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60 per cent of Taiwan youth consider suicide: study

About 34 per cent of respondents said they had no idea what to do in life, the mail survey found. "We were extremely surprised by the results," Huang said. "Also we had quite a high response rate to the questionnaires." Over the past five years teens in 23 million-population Taiwan have lost public role models since the 2008 .. more »

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Lok Sabha session begins on a stormy note

NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament began on a stormy note on Thursday with a determined Opposition stalling the proceedings in the Lok Sabha in protest against the new sugarcane pricing policy. After a half-an-hour adjournment at 11.30 a.m., the House was finally adjourned for the day, as Opposition members, mounting a noisy protest, .. more »

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I was apprehensive about abusive lingo in Ishqiya says Vidya Balan

New Delhi, (BollywoodWorld.com) Mouthing expletives for her role in “Ishqiya” embarrassed Vidya Balan as she says she never uses foul language in real life. “Oh! I was very apprehensive while using those slangs. I have never used them in my real life but I had to because the script demanded. When you will see this movie, you .. more »

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Vidya Balan on being abusive!

"Oh! I was very apprehensive while using those slangs. I have never used them in my real life but I had to because the script demanded. When you will see this movie, you will understand that it is justified. The movie belongs to a certain terrain where slangs are part of their lingo," said Vidya. The actress also revealed that she never .. more »

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Headley-Rana probe leads to Pak military

The arrests last month of two Chicago men accused of planning an attack on a Danish newspaper have widened into a global terrorism inquiry that has led to arrests in Pakistan and implicated a former Pakistani military officer as a co-conspirator, government officials said Wednesday. In India, investigators are trying to determine whether the men .. more »

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US lawmakers threaten China sanctions over currency

As Obama returned home without any pledge from China to make its yuan flexible, Republican and Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the Commerce Department calling for an investigation into "China?s currency manipulation." It is "a potential first step in a process that could lead to significant, US-imposed tariffs on imports from .. more »

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Pakistan Army officer linked to Rana, Headley

In India, where the pair from Chicago are said to have wanted to attack the country s national defense college, investigators are trying to determine whether the two men played a role in attacks a year ago in Mumbai in which more than 160 people were killed. Officials said they had not clearly established a connection. The case is one of the first .. more »

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Chaos in LS over sugarcane pricing issue; House adjourned

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day following uproar over the Centre’s new sugarcane price policy Earlier, the House was adjourned until noon after opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding a better deal for sugarcane farmers. As soon as the house assembled, opposition MPs mainly of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) .. more »

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Pak army men held for India attack plot

New York, Nov. 19: Some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in Pakistan in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using American national David Coleman Headley, a media report said on Thursday. “Pakistani authorities had arrested as many as five other people in connection with .. more »

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Parliament adjourns till Monday over sugarcane price issue

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament adjourned till Monday on the sugarcane pricing issue following opposition protests. After eminent journalist H K Dua took oath as Rajya Sabha member, the opposition rushed into the Well of the House and forced an adjournment. Later, when the house was reconvened, the opposition again raised the .. more »

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Proof in pics: camera traps Sena

As many as 15 Shiv Sena workers have been arrested in Mumbai and Pune for attacking employees and damaging property at the offices of IBN7 and IBN Lokmat in Mumbai and Pune. The two channels had taken a tough stand against intolerant politics in the state. CNN name, logo and all associated elements ® and © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. .. more »