AGRA: Two men appeared in a court yesterday accused of harassing a British tourist who jumped off her hotel balcony fearing a sex...
AGRA: Two men appeared in a court yesterday accused of harassing a British tourist who jumped off her hotel balcony fearing a sex...
A labourer packs coloured powder, known as “gulal”, to be used during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi, near Siliguri, yesterday. Holi will...
NEW DELHI: Campaigners welcomed a toughening of laws in India yesterday for sex crimes but said they were not enough to tackle a...
Kochi: State-owned Kerala Lotteries has never made a loss since its inception in 1967, but the latest report of the CAG reveals that...
New Delhi: Visas on arrival, more direct flights and cultural exhibitions across India are some of the steps Egypt will take to woo...
A honeybee approaches a snowdrop flower in Klosterneuburg, Austria, on the first day of spring, yesterday.
LOS ANGELES: The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers...
PARIS: Fancy watching a movie on your mobile phone, where figures leap out from the screen in 3D, rather as Princess Leia did...
SYDNEY: Measles can be spread on planes in rows far beyond infected passengers, a Australian study showed yesterday, raising questions over control guidelines...
LONDON: Britain’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum said yesterday it had been forced to cancel a concert by “grind metal” band Napalm Death...
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Mumbai, yesterday. NEW DELHI: India promised yesterday to...
Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislature yesterday suspended five of its members, including one each from the BJP, Shiv Sena and MNS, for assaulting a...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is unlikely to call a snap election despite its biggest ally abruptly quitting the ruling coalition, as it...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on the 124 cross appeals by those convicted by a special court for...
New Delhi: A suspected criminal was killed in a daylight shootout between a police team and five men on a national highway on...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will go to the polls on May 11, the presidency announced yesterday, in an historic general election marking the first democratic...
KABUL: Afghanistan and Nato-led forces have reached a deal on foreign troops leaving a key strategic district near Kabul, coalition forces said, but...
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that there was a deeply disturbing “pervasive climate of impunity” in Afghanistan for the abusers of...