Gros Morne fracking issue causing significant reaction

Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast, CBC News has learned. Black Spruce Exploration wants to use hydraulic fracturing to find oil ...

Thursday, the President Michel Martelly, proceeded, to the symbolic delivery of keys to eight families of the 120 beneficiaries of the first phase of construction of 3,000 rental housing in Morne à Cabris (Croix-des-Bouquets). This social project, ...

The rupee trimmed its initial gains, but was still trading higher at 55.06 against the dollar in late morning deals owing to exporters selling, despite higher dollar overseas.The rupee opened higher at 54.97 per dollar as against the previous closing level of 55.11 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market.It gained further to 54.95 in early deals, before quoting 55.06 per dollar at 1100 hrs, still up by 5 paise over its last close.The rupee moved between of 54.80 and 55.10 per dollar during ...

Baghdad : A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has ...

At least thirteen people were killed and 24 others injured in a road accident in the Sadar police station area of Uttar Pradeshs Kannauj District this morning.

Benchmarks were down in late morning trade. The BSE Sensex fell 52.11 percent to 20,171.87 and the NSE Nifty slipped 22.65 points to 6,134.25.

Key benchmark indices hit fresh intraday low in mid-morning trade.

Scamster Sudipta Sens aide Debjani Mukherjee was remanded in the judicial custody by the Bidhannagar court on Monday after the Bidhannagar city police did not seek her custody like Mr Sen. In the afternoon, she was produced before the additional chief ...

Indian shares were consolidating in the late morning trade on lack of corporate news and economic data points. Asian shares were trading mixed while US markets closed flat overnight.