Ten people were killed and 27 others injured when a private bus hit a road divider and upturned early on Friday in Tamil Nadu, a Kerala minister said. Three of the dead and around 20 of the injured hail from Kerala. "A medical team from Kerala has been sent to Tirunelveli where the accident took place," Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala told the media here. ...
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the Intelligence Bureau to probe the leads provided by India on the alleged Pakistani links to the terror attack in Pathankot, a report said on Friday. Sharif gave the directive to the Intelligence Bureau after chairing a high-level meeting here on Thursday, The Nation newspaper reported. Among those ...
Pakistan has expressed "unconditional support" to Saudi Arabia, which is embroiled in a tense standoff with Iran, and a counter-terrorism coalition Riyadh is setting up. Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its support during Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir's visit to Islamabad for discussions on his country's diplomatic row with Iran and the m...
A suspected member of the terrorist outfit al-Qaida has been arrested by Delhi Police in Begaluru, sources said here early on Friday. ...
India remains the global growth champion with its economy set to increase by 7.8 percent in the new year although a World Bank report released Thursday cut it from the 7.9 projected last June....
A majority of Britons want to leave the European Union (EU), while a growing proportion of British citizens "have felt further removed from Europe" over the last 12 months, according to an opinion poll by London-based research company ORB International....
Curtains came down on the 103rd Indian Science Congress on Thursday after a five-day session, which saw a record 12,500 delegates participating in various events, including plenary sessions, public lectures and a mega expo on the most fascinating subject from school to university level. ...
Thousands on Thursday evening attended the burial of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who died in New Delhi. While the PDP urged the governor to let his daughter Mehbooba Mufti take charge of the Muslim-majority state, coalition partner BJP said it may bargain for a 50:50 formula for rest of the chief min...
Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party got a major boost on Thursday when its candidates for the district panchayat chiefs won on 60 of the 74 seats that went for polls earlier in the day. The BJP and the BSP suffered major setbacks as the former won no seat and the latter just one....
In a unique punishment, the Bombay High Court on Thursday directed four youth from Thane, who stand accused of molestation and attempt to murder, to sweep public roads every week for six months, in return for quashing police proceedings against them....
