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New Jersey: Snubbed by the Wharton India Economic Forum, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi nevertheless spoke to the Indian diaspora in North America...

New Delhi: At least 12 people were injured in a clash between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers here yesterday evening after...

New Delhi: In her heydays, her sharp olfactory senses helped nab many hardened criminals and curb narcotics smuggling in the city. With age...

Bangalore: Ahead of the Karnataka assembly polls in May, political parties, particularly the ruling BJP and main challenger Congress, will know today their...

SOFIA: A top Bulgarian cleric yesterday failed to sell his gold Rolex to pay the electricity bill of his cash-strapped church as there...

Beijing: China has mastered braking technology to stop the world’s fastest trains that travel a maximum speed of 500 kilometres per hour, a...

WASHINGTON: An implant device designed by US firm Boston Scientific to prevent strokes in high risk people helps avert blood clotting, a new...

MANILA: The Philippines expressed "grave concern" Sunday over allegations that innocent Filipinos in Malaysia are being abused after being caught up in fighting...

ALLAHABAD: The world's biggest religious festival concluded on Sunday with nearly two million pilgrims taking a dip in an Indian holy river that...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Sunday, adding 14.72 points (or 0.17 percent) to advance to 8,520.94 points from  8,506.22 on Thursday.  ...

BERLIN: Fire swept through an apartment building in southwestern Germany on Sunday, killing at least eight members of a family of Turkish origin,...

ROME/ATHENS: Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction firm compound have been killed, the Italian and...

TRIPOLI: Supplies of Libyan natural gas to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline have resumed after a week-long interruption caused by clashes between former...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (centre) after offering prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer, yesterday. Jaipur: Pakistani Prime...

Kolkata: Arrested Trinamool Congress leader Mohammad Iqbal, a key accused in the murder of a police officer here on February 12, was yesterday...

Chennai/New Delhi: All 28 Indian sailors on two ships held by Somalian pirates have been freed and will soon be back in the...

Kannur:  The Kerala Police has confirmed the arrest of Bitti Mohanty, son of a former top police officer, convicted for raping a German...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray yesterday said that his party would come to power in the state without allying with...