A film about US President Barack Obama’s childhood days in Indonesia debuts in Jakarta on Wednesday, promising a very different perspective on the man in the White House.

Only one member of a teenage gang which brutally bashed up an Indian student and blinded him in one eye was on Wednesday given a suspended jail term with community work while others escaped custodial

Pakistan has indicated it may extradite Mullah Baradar and other top Afghan militant commanders to Afghanistan as part of its efforts to help President Hamid Karzai reach a negotiated settlement with

Struggling to gel with people with its poor image as party with intrigue and scandals, China’s ruling Communist Party (CPC), has launched a public relations exercise promising to lift the veil of secr

The Pakistan government has trashed former President Pervez Musharraf’s four-point formula to resolve Kashmir issue, saying it was “his thinking” which did not have the endorsement of Parliament or Ca

IIT Powai alumnus Nitin Nohria is all set to assume his role as dean of the prestigious Harvard Business School here starting Thursday.

A key Senate committee has confirmed General David Petraeus as the new US and Nato commander in Afghanistan after a hearing marked by bickering over the July, 2011 troop withdrawal deadline.

Famous Greek philosopher Plato was a secret follower of Pythagoras and shared his belief that the secrets to universe lie in numbers and maths.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on Wednesday announced that it would invest Rs 1,366 crore for a 4.5 per cent stake in private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank.

The RBI directive to banks, asking them not to honour cheques with overwriting, will come into effect from December 1 instead of the earlier scheduled date of July 1, the apex bank said in its latest circular.