UK firm Tate & Lyle’s historic sugars business was set to fall into US hands today after the firm agreed a £211m (€256m) sale.

Two men accused of planning terror strikes ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations on August 15 have been arrested in New Delhi.

Aviation authorities were investigating today after a jetliner dipped, fearing collision with another passenger plane at 37,000 feet over eastern Pakistan, injuring several people and leaving others in shock.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh headed to India’s portion of disputed Kashmir today for the start of a partial troop withdrawal hailed by rival Pakistan as an important step toward easing tensions over the Himalayan region.

The wife of James Brown, who was still legally married when she wed the soul star, has finally had her first marriage dissolved.

INDIAN security forces battled rebels in Kashmir and suspected insurgents detonated a grenade in a busy market Thursday in violence that left 12 people dead.

A grenade exploded at a crowded market in the summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir, killing a shopkeeper, while security forces shot dead 10 suspected militants elsewhere in the Himalayan region today.

TWO car bombs exploded at a crowded market and a historic landmark in Mumbai yesterday.

At least 44 people were killed today and 150 wounded when car bombs exploded at a crowded jewellery market and a historic landmark in Bombay.

At least 40 people were killed and 150 wounded when two bombs rocked a crowded market and a historical landmark today in India’s financial capital Bombay, police said.

At least 25 people were killed and 150 wounded today when four explosions rocked India’s financial capital Bombay, a state official said.

Six people were killed and 10 injured by three simultaneous explosions today in Bombay, India’s financial capital, New Delhi Television reported.