Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj stressed that there will be no cease-fire in Libya without withdrawal of the rival eastern-based army from western L..

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took offence at a reporter's question about whether she hates President Donald Trump, a situation that the president took advantage of ..

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Saudi Aramco on Thursday priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the high end of the targeted range, a level that will allow the..

Prime Minister Imran Khan will represent Pakistan as a co-convener at the first-ever Global Refugee Forum, which will be held in Geneva from December 17-18.

Pakistan has welcomed the announcement regarding resumption of the US-Taliban talks, hoping the process would lead to intra-Afghan dialogue and ultimately to a pe..

Former Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa's will be officially declared as the Opposition Leader in Parliament on January 3, 2020, the Speakers Of..

The South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday that North Korea and the US still seemed to have differences over the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsul..

US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said that there had been "no movement" with regard to getting Turkey to abandon the Russian S-400 missile system.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ruling Conservative Party have a 10-point lead over opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party ahead of the Dece..

An alert has been issued in the entire state on the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri masjid on December 6. Since the anniversary falls on Friday, the ad..

The Bangladesh Bank was criticised for a "sexist" job circular, where it asked married female applicants to mention their husbands permanent address as their own,..

A week after the brutal gang rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad, police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged 'encounter' near Shadnagar ..

The redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill will likely exclude 3 states in the North-East out of its ambit besides the tribal areas in as many as three other N-E st..

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country was still open to negotiations amidst ongoing tensions, a media report said.

The Ministry of Defence has signed more than 180 contracts worth Rs 1,96,000 crore with the Indian industry since 2014 while a few are in the pipeline to be signe..

The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Thursday deferred former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's bail hearing in a corruption case after authorities sought more time to subm..

A sailor shot three civilian employees at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in the US state of Hawaii, before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.

The US State Department has said that Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad "will rejoin the talks with the Taliban in Doha to di..

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday lashed out at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comment on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Inflation in Pakistan rose to 12.7 per cent year-on-year, the highest level in nine years mainly driven by an increase in prices of food items, it was reported.

A day after the Supreme Court granted bail to former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the Rajya Sabha member reached Parliament and exp..

With the second quarter GDP slipping to a six-year low of 4.5 per cent and expected to remain muted, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday cut GDP growth fo..

DMK leader T.R. Baalu on Thursday requested the Centre to retrieve the bodies of the 18 Indians, including six from Tamil Nadu, who were killed in a blast in the ..

The Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria has participated in the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2019 at the Joint Base..

Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh has taken over as Chief of Personnel from Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar on December 2, the Indian Navy announced on Wednesday.

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan has said that its own orbiter had located the crashed Vikram lander on the lunar surface. However, "ISRO will..

Were they really the debris of Indian moon lander Vikram as announced by the US space agency on Tuesday, wondered a senior official of the Indian space agency.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media scam.

Kamala Harris, the senator of Indian heritage, has pulled out of the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination as she tumbled in the polls despite a..

US House Democrats released a draft report summarizing their findings from an ongoing impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump.

The economic advisory team of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the suspension of trade ties with India was one among the reasons responsible for the p..

The spectre of rollback of large scale infrastructure projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore is looming over Maharashtra which may be a redux of Andhra Pradesh and in the..

The Union Home Ministry has refused to share any timeline for the release of political detainees in Jammu & Kashmir.

New Delhi: Six security personnel at an ITBP camp in Chattisgarh were reported killed and two others injured when an ITBP jawan fired at his colleagues before t..

Three army jawans were rescued and two were missing after an avalanche hit an army patrol in Kashmir's Tangdhar sector on Tuesday night, sources said.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh on Tuesday expressed concern over the shrinking budget for the navy, saying that the force has knocked the doors of gover..

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to provide Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsi..

India is keenly watching China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean region, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Tuesday, assuring that India is ..

Twitter users heaped praise and tweeted congratulatory messages on Monday as Sub Lieutenant Shivangi became the first woman pilot of the Indian Navy, joining oper..

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government has decided to cease all bilateral aid to Pakistan, which includes support for successful programmes helping..

India's most wanted don Dawood Ibrahim has been meticulously avoiding using any phone device for over three years.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to call for unity at a tense NATO summit slated to begin near here on Tuesday amid growing tensions within the military blo..

The opposition Democrats are hurtling towards an impeachment vote by Christmas as they seek to crank up public support - which has been doggedly static - with a l..

To be or not to be? Shakespeare's Hamlet has been haunting all Kashmiri mainstream political parties ever since article 370 was abrogated and the state bifurcated..

Shanmuga Subramanian, the eagle-eyed citizen space scientist who found Vikram moonlander said on Tuesday that he took spotting it as a challenge when NASA couldn'..

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted for fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened here in the Spanish capital on Monday, where delegates are discussing measures to implement the 2015 Paris Agreeme..

At least 19 people were killed in air strikes by the Syrian army and its Russian allies on the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the last stronghold of the a..

Former Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf was hospitalised in Dubai after he developed "heart- and blood pressure-related" complications, his party sources h..

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that global warming could reach a "point of no return" and that efforts to curb the consequences of the climate c..

In response to the nationwide Student Solidarity March, Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan has announced that his government would restore student unions with a "c..

Corporatisation of railway production units would succeed only if the government buys the trains from them and not resort to imports at least for initial couple o..

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is in Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit during which he is expected to call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa an..

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam's (JUI-F) 13-day 'Azadi March' in Islamabad has cost the Pakistan government over $1.5 million, according to police officials.

With as little as less than 23 per cent of conviction rate under the present criminal laws, the Centre is all set to make changes in the British-enacted Indian Pe..

The White House has informed the House Judiciary Committee that it would not attend the panel's first impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump scheduled fo..

The Uttar Pradesh Police has finally bid adieu to the 303 Lee-Enfield rifles that had been in use since Independence.

The very mention of Dantewada brings the Naxal problem to the forefront, but now the winds of change are blowing, and the effect of that is clearly visible among ..

"We want to invent the future together with India," remarked the man at the thick of world's futuristic innovation - Marco future in an interview with IANS.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Sunday asserted that positive changes have been seen in Jammu and Kashmir after the Central government abrogated..

With the Supreme Court clearing the decks for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is preparing to turn ..

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of Nagaland on its 57th Statehood Day.

Namibia's incumbent President Hage Geingob has won a second term, securing 56.3 per cent of the vote in the presidential election, the Electoral Commission of Nam..

It is party season and we like nothing more than to sip on champagne during sunny afternoons or party the night away with some bubbly in hand. While champagne has..

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to crack down on crime after two people were killed in an attack in the UK capital.

As greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow, diplomats and officials from nearly 200 countries, including India, will gather in the Spanish capital Madrid for tw..

Nine people, including two children, were killed and three others injured in a plane crash in the US state of South Dakota.

Union home minister Amit Shah has reportedly assured a CBI probe into the mysterious death of a class 11 student Anushka Pandey in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalay in Ma..

The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibilty for the Friday's terror attack at London Bridge where two people were killed and three others injured.

Three boys, all between 16-18 years, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Delhi Gate intersection near Netaji Subhash Marg under the Central Delh..

At least two soldiers died after they were trapped in an avalanche in southern Siachen Glacier at an altitude of approximately 18,000 feet on Saturday, officials ..

As debates on Indian economic growth, infrastructure and job creation, business environment and corporate balance sheets rage on, an alternative way to boosting t..

The word "devil" had predisposed me to believe that horses naturally didn't like humans, rendering me blind to the constant abuse they endured.

Amid polling for the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the voters of the state to participate in t..

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches at two locations in connection with a case earlier this regarding an alleged conspiracy by th..

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with magnetic waves - w..

Delegations from Cuba and the European Union (EU) met in Havana for the Second Dialogue on Unilateral Coercive Measures.

North Korea slammed the Japanese Prime Minister on Saturday after Shinzo Abe termed the projectiles fired by Pyongyang two days back, as ballistic missiles.

"High-level" authorities from Mexico and the United States will hold a meeting to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organised crime, Mexican Foreign Min..

A video of Russian military cadets singing the famous Hindi patriotic song "Aye watan, aye watan, hamko teri Kasam Teri raahon mein jaan tak loota jaayenge" from ..

Elderly Buddhist monk the Dalai Lama, revered by millions across the globe as the living god, on Friday once again clarified that "he is in excellent health" at t..

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has said a suspect in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia will not be granted immunity to reveal what he knows ab..

The Supreme Court has slammed the authorities for failing to curb air pollution, especially in Delhi where the air quality index has been consistently poor or in ..

North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un inspected test-firing of a super-large multiple launch rocket system, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported..

Even as Lucknow remains among the ten most polluted cities in the country, the state government is preparing to cut down 63,799 trees along the Gomti river for th..

Read about a case in which a top ISRO scientist, S. Nambi Narayanan was charged with spying but was eventually exonerated and awarded Rs 50 lakh for being "unnece..

BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered apology in the Lok Sabha twice over her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, denying she made any such rem..

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot and deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Friday led a massive march to protest against the economic policies of the central governmen..

The BBC has asked the Conservative Party to remove a Facebook advertisement that uses edited footage of its news reporters and presenters saying sentences like "P..

Maldives former President Abdulla Yameen was found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to five years in prison with a fine of USD 5 million.

Thousands of supporters of presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah marched on the Kabul streets on Friday to protest alleged poll fraud committed to favor incumben..

The Albanian government on Friday declared an end to the search and rescue phase of the country's post-earthquake operations.The death toll in the earthquake that..

An Indian-origin researcher-led team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Friday announced it has discovered a novel way to turn banana plantation waste..

India has issued a note of caution for the United States peace efforts in Afghanistan with the Taliban saying that the elected representatives should be the main ..

Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Maoists have been wiped out from Jharkhand during BJP's rule. He was addressing a rally ..

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday opened a new toll highway linking Moscow with the country's second largest city, Saint Petersburg, according to a Kr..

The Chinese government on Thursday threatened the United States after its President Donald Trump signed two bills into law supporting Hong Kongs pro-democracy pro..

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan drew social media attention after claiming in a speech that trees produce oxygen at night.

Molotov cocktails, barricades made from furniture, a trail of masks, helmets, umbrellas and backpacks and a nauseating smell greet one at the Hong Kong Polytechni..

Sri Lanka's new Minister of Roads, Highways, Ports and Shipping Johnston Fernando has said that the new government aims to expedite the development of the East Co..

South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a retrial for former president Park Geun-hye for illegally accepting state funds after a lower court acquitted her of ..

After tackling the recent Jammu & Kashmir crisis with an "iron fist", the 50th edition of the IFFI in Goa must have been a pleasant reprieve for Goa Governor Saty..

As many as 21 Pakistan migrants, including a minor, were given Indian citizenship by the Rajasthan government on Wednesday.

Senior Tibetan religious leaders have adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declared that Tibetans will ne..

The Congress is determined to bring a censure motion against BJP MP Pragya Thakur for her controversial remark on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

BSNL and MTNL contractual employees would have to fend for themselves as they are on the rolls of their contractors and not of the two state-run telecom companies..

The two autonomous super speciality hospitals in the national capital - Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital and Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital - are facin..

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the purpose of the amendment in the Special Protection Group (SPG) Amendment Bill, 2019 is to enhance the efficien..

In the run-up to Maharashtra government formation with the stage now set for anointing Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister, BJP lawmaker Jagdambika Pal..

The issue connected with Internet privacy echoed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, as it pondered over the matter that if the government were to read all message..

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing in a case pertaining to the extension/reappointment of tenure of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is ..

As many as 35 state Ministers and three deputy Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday.

The US will highlight the progress on burden sharing, security and defence cooperation as well as the future development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization..

The JCS said it detected and tracked an unidentified vessel, which crossed the inter-Korean sea boundary in the western waters and sailed southward, at around 6.4..

Pakistan has appointed a retired army general as the first chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority, formed in October to ensure timely completi..

The Sena-NCP-Congress government, set to take power on Thursday, will have to take steps to check the widening revenue deficit of India's second most politically ..

A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on the UN investigative team for crimes of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq to respect the country's sovereignty.

A special CBI court on Tuesday issued summons against all accused including retired Odisha High Court judge I.M. Qudussi in connection with an alleged medical bri..

The constant run-ins between West Bengal's Trinamool Congress government and Raj Bhavan spilled over to the floor of the state assembly on Tuesday during a progra..

Indian Naval Ship Nireekshak was warmly welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with the naval tradition as it arrived at the port of Trincomalee on a traini..

Sri Lanka's new government has announced that it will "review and revisit" the 2015 UNHRC resolution promoting accountability, reconciliation, and human rights fo..

Russia's Soyuz-2.1V light-class carrier rocket has successfully put a military satellite into orbit, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

For the first time, more than 70 candidates of Pakistani origin have been given tickets by Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats, reported The News.

Turkish gendarmerie forces caught 1,475 illegal migrants in the northwestern Edirne province bordering Greece and Bulgaria. The spot sees intense attempts for ill..

Is Pakistan's oil and gas "migrating to the Indian side", a document authored by a Pakistani expert has asked, adding that while Pakistan has been ignoring the hy..

The Pakistan Supreme Court On Tuesday suspended the service extension notification of the Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The 26-hour countdown for the launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) with 14 satellites began on Tuesday morning at India's rocket po..

Terror struck Mumbai on the night of November 26, 2008, when 10 Kalashnikov-wielding terrorists from Pakistan attacked India's commercial capital, striking simult..

A Delhi Court on Monday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation over delay in recording of statements of controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma against fo..

Thousands of Turkish women on Monday flocked to the streets of Istanbul to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Activist Trupti Desai, who arrived at the Kochi airport early on Tuesday enroute to Sabarimala temple sparked off protests by Lord Ayyappa devotees.Desai has been..

Industrialist Subhash Chandra on Monday resigned as the Chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL).

Second bi-annual IAF Commanders’ Conference was inaugurated here by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 25 Nov 19 at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the previous Congress governments at the Centre and in Jharkhand and its alliance partners, accusing it of using..

South Korea on Monday said that the artillery exercise conducted by North Korea on an island near the western sea border between the countries was a violation of ..

Major General (Rtd) K.B. Egodawela has been appointed as Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksas Chief-of-Staff.

The US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the Pentagon has asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over his management of the case of a..

In the Upper House, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move a bill to further to amend and pass the Chit Funds Act, 1982, already passed by the Lok Sa..

Pro-democracy candidates on Monday claimed a resounding victory in all Hong Kong districts, winning at least 387 of 452 district council seats.

Ahead of a verdict in the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan's ruling party has raised questions about impartiality of Chief El..

Bangladesh authorities said on Sunday they have started the process of erecting barbed wire fence near Rohingya camps in the country's Cox's Bazar district, a mov..

The government will introduce some important Bills in the Lok Sabha on Monday - the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, the International Financial Services Centres (..

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party's election manifesto on Sunday, promising to put his "Get Brexit Done" deal before parliament..

A total of 440-megawatt (MW) of Nuclear Power generation is expected to begin in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka between November 27 and December 1 this year, as per Pow..

The Supreme Court on Monday gave a breather to the BJP-Ajit Pawar government in Maharashtra as it reserved its order on Governor B.S. Koshyari's decision to invit..

Britain's Labour Party has promised to compensate over three million women, who lost out on years of state pension payments when their retirement age was increase..

Three Taliban militants were killed in air strikes conducted by Afghan National Army's Air Force in Afghanistan's Herat and Farah provinces, the command of specia..

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party has spent about Rs 78 crore annually on advertisements in the first four years of its tenure, while the previous Sheila Dikshit gov..

Myanmar has said the case, filed by Gambia against the country at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the alleged violation of the provisions of t..

Turkey would seek alternatives if it could not acquire US F-35 fighter jets, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said.

A hawala racket surfaced when the security forces seized Rs 50 lakh cash from a Gujarati youth at the Barakhamba metro station, here on Saturday.

If war is too serious a business to be left in the generals so should former bureaucrats without adequate knowledge stay away from political analyses and national..

The socio-political scenario in India is moving, over the last few years, towards a goal of cultural correction and realism about the country's national identity...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed all civil and police officials to ensure adequate security measures ahead of the Babri mosque demolition..

In a hall somewhere in England, a propagandist for the Tories, a sort of marketing man, is being bombarded by angry citizens on bad schools, bad housing, bad heal..

Did godman Nithyananda flee from the country before September 2018 as his passport expired on September 30, 2018 and was due for renewal? The Gujarat police have ..

Legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar recently turned 90 and while the varied melodies of the life and career of the Nightingale of India are known, lesser kn..

As Saturday morning brought surprise and amazement to many with a 180-degree-turnaround in the Maharashtra politics, it once again reinforced the fact that Amit A..

Excessive use of certain commonly used antibiotics is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that leads to shak..

Maharashtra early on Saturday got a surprise pack of Chief Minister and his deputy in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar.

Pakistani troops on Saturday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and Indian forces were "retaliating befittingly..

South Korea says it is to continue a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan that had been threatened by a long-running dispute.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has asked US legislators not to entangle internal political issues with the ratification of a renewed North American..

The UN envoy for Yemen has reported momentum toward a political settlement in Yemen has been building and urged parties concerned to continue practicing concessio..

Amid threats from Left-wing extremism during upcoming Assembly polls in Jharkhand, the Election Commission appointed retired IPS officer Mrinal Kanti Das as speci..

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirat..

The UN Security Council has reaffirmed its stance on chemical weapons after it was briefed by the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons..

The BJP government which took oath early on Saturday and took everyone by surprise. However, the biggest setback was to its former long-time ally Shiv Sena beside..

In a stunning political development, Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari on Saturday morning administered the oath of office to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Deven..

Karnataka Police on Friday carted away a contingent of 59 Bangladeshi illegal migrants by train to Kolkata as part of the state's deportation exercise, an officia..

The Ministry of Defence plans to set up 6-8 product testing facilities to enable the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to test their products for defence..

Markets in Kashmir have closed again after resuming business for a few days for the first time since August 5. The closure has come in the wake of threats through..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out searches at nine locations in Manipur, Mizoram and Haryana in connection with its probe into misap..

US President Donald Trump has invited his Afghan counterpart Mohammed Ashraf Ghani to visit the US which was accepted by the latter, said a statement of the Afgha..

The higher reaches of Kashmir have received fresh snowfall as temperature dropped to sub zero level at many places in the Valley, the officials said.

A team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday visited Tihar Jail here to interrogate former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambara..

Israel's attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases.

A senior US official has left open the possibility that Washington may not impose sanctions on India for buying the Russian Triumf S-400 missile defence system bu..

The government will soon name the top police officers in the newly carved Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Contrasting India's and Pakistan's involvement in Afghanistan, India's envoy to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, has said, "Unlike (the) other country in the regio..

US President Donald Trump has thanked the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for facilitating the release of two Western hostages by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A close confidant of President Donald Trump who worked with Ukraine dealt him a blow asserting on Wednesday that there was a "quid pro quo" in dealings with that ..

Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was halted on Thursday for a few hours after an improvised explosive device (IED) was detected in Kashmir's Anantna..

Pakistan's Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has stepped down as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief and nomi..

The US has approved the sale of 13 naval guns and related equipment worth $1 billion to India to help it "meet current and future threats, according to the Defenc..

The Indian space agency on Thursday said it has postponed the launch of Catosat-3 satellite and 13 commercial nanosatellites with its PSLV rocket by two days to N..

Indian Navy, in a swift rescue operation, safely evacuated a pregnant woman in emergency labour from Daring, a remote village in Nicobar Islands.

China on Thursday said it's striving for an initial "phase one" deal with the US as both sides continue to maintain close communication.

Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the island country's 23rd Prime Minister in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Pre..

Bangladesh on Thursday observed Armed Forces Day paying glowing tributes to the Liberation War martyrs, who laid down their lives for the country's independence i..

Replying to a question from Manas Ranjan Bhunia of the Trinamool Congress, Minister of State for Space Department Jitendra Singh said that procedural and process ..

A controversy erupted after Malegaon blast accused and BJP MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur was nominated to the parliamentary consultative committee of the Min..

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday expressed strong opposition to the passage of Hong Kong-related acts in the US House of..

The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov has warned that the situation in Gaza remains fragile despite an Egyptian-mediated..

Sharp differences have emerged among members of the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board over the filing of a review petition in the Supreme Court against the v..

US President Donald Trump who visited Apple's Austin-based Mac Pro plant has said the government is "looking at" whether Apple should be exempt from China tariffs..

The personal care industry offers more options than ever before, and has something for everyone, even vegans. Homegrown Indian brands are catching on the trend, w..

Replying to questions over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that internet services would resume in the..

Shinzo Abe on Wednesday became the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japan's history, reaching almost eight years in power.

A key witness in the impeachment hearing against US President Donald Trump said on Tuesady that he had been offered the post of Ukrainian Defence Minister.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn locked horns over several issues including Brexit in their first TV election debate.

The US Senate has unanimously passed a legislation aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid the ongoing unrest in the China-administered financial hub.

Family members of detained Kashmiri leaders have complained about lack of facilities at the MLA hostel here which has been designated as a sub-jail.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has regretted Washington's announcement that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory will no longer be conside..

The Home Ministry has written to the states for enforcement of prohibition on e-cigarettes done through an ordinance issued in September.

If the US stance on delivery of F-35 fighter jets does not change, Turkey would be forced to "look elsewhere" to meet its defense necessities, Turkish President R..

A US government commission has called the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a "downward trend in religious freedom" in India amid efforts to link Assam to the K..

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy raised the issue of rising crime rates in the national capital, during a debate in Parliament, and said how free efiling of FIRs..

India will launch its cartography satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into sun synchronous orbit on November 25, the Indian space agency said on..

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed about the ground situation of the Siachen Glacier tragedy by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday.

Bhutanese Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and also held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid tributes to Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only female Prime Minister.

A fire broke out early Tuesday at the District Commandant Home Guard Office in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar, police said.

Prime Minister Imran Khan took a dig at Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto over the latter's "rain theory", saying that it has left scientists ..

At least 14 Taliban militants, including a militants' divisional commander, were killed in an air strike carried out by Afghan Air Force in Afghanistan's northern..

Israel has thanked US President Donald Trump's administration for its decision that the American government would no longer consider the West Bank Jewish settleme..

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for snap Parliamentary election in the wake of his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential victory, in..

A senior North Korean official has put forward new conditions for talks with the US, saying Washington should give up its hostile policy before coming to the nego..

The Afghan government has freed three jailed leaders of the Haqqani Network in exchange for a US and an Australian professor who were abducted by the terror group..

The Israeli military on Tuesday said that its anti-rocket systems intercepted four rockets launched from Syria earlier in the day.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday administered the oath of office of the Chief Justice of India to Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in Bangkok where they have come t..

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that growth has decelerated, but there is no slump and India is still projected to be the fast..

Marshals of Rajya Sabha are likely to don white uniforms, resembling those of Navy officers, during Parliament sessions in the summer season.

China has sent its first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier, known as 002, across the Taiwan Strait, the island's Ministry of National Defence confirmed.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that every Conservative Party candidate standing in the country's general election on December 12 has personally..

Pakistan has successfully conducted training launch of the Shaheen-1 the Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile (SSBM), military spokesman Major Geneal Asif Ghafoor..

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for collective efforts to prevent road accidents that cause over 1.3 million deaths annually, on the occasion of ..

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his administration recognizes peoples right to hold protests against the government's decision to ration gasoline a..

A top US military official said the United States and South Korea have postponed a combined flying training event, according to the US Department of Defence.

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas chief, said that the battle with Israel is "not over" although the new wave of violence in the Gaza Strip is over.

Since India rejected RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) with ASEAN and six other countries, most commentators have focused on reasons for exit. Th..

Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election have reacted to a warning by former US President Barack Obama against moving too far left in politics.

At least four military personnel were injured due to a suicide blast outside an Afghan army training centre here on Monday, police said.

An unprecedented protest by the men in Khaki against its own department made it clear that everything was not right within the Delhi Police and the way top brass ..

Same location, almost similar incidents but different outcomes in two different cases of clashes between the Delhi Police and the lawyers of Tis Hazari.

In the ongoing wedding season, about 200 police personnel in Lucknow alone are gearing up to celebrate weddings in their families.

In what is seen as a major boost for the union territory (UT) of Ladakh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched winter grade diesel for the entire Ladak..

If the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was the focus of the monsoon session of Parliament, the winter session that is going to start from Monday is exp..

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday conveyed to US Secretary of Defence Mark T. Esper that there was growing convergence between India and the US in th..

Opposition raked up the issue of the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, who is a member of the Lok Sabha, during all party meet..

The eastern-based army of Libya announced launching intensive airstrikes on the forces of the UN-backed government around the capital Tripoli.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comp..

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has extended his lead over opposition Labour Part leader Jeremy Corbyn as he strengthens the ruling Conservatives' grip on working..

Ailing former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to travel to London on Tuesday in an air ambulance following the Lahore High Court's decision to al..

Saudi Arabia on Sunday placed a preliminary valuation on state oil company Aramco of between $1.6 trillion and $1.7 trillion.

In India, nationalism is a "positive word", and this nationalism does not cause tensions with the Muslim community, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has sai..

A case has been registered against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leaders and workers for blocking a highway that links Karachi with Balochistan as the party s..

The White House said US President Donald Trump is to visit London for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Leaders Meeting in December, at a time when the ..

An Indian Navy Mig-29 crashed in Goa. Both pilots ejected safely. At about noon today, a MiG-29K twin seater aircraft, on a routine training sortie, encountered a..

It is only the first week of the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump and it has already been brutal for the US President.

US President Donald Trump made a digital intrusion into the impeachment hearing with a tweet disparaging a witness in real time while she was testifying, setting ..

A total of 241 members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group have surrendered to the Afghanistan government in Nangarhar province, a military statement said on S..

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on two buses carrying voters in Sri Lanka's Mannar district on Saturday as polling was underway for the island nation's presidenti..

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he holds no grudge against Nawaz Sharif and the ailing former premiers health was more important than politics.

A federal court jury in Washington found Roger Stone, one of the advisers closest to President Donald Trump, guilty on all charges in a case related to the suppos..

Rakesh Kumar (name changed), who works for a paramilitary unit, has found a novel method to send SMS's to his family, although the service continues to remain sus..

Outgoing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Friday said the judicial system is facing new challenges, which emerge from within and outside of court complexes and judic..

North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Myong-gil said Washington recently proposed holding a new working meeting in December but rebuffed it, saying that the message..

The Syrian army deployed in six border points with Turkey in northeastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accepted on Thursday the resignation of the government submitted by the prime minister, the Kuwait News Agenc..

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle had "secretly" invited former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit her at Frogmore Cottage, her home in the UK, earlier ..

Visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sought to quell questioning about the bloc's unity and future, after meeting US President Donald Trump here.

The US has threatened to punish Egypt for its decision to purchase fighter jets from Russia, flexing its muscles against a second regional power that was veering ..

India and China have shown great maturity in maintaining the sanctity of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) despite differences in perception about the boundary bet..

In a strong defence of India's move to abrogate special status for Jammu and Kashmir, a representative of the Kashmiri Pandit community told a US Congressional he..

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh today called for bolstering the border infrastructure, saying that national security is the top most priority of the Government. He wa..

After over 19 hours in the air, a non-stop Qantas flight from London to Sydney touched down here on Friday, as part of a project which is studying ways to combat ..

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the government will take a decision on extension of the Odd-Even scheme on Monday.

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has urged the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to recognize "the unique security challenges faced by America's ally India in..

Israel has concluded a 12-day-long international military aerial exercise, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.

US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block a subpoena demanding his accounting firm to turn over eight years of his tax returns to New York pr..

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the Pakistan government's conditional decision to allow his brother and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel a..

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to float a Request for Proposal (RFP) with the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) this December for purchasing hom..

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday said that the US is not a friend of Islam and has been a major source of problems for the Middle East region.

The Supreme Court in a 3:2 verdict referred the Sabarimala review pleas to the larger bench. However, there is no stay on the September 28, 2018, judgement, which..

The Supreme Court dismissed the review petition in the Rafale deal issue, saying "we found nothing in it", BJP leader and senior lawyer Ajay Agarwal said here on ..

India has strongly condemned a fake letter circulating in Bangladesh's local media claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed it to Chief Justice of Ind..

Donald Tusk, the outgoing European Council (EC) President, has urged Britons who will vote in the UK's December 12 general election, to not "give up" on stopping ..

A ceasefire came into effect on Thursday after two days of fighting between Israel and militants in Gaza, it was reported.

Watched by millions on TV, the Democrats steered the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump towards allegations that his actions endangered national ..

China on Thursday unveiled an experiment simulating the process of a probe hovering, avoiding obstacles and descending to land on Mars.

Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez has taken charge and appointed a new military high command and government even as erstwhile head of state Evo Morales pro..

US President Donald Trump has declared himself a "big fan" of his visiting Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and defended the latter against criticism from..

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's former wife Reham Khan has received substantial libel damages and a public apology from a private Pakistani television channe..

US President Donald Trump has sniped at India over climate change, claiming that garbage from India lands on the shores of the US and questioning why it should be..

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff undertook his maiden flight in the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. designed and developed Basic Trainer Aircraf..

The 3rd of the 5 indigenous offshore Coast Guard vessels being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd. was launched in a ceremony held here. The Coast Guard vessel was launche..

On the occasion of Children’s Day, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is undertaking CSR initiatives aimed at children on 14th November 2019.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict in the Rafale case, saying with the dismissal of the review petition the NDA governm..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that despite the global economic recession, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - co..

On a day when one alleged defence corruption case was put to rest by the Supreme Court that became the talking point of 2019 general election, the ruling BJP resu..

Defence lawyers representing former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal who has been accused of rape, continued to cross examine the victim for the third consecu..

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it is filing a "massive charge sheet in the AgustaWestland case".

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, special representative of the UN secretary-general for Iraq, said on Tuesday that the United Nations will continue to reach out to all..

At least seven people were killed and seven others injured on Wednesday in a car bomb attack in a northeast neighbourhood of the Afghan capital, where military an..

The Kashmir issue will figure again in the US with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission calling a hearing on Thursday to examine the human rights situation in t..

The US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has unveiled the schedule for public hearings of eight more witnesses as part of the impeachment inquiry ..

Nita Ambani, the founder and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, has been elected an honorary trustee of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the arts power..

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed Syria, Iran and trade in a phone call, the White House said on Tuesday.