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DENPASAR:  A Thai Airways plane en route from Sydney to Bangkok made an emergency landing on the Indonesian island of Bali after a...

TAIPEI:  Taiwan’s science and technology minister said yesterday that China is launching frequent cyber-attacks on the island despite warming ties between the two...

TOKYO: Japan “strongly protested” yesterday against Russian military exercises on Pacific islands that it also claims and which have been at the root...

SEOUL:  South Korea’s military outlined measures yesterday to curb barrack-room bullying, following a series of incidents and suicides involving young soldiers serving in...

A sailor walks down the gangplank of the new Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kolkata anchored at the navy dock during its media preview...

A boy sits under a water fountain near India Gate in New Delhi yesterday.  

College students with painted faces pose for a picture as part of Independence Day celebrations in Chennai yesterday.  

Schoolchildren hold the tricolour as they perform during a rehearsal for Independence Day parade at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar, Punjab, yesterday.  ...

New Delhi: Ahead of the much-awaited India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks in Islamabad on August 25, India yesterday said it will address its concerns...

Jammu: An Indian soldier was injured yesterday in firing by the Pakistan army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of...

Agartala: The Left Front government in Tripura yesterday expressed its discontent over slashing of funds under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme and urged...

New Delhi: AAP co-founder Shanti Bhushan yesterday said party chief Arvind Kejriwal lacks organisational skills and is not competent to expand the outfit....

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha yesterday passed two bills which will pave the way for scrapping the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court...

New Delhi: The Congress yesterday accused the government of attempting to polarise voters in states where assembly elections and by-polls are to be...

Hyderabad: Members of civil society groups yesterday staged a protest here against the brutalities and atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) group...

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to build 100 smart cities would get a fillip during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s...

Rescuers work on the site of the crash of the Cessna 560XL aircraft carrying the presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party Eduardo...

LONDON: A woman accused of trying to smuggle ¤20,000 ($27,000) in cash hidden in her underwear to jihadists fighting in Syria was found...