An Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force on Wednesday made an emergency landing here due to "technical" reasons, IAF sources said. ...
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain the "special category" status and maintain the central funding pattern for all sponsored schemes on 90:10 formula of all the eight northeastern states....
Inspired by astronaut Mark Watney, a character played by Hollywood actor Matt Damon in the critically acclaimed movie "The Martian", scientists have published the first case study on how future astronauts can learn to farm on the Red Planet....
At least one thing is sure. Call drops don't just affect the common man. Even ministers are victims of the sudden disconnect or silence at other end of the mobile connection....
India has called for drastic reforms in the election of the secretary-general to introduce transparency and choice in the process of picking a successor to Ban Ki-moon next year and said it should not be a prerogative of the five permanent members of the Security Council....
Famed author Vikram Seth says that he would return his award, if the Sahitya Akademi fails to protect the lives and rights of writers....
A soldier shot dead four of his relatives, including a minor, in a village in Punjab's Sangrur district on Tuesday before police surrounded him and shot him dead after he refused to surrender, police said. ...
Attacking tthe Congress over a US media report about payment of bribes to local officials in India by retail giant Walmart, the BJP said on Tuesday that the corruption of UPA is giving a bad name to the country....
The Congress on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed in his "constitutional and moral obligations" by not against those spreading hatred....
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hoped that Durga Puja "strengthen the moral foundations of our society and turn us away from all that divides and destroys"....
