INDIA

Following the footsteps of Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has joined the group of celebrities the photos of whose babies are highly sought after by American publications.

Skoda Auto launched its C-segment sedan Rapid last week.The car comes with a price tag starting with Rs 6.75 lakh for the base petrol variant. The top of the line diesel model will cost Rs 9.19 lakh.

Actress Sunny Leone has already made a huge impact in Big Boss Season 5.

The Dark Knight Rises is probably the most anticipated Batman film to date, set to release on July 20, 2012.

Gold demand in India was subdued on Tuesday as a weakening rupee kept buyers at bay, further deterred by a rebound in local prices due to gains in overseas markets.

U.S. private equity giant Blackstone Group expects to invest roughly $500 million to $720 million a year in India over the next few years.

Monetary action may still be warranted from the Reserve Bank of India, RBI, to anchor inflation expectations in face of sustained high food inflation.

Four Australian women traveling in the coach received minor injuries.

Popular adult-film actor Sunny Leone landed in India as she joined reality game show Bigg Boss season 5 from this week.

Nísio Gomes, a tribal chief in Brazil, was murdered by masked gunmen on Friday.

About three million people were murdered during the nine-month civil war and hundreds of thousands of women were raped.

According to reports by the WORLD Health Organisation, there has been a four-fold increase in polio cases in Nigeria.

It was unclear what exact steps the Treasury planned for Iran but it seemed unlikely it would seek to cut off the Iranian financial sector entirely, a move that could disrupt the global energy markets and harm the U.S. economic recovery.

Sikh athletes and spectators will be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers into London Olympic venues next year, despite the intense security arrangements, as part of a multi-faith approach to the Games.

Maruti Suzuki may not post growth in sales volume in the current fiscal year, its chairman said on Monday.

India gold futures, which traded flat on Monday, are likely to fall this week in tandem with equities, and as traders book profits from last week's peak. Silver may fall 2.5 percent to their lowest level.

Larsen and Toubro, India's biggest engineering conglomerate, is targeting overseas revenue growth as part of a strategy to beat a slowdown in Asia's third-largest economy.

The hype and expectation circling the still elusive 100th international century for Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, is a clear indication of the pathetic state of sports, in general, in India.

Tata Motors released an upgraded Nano model, the company said on Monday, as it looks to improve on well below-estimate sales of a product touted as the world's cheapest car.

India's federal police on Saturday conducted searches at Vodafone's Indian unit and Bharti Airtel's offices seeking details on spectrum allocation by the government to operators between 2001-02.

In a major fire that engulfed a community centre in Nand Nagri, northeast Delhi, where eunuchs from across the country were holding a congregation on Sunday night 13 persons died and 35 suffered serious burns.