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Srinagar: The first batch of 340 pilgrims from the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform the annual Haj...

Kudankulam/New Delhi: The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear plant was on Wednesday dedicated to the nation jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

New Delhi: Terming political attacks on him as abominable, outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday said he was open to staying a...

Imphal: The secret of Manipur, north east India's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila's fairly good health even after undertaking a hunger strike for...

Yunatsite (Bulgaria): It may be just a tiny gold bead - 4mm (1/8 inch) in diameter - but it is an enormous discovery for Bulgarian archaeologists who say...

London: Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, a British billionaire landowner and close friend of the royal family known by his title of Duke of Westminster, has died...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday ordered the army to destroy the small but violent Abu Sayyaf militant group saying if not, the...

Hong Kong: Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking...

Taipei: About 100 activists protested in front of Formosa Plastics Group's headquarters in Taipei on Wednesday demanding it shut its steel project in...

Shanghai: A Chinese city has suspended preliminary work on a proposed 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) nuclear waste processing plant following protests by...