"Give us rations or a railway crossing otherwise we will not bring our children for immunization," clamoured residents of some villages in this Uttar Pradesh district as they put local issues above the health of their children to stall an immunization drive to vaccinate children against seven diseases, including tuberculosis, measles and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-nation official visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea from May 14-19....
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday was trading 36.71 points or 0.13 percent down....
A tsunami warning was issued following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck 150 km south of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday....
Turkey and the US are planning to sign an agreement for cooperation on sharing systematic information about actual and suspected foreign fighters who want to join ranks of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria and Iraq....
At least 13 people were killed and many more wounded by a fresh rebel shelling on government-controlled areas in the northern city of Aleppo, media reported....
Hackers claiming to represent Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation commandeered the official Web site of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government to post a message accusing US and NATO Forces of "organised butchery."...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for eradicating discrimination against Jews of Ethiopian origin, following violent demonstrations by Israeli Ethiopians in recent days. ...
In a major setback for Pakistan Prime Minister's Nawaz Sharif an election tribunal has disqualified his confidant and Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique for vote rigging in 2013 general elections and ordered re-election in Lahore's NA-125 and PP-155 constituencies....
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game at the Eden Gardens here on Monday....