DELHI--City-wise task forces have been set up by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu for drawing up concrete action plans for development of Ajmer,...
DELHI--City-wise task forces have been set up by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu for drawing up concrete action plans for development of Ajmer,...
DELHI--Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning Barracuda — India’s first ever export warship — in Mauritius on the island country’s national day on March...
DELHI--Government today began the second round of coal mine auctions by putting on offer four blocks – all in Jharkhand – with firms...
KOLKATA--Probing a multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam, the CBI on Wednesday conducted raids at 43 locations of the Rose Valley Group across...
Nick Clegg London--British business tycoon Richard Branson and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Wednesday called for drug law reform, highlighting failures in...
Mahmoud Abbas Ramallah--Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday talks with Israel are still on the table, despite moves against the Jewish state at...
Kirkuk--The Iraqi army said Wednesday that its strategy for retaking the jihadist stronghold of Tikrit is to surround the city before launching an...
Versailles--Nearly one million euros is needed to restore the Monte-Cristo castle that was once home to famed novelist Alexandre Dumas, author of classics...
Vladimir Putin Moscow--Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov as a tragedy that had brought disgrace...
Manila--Islamic extremists in the southern Philippines ambushed a military convoy Wednesday by planting a landmine that killed three soldiers, the latest outbreak of...
Zarzis--The Tunisian military rescued 86 African migrants at sea off the town of Zarzis aboard a makeshift boat bound for the Italian island...
Beijing--Beijing on Wednesday defended a Chinese cargo ship detained by Colombia, arguing that the freighter was carrying "ordinary military supplies" to Cuba. The...
Council of Europe Strasbourg--A top rights body ruled on Wednesday that France was in violation of a European treaty because it did not...
Kathmandu--A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 224 passengers had to be evacuated after it missed the runway on landing at Kathmandu airport on Wednesday...
Letpadan--Myanmar riot police Wednesday corralled dozens of student protesters calling for education reform after activists defied official orders to disband and the tense...
Beirut--The apparent disintegration of a key Syrian rebel group has dealt a major blow to US efforts to build up a force of...
Benjamin Netanyahu BEN GURION AIRPORT--Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday brushed aside criticism from US President Barack Obama of his speech to...
Jean-Claude Juncker Madrid--EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker took the unusual step of wading into domestic politics on Wednesday, saying Greece's new prime minister should...
