A Foreign Ministry spokesman familiar with the process said Bangladesh will hand over Vajpayee’s “Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to the country from June 6. Mr. Vajpayee, who is ....

“I’m fine, they’re really pampering me here,” Harriette Thompson said in a firm, joyful voice as people all around her shouted congratulations. This was her 16th Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and, by far, the hardest. “It’s ....

 Notwithstanding the four-month-old Sirisena government’s repeated assertions of attaching priority to ethnic reconciliation in the country, the regime has been found to be “reluctant” in demilitiarising the Northern and Eastern Provinces, where Tamil ....

The state gained notoriety in 2011 in its scramble to execute death row inmates after prison authorities reached out to foreign suppliers of lethal drugs, including several in India, following massive shortages of in the U.S. of the sedative sodium thiopental. They d ....

 China’s Guizhou province has opened its doors to top Indian cyber companies, in tune with the impulse imparted during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit that the India-China economic engagement is now ready to expand to the provincial level. Big Data ....

No injuries had been reported, although the Japan Meteorological Agency reported that pyroclastic flows from the volcano had reached the shore to the northwest. At least 80 residents were evacuated to safety after a volcano erupted in Japan’s Kuchinoerabu islan ....

More than 5,45,000 tech jobs remain vacant in the US which is having a deep impact on Silicon Valley-based firms, American IT industry has said while arguing in favour of raising the cap on H-1B visas to attract the brightest minds from across the globe. "Silicon Va ....

Asif said the Indian intelligence network and terrorists have joined hands to foment unrest in Pakistan. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has alleged that Indian intelligence agencies and terrorists have joined hands to foment unrest in Pakistan. ....

WASHINGTON: Moving closer to a formal announcement of his US presidential bid, Indian-American Bobby Jindal has slammed his fellow Republican and presidential aspirant Rand Paul for being "unsuited to be the commander in chief." In an unusually harsh language, ....

The newly elected David Cameron government has promised to hold an in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU); a five-year freeze on income-tax, VAT and national insurance payments; and the right-to-buy for tenants of housing associations. ....