INDIA

A two-yea-old Dalmatian called Oreo celebrated her birthday this year with a Pool Party in a posh neighborhood in India's capital -- New Delhi. This was no less than a birthday bash for a Boolwood Star or a celebrity.

They are using the holy place, a prime centre of religious belief, for purely commercial purposes and for degrading moral values among people.”

Assam, located on the extreme northeastern edge of India, is home to some 300 tribal and ethnic groups.

The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, ranked Vietnam the worst country for wildlife protection among 23 nations assessed for enforcement and protection of species prone to poachers, such as rhinos, elephants and tigers. (Check out the full report and list here).

Essar Oil Monday said that it had made arrangements for loans of about Rs 50 billion to pay its Rs. 61.69-billion sales tax dues to the government of the western Indian state of Gujarat.

China will establish a military garrison on a disputed island in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions that have strained its ties with the neighboring nations and the U.S.

Asian markets fell Monday following the revival of the investor concerns about the deepening debt burden faced by the euro zone and worsening global economic growth.

Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran Cabinet finance minister backed by the ruling Congress party, was declared winner of the Indian presidential election Sunday.

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to ease rates at the forthcoming policy meeting July 31 amid growing concerns about the deteriorating growth prospects of the country's economy.

The number of dead from that nine-month war of secession remains unknown and controversial – estimates range from 300,000 to as many as 3-million.

The editor of Outlook denied that his publication’s cover story was a response to Time’s broadside against Singh.

With a manager dead, 90 employees in jail and an entire factory's workforce under investigation for murder, Maruti Suzuki faces a shutdown at a major auto plant that could last several weeks or more and cost it $15 million a day.

Communal tensions continued to flare in western Myanmar six weeks into the declaration of a state of emergency in the region, even as targeted attacks and human rights violations by the security forces against the minority community of the Rohingya and other Muslims have increased, said Amnesty International on Friday.

Ocean Power Technologies, Google, Diageo plc, Microsoft Corp, salesforce.com, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Amyris, Vodafone Group Plc and ARM Holdings plc are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

President Barack Obama's weekend statement on Indian economic slowdown and recent downgrading of the country's sovereign credit ratings by the global rating agencies has evoked strong criticism from India. The Indian government and a section of authorities have blamed the global rating agencies and foreign investors for misjudging the Indian economy and deliberately trying to downgrade India's image.

Tom Davis, the beloved comedic writer from the early days of Saturday Night Live, died at the age of 59 on Thursday.

India's economy will grow at its slowest pace in a decade this fiscal year, with tight monetary policy, political gridlock and a weakening global economy prompting analysts to slash their forecasts, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.

Seven died and a further 34 were injured in the blast which ripped through the bus in the tourist town of Burgas, Bulgaria.

Around 100 people have been arrested Thursday, in connection with the violence that erupted between the management and the workers in the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki.

The Indian economy would see in this fiscal year its weakest growth rate in the past 10 years as the policy gridlocks and global economic uncertainties weigh heavily on the country.

Asian markets rose Thursday as investors were encouraged by healthy earnings reports from the U.S. companies which alleviated concerns of faltering business conditions.