 terror attacks that hit the city a year ago.
PANAJI - The organisers of the 40th International Film festival of India (IFFI) came in for a major embarrassment after award-winning Goan filmmaker Laxmikant Shetgaonkar couldn't walk the red carpet here because no one communicated to him about it.
PANAJI - Well-known filmmaker Jahnu Barua rues that despite more than 400 television channels in the country no one sees documentaries as a viable proposition.
SAN FRANCISCO - Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.
MILWAUKEE - RedPrairie Holding Inc., a business software provider, said Thursday it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.
San Francisco- Black Friday being less than 24 hours away, the stores are offering great rebates and gifts on a number of items.
Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems.
BRUSSELS - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
AMPATUAN, Philippines - Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence.
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here Thursday after a "very productive" four-day official State visit to the US, the first by a foreign dignitary since President Barack Obama assumed office in January, during which they established a framework to take their relations forward and together meet the challenges of the 21st century.
WASHINGTON - Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.
AMPATUAN, Philippines - A scion of a powerful pro-government clan has turned himself in and will face murder charges for allegedly leading the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines, the chief prosecutor said Thursday.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A 23-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison after acknowledging he killed his father three years ago and hid his body in a freezer.
LONDON - London Olympic organizers will avoid building a $66 million temporary arena after reaching an "agreement in principle" with two sports to move to an existing venue for the 2012 Games.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Charles Woodson wants to be known as more than a football player.
BARAKI-BARAK, Afghanistan - As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.
HEMET, Calif. - Thirteen Southern California residents have had their hopes for a carefree retirement in newly built homes dashed by the housing industry's collapse.
NEW YORK - The Forbes, best known for its rankings of the richest and the most powerful the world over, has put Ramalinga Raju, the founder-chairman of Satyam Computers (now Mahindra Satyam), fourth among the "world's 10 most outrageous CEOs".
JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday drove through the under-construction Mughal Road that connects the Kashmir Valley to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch south of the Pir Panchal mountains, and described the journey later as a "dream come true".
PARIS - The French soccer league has called off Saturday's game between Monaco and Montpellier because three Montpellier players have contracted swine flu.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Left tackle Jason Fox is sick and listed as doubtful for No.
NEW YORK - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers Thursday eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
NEW DELHI - Defending Champions Mumbai were in sight of an outright victory after spinners Harmeet Singh and Iqbal Abdulla left Railways tottering at 174 for seven in the second innings on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super League tie at Karnail Singh stadium here Thursday.
NEW YORK - The 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has kicked off in New York City with a 60-foot-tall Kermit the frog hovering over holiday revelers.
WORCESTER, England, November 26 - Craegmoor - the leading independent provider of support for people with learning disabilities, mental health illnesses and older people - launched its new brand identity, which was marked by the announcement of it working with the world's first ever international social networking website specifically designed for people with learning disabilities.
Mobile Phones or Cell Phones are a marvel of their own.
