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KUALA LUMPUR:  A Malaysian woman was charged on Wednesday with insulting scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak by dropping balloons bearing pro-democracy messages near...

BEIJING:  Chinese factory activity shrank at its fastest pace in six and a half years in September, data showed Wednesday, the latest in...

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI:  The UIDAI - entrusted with the onerous task of preparing Aadhaar cards for all Indians - has locked horns with an...

File photo of  Sanatan Sanstha membersaddressing a press conference. PANAJI: The Goa unit of the Congress on Wednesday demanded a ban on state-based...

KABUL: Afghan militants killed a NATO coalition force member during an attack on the U.S. air base at Bagram, outside Kabul, NATO said...

NEW DELHI: The coming elections in Myanmar, with which India shares strong historical and cultural bonds besides a land and maritime boundary, will...

Nepalese Hindu residents from India burn the copy of their newly adopted constitution during a protest in New Delhi, yesterday. NEW DELHI: India...

Afghan security officials and relatives attend the funeral ceremony of a soldier killed in an attack in Balkh province, Afghanistan, yesterday. Kabul: The...

Philippine Army-Eastern Mindanao Command Public Information Office shows file photos of abducted Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad (left), Canadians John Ridsdel (centre) and his...

WASHINGTON: The world's two largest democracies, India and the United States, held talks Tuesday to deepen their strategic and economic ties and perhaps...

SEATTLE:  Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first state visit to the United States on Tuesday in the West Coast hub of Seattle,...

MANILA:  The United Nations on Tuesday called on the Philippine government to investigate immediately the killings of three human rights activists on a...

By Ankit Sinha NEW DELHI: He has wooed audiences the world over with his portrayal of Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the...

Representational image By Prashant Kumar NEW DELHI: Riding the success of an Agra cafe run by acid scarred survivors, the gutsy women have...

HYDERABAD:  Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said he doesn't want to break the country but wants to strengthen it. "I...

By Manupriya Compared to eight years ago, 18-year-old boys and girls from India's middle and upper classes are 3 cm and 1 cm...

By Veturi Srivatsa Can't remember the exact date and place of meeting Jagmohan Dalmiya for the first time, but it was sometime in...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The new leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mansour, called for unity and raised the possibility of peace talks with the...