A tragedy in India; an Indian businessman and his servant murdered 10 young girls and 5 women, after raping them

Vodafone, the largest cellular carrier in the world, has made a bid to purchase the Indian cellular carrier Hutch-Essar, estimating the company value at $17-$18 billion, the Financial Times reported Thursday

Steven Spielberg and director, George Lucas have announced that filming for the fourth movie in the Indian Jones series will begin this year and the movie is due to be released in the first half of 2008

In an incident that has left many people aghast, one of India?s top athletes, Santhi Soundararajan failed a gender test and was therefore stripped of a medal that she won at the recent Asian Games

In an attempt to counter the escalation of AIDS/HIV in a country with the highest instances of this disease the world, the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is proposing new legislation

A study, which researched the needs of over 1000 Indian men, revealed an interesting conclusion: Indian men required condoms that were generally smaller than what was available on the market, made according to international standards.

The Indian Tribe Seminole of Florida announced it will purchase the Hard Rock Caf? chain from Rank Group, a hotel and casino company, for $965 million

The Indian economy grew by 9.2% in the second quarter of the current fiscal year

After the British retailing giant Tesco failed to reach agreement with Indian Bharti Enterprises, Wal-Mart ceased the opportunity to enter the promising Indian market.

Andrea Bargnani is beginning to payoff for the Toronto Raptors who took a chance on the Italian forward with the top pick in the draft

Busy young Indian professionals, living out their country of birth and too busy to reach a temple during the Hindu festival of Dawali have now found an ingenious way of having their prayers heard.

Everyone knows Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. An entire generation has grown up with these films, with Ford as the legendary treasure-seeking adventurer escaping death and destruction by mere seconds and sheer luck

Top Bollywood entertainment and movies star Salman Khan was interviewed recently by the BBC Asian Network. In the interview he said that he is "exploited" by the Indian media, and blamed them for his "negative" off-screen description.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway will remain Formula One`s host for at least another year, as an extension contract was signed. The new agreement was signed last Wednesday, by Speedway chief executive, Tony George. Other details were not disclosed.

As if winning the Indianapolis 500 race is not honoring enough, Sam Hornish Jr. got to meet the president of the United States, George W. Bush.

India?s most popular online community portal has introduced its own version of the Yellow Pages on their WAP platform. ?Telecommunications is an exciting space to be in. Presently, India has about 100 million mobile subscribers and we are proud to be the first company in India that will deliver the Yellow Pages in a WAP format," says Vineet Pabreja.

Kashmir, a disputed territory of both Pakistan and India, has led to past wars between the two nuclear powers. A devastating earthquake last year seemed to bring in its wake prospects for a peaceful settlement, though terror attacks have continued.

A big black female bear weighing between 90 to 110kg had been missing since February 22 from capital`s Zoo. An official scoffed at explanations offered so far to the Indian media that the female bear may have tried to tunnel her way to freedom. The bear may have been poached or died from carelessness, he said.

Train Chartering has a growing list of credits: ?Manchild?, ?The Passer By? and ?Derailed? for the BBC, ?If Only? and ?Green Street Hooligans? for independent film productions, ?Ultimate Force? for ITV, and now ?Nenjil Jil Jil? for Cine Vision Entertainment. Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/UGlnZy1IYWxmLVpldGEtTG92ZS1IYWxmLVplcm8=

A new law reserves more than a fourth of private school seats for the underprivileged.

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been covering the Artest drama closely offering the latest trade rumors regarding some of the possible destinations he might be headed to. Today, we are hearing that an additional three teams are in the running and have made concrete offers to the Pacers.

With the Pacers fielding offers for Ron Artest, the rumor mill is now in overdrive. There are a few trade scenarios that have been starting to take shape over the course of the last week. I don?t think that the Pacers will be able to get equal value for Artest since they are obviously desperate to move him and other teams would use that as leverage during negotiations.

Basketball has been a fixture in Indiana for many years now. In this part of the country basketball is more than just a tradition; it?s also a way of life. In light of that you can imagine how surprised were Indiana University students who learned earlier this week that they will be required to pay more money in order to attend basketball games.

Shankarsinh Vaghela, India`s textile minister, thinks as many as 12 million jobs could be created by the textiles sector over the next few years. Some 1,600 jobs were created when a new factory at Peenya, India opened earlier this year.