The US National Security Adviser General (Retd) James Jones will travel to India next week to lay the groundwork for the US President, Mr Barack Obama's successful visit in November, the White House h

Japan and Russia have agreed to jointly build a liquefied natural gas plant in Vladivostok, with five million tonnes of output to be shipped to Japan annually, a newspaper said on Saturday.

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Australia's new leader, Ms Julia Gillard, voiced her commitment to the Afghan war on Saturday after the country lost its 17th soldier in the conflict, just weeks before she is expected to call electio

The foreign secretary, Ms Nirupama Rao, is arriving at McLeodganj near here, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, on Saturday and is slated to meet the Dalai Lama, an official said.

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Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) workers on Saturday halted trains and blocked roads in several places across Bihar to enforce their statewide shutdown to protest th

At least 63 special trains will be run for pilgrims during the Rath Yatra, the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath, in Orissa's temple city of Puri, an official said on Saturday.

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With no rains in flood-affected areas of Haryana and Punjab in the last two days, authorities have stepped up efforts to provide relief to the marooned people in both states.

District authorities and

The Indian foreign ministry has also succumbed to the charms of the little bird. It has created a Twitter account and got several followers already.

In probably the first effort by a government minis

British researchers may have uncovered a partial answer to the age-old question, "what came first the chicken or the egg?"

According to a team, comprising researchers from the University of Warwick

Seven members of a family, including two minors, were killed when gunmen attacked their vehicle in the northwestern Colombia, authorities said.

The assailants struck on Wednesday afternoon in the pro