At least 30 persons were killed and several injured on Wednesday after a suicide bomber detonated himself near a polling station in Balochistan as millions of voters queued up across Pakistan to elect a new government. ...
The second phase of the Maharashtra shutdown call by Maratha groups seeking quotas, evoked mixed response in Mumbai and coastal districts of the state, punctuated with incidents of stray violence, here on Wednesday. ...
Millions of registered voters are heading towards polling stations to cast their vote as Pakistan goes for its 11th general elections with some history-making events also taking place in the conservative areas where women are usually not allowed to take part in an activity outside their homes. ...
Pakistan elections on Wednesday evoked keen interest in Jammu and Kashmir as people here remained glued to television and radios to know the latest as the voting progressed....
Two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag town. ...
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Father Job Mathew, one of the four priests accused in a rape case of a woman parishioner, attached to the Malankara Orthodox Church. ...
A rare survivor of the harshest Stalin-era labour camps has died aged 89 in Russia's far east. ...
Rains lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday with the minimum temperature being recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, the Met said. ...
US President Donald Trump has he is "very concerned" about potential Russian interference in the mid-term legislative elections to be held in November. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked the Ugandan people and government for providing home to the Indian-origin community after the troubles in the past in the East African country....