IN terms of sporting upsets, it’s a bit like England beating Ireland at hurling, a Jamaican bobsleigh team sliding to victory, or the Equatorial Guinea Olympic swimmer who nearly drowned in Sydney winning gold.

A SOCIALITE accused of letting a stranger fondle her breasts during a flight was yesterday cleared of being drunk on board an aircraft.

THE union representing workers at Hibernian will go to the Labour Relations Commission if the company fails to row back on its shock decision to axe nearly 600 jobs in the next four years.

Australian police continue to suspect that an Indian doctor was part of the failed British bombing conspiracy last month despite a charge against him being dropped for lack of evidence, a government minister said.

A lawyer for an Indian doctor who was cleared of UK terrorism charges in Australia signalled Monday that his client may consider suing the Australian government and was planning to appeal against a minister’s decision revoking his visa.

An Indian doctor released from jail after Australian prosecutors dropped charges linking him to the failed terrorist attacks in Britain gave the thumbs-up sign on arriving in Thailand today.

An Iraqi doctor today became the first person to appear in court charged in connection with the suspected car bomb plots in London and Glasgow.

Two of the men arrested in connection with car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow had links to a hospital in Cambridge, it was reported today.

A British investigator prepared today to question an Indian doctor arrested in Australia over the failed bombings in London and Glasgow.

IRISH trade with India can increase by almost 400% to €1 billion a year, exporter organisations in both countries believe.

Shares in chip designer ARM Holdings fell 18% today as investors gave a lukewarm reaction to the acquisition of US technology firm Artisan.

Insurance giant AXA is to cut up to 700 jobs in the UK and is planning to switch jobs to India, workers were told today.

At least 15 people were killed and 70 injured when an express train derailed in southern India.