Aug. 1 A massive underwater river flowing along the bottom of the Black Sea has been found by scientists — a discovery that could help explain how life manages to survive in the deep oceans away from

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s dream of having his own presidential aircraft to rival America’s Air Force One will soon come true, with the Elysee Palace ordering an “Air Sarko One”, fitted with a

Signalling an end to the deadlock in Parliament, leaders of all opposition parties met the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, on Monday morning and agreed to hold a debate and allow both houses to

The toll in four days of violence in the Kashmir Valley rose to 15 with a youth succumbing to injuries on Monday, when mobs once again gathered at many places in Srinagar defying curfew orders. Chief minister Omar Abdullah left for New Delhi as separatists called for yet another protest march.

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday released a commemorative postage stamp on the late Syed Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal, a Kerala Muslim leader known for his knowledge and commitment to S

Claiming that Pakistan policy of supporting some terrorist groups has changed, its ambassador here says Islamabad has asked India to send its officials to testify before Pakistani courts to help convi

Once respected as a scrupulous researcher and human rights activist, Nepali lawyer Shakuntala Thapa is on Monday persecuted in her own country, she says, thanks to her decision to defend Charles Sobhraj, the sensational “Bikini Killer” of yesteryears.

Swine flu claimed its first victim in Orissa this year with a woman dying of the disease at a private hospital on Monday. The 56-year-old woman, a resident of Sailashri Vihar locality of the state cap

A tribunal on Monday ordered that four top leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) be jailed in connection with the “war crimes” committed during Bangladesh's 1971 freedom movement.

A 15-year-old Tibetan girl became popular among netizens after a Chinese internet forum referred to her as "the most beautiful girl" for putting trash into the bin at the Shanghai Expo Garden.

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