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Outside claims that oil flow from the exploded Gulf of Mexico oil rig is 10 times that cited by the company are not accurate, British oil producer BP has said.

Dhanlaxmi Bank has announced that it will launch around 66 new divisions and 380 ATMs all over the country.

While lecturing during the occasion of re-location of a branch to a spacious new premises in Bangalore, Mr. Salil Datar, Bank's Branch Head stated that the central banking institution (RBI) had approved the opening of these new arms and ATMs.

The fastest growing private sector bank already had 61 divisions and 207 ATMs.

Police have said that a girls' basketball coach charged with getting alcohol for team members faces new charges stemming from a Watertown, Conn., school dance.

The Danbury News Times has reported that Pomperaug High School girls' basketball coach and mathematics teacher Jennifer Jackson, who was charged earlier for allegedly obtaining alcohol for two of her team members, faces additional charges for allegedly supplying alcoholic drinks to students at a Watertown school dance.

It has been reported that the Pakistani army showed no hesitation about pursuing and killing Taliban insurgents everywhere except in North Waziristan, one of the seven tribal areas where different terrorist groups have long enjoyed a privileged sanctuary.

The Hill has reported that the U. S. Constitution has become a popular document to read in Washington and beyond, thanks in part to the rise of the Tea Party movement.

The Washington-based publication further said that the pocket edition, which also includes the Declaration of Independence, shot up to 10th in March among top sellers at the Government Printing Office.

Public sales of the pocket edition have climbed to 8,700, higher than normal, since September 2009, Gary Somerset, a GPO spokesman, said.

Observers have said that a Chinese court has sentenced a college professor to prison for organizing a group sex club, sparking a debate on civil liberties.

Xinhua news agency reported on Friday that the court in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing handed down a guilty verdict and sentenced Ma Yohai, 53, to 3 1/2 years in prison.

Ma and 22 other defendants were charged with holding group sex encounters at the professor's home.