World powers seem unable to solve conflicts causing "terrible suffering" to Christians and other minorities in the Middle East, Pope Francis told the head of the Syrian Orthodox Church on Friday....
Pope Francis will visit the Central African Republic and Uganda from November 27 to 29 , according to a Vatican calendar made public on Friday. The visit will be the first made to Africa by the pontiff....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished happy birthday to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who in turn thanked Modi for the greetings. ...
Barely a week into the monsoon on Friday, Mumbai and surroundings were paralysed as heavy rains lashed these areas since Thursday evening, while torrential rains slowed down other parts of Maharashtra, officials said here....
Scotland Yard, London's metropolitan police authority, has no knowledge of any threat to Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the Indian Premier League who has allegedly been avoiding returning to India to face interrogation by the Indian finance ministry's Enforcement Directorate and other authorities, Raymedia reported on Friday....
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani cancelled his meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal scheduled for Friday evening....
India said on Friday it has released 88 Pakistani fishermen lodged in Gujarat jails, following a decision Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed by phone to Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif on June 16....
With Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here allaying concerns of American investors that India will not make retrospective tax demands, the US-India Business Council (USIBC) said on Friday the first year of the Narendra Modi government has seen a positive response "from investors across the board". ...
From the tranquil environs of a forest or mountains, yoga is now increasingly moving to air-conditioned enclosures within homes, fitness centres or attractive resorts. While commercialisation has surged the popularity of yoga, glamourising it to suit modern taste, this has also taken away the authenticity of the age-old di...
A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Friday in a murder case. ...