SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will start investigating a multinational
drug distributer for its alleged involvement in improper market practices, a top

By Muin Abdul Majid

New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Indian Government Friday
indicated that it is planning to strengthen troop posts along
the borders with China and acquire modern weaponry and

TOKYO, Oct. 23 Kyodo -
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday he personally favors a plan to
transfer the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to the nearby U.S. Kadena

Nasheed said conflicts will also increase due to climate
change while the refugee problem will become serious.

New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) With global warming threatening
to render an estimated 300,000 people refugees every year,
climate change is a far bigger challenge than international

New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) European aviation major
Eurocopter has opted out of the race for supplying 22 attack
helicopters to the Indian Air Force, leaving contenders from

In January, the IAF lost Surya Kiran aerobatic team's
Kiran MK-II training aircraft at Bidar in southern state of
Karnataka when Wing Commander R S Dhaliwal piloting the

Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) An Indian Air Force
(IAF) MiG-27 fighter jet on a routine training sortie Friday
crashed in a tea garden near New Jalpaiguri in India's eastern

Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST),
Mumbai's public transport authority, has been asked to ply
additional buses between Ghatkopar and Thane for the