The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said 13 prisoners would be released as a humanitarian gesture on the eve of the 101st birth anniversary of DMK founder C N Annadurai. All those being released are over 70 years of age and have completed at least...

At least 56 children suffering from thalassaemia tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after receiving blood transfusion at government-run Umaid hospital in Jodhpur. They are among the 130 thalassaemic children registered with Jodhpur’s...

Residents of a remote state in northeastern India are running out of essential supplies as an economic blockade imposed by tribal rebels nears its 60th day, officials say. Several Naga tribal groups have blocked the main highway into Manipur state...

Heavy rains battered the coastal areas of north Tamil Nadu today as Cyclone Laila further intensified and moved to lay centred in the Bay of Bengal around 190 km east-northeast of Chennai and is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast on Thursday.

Remittances to India are on the rise, but the bulk of the money flowing into the country is used for consumption and not for creating assets. A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) study, conducted in November, shows that the Indian diaspora has remitted $46.9...

A Pakistani militant leader a former Pakistani army officer and a man from Chicago have been charged in the US over the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. Militant chief Ilyas Kashmiri and ex-army officer Abdur Rehman were also charged with plotting to attack...

She is known for her unconventional choices and now US first lady Michelle Obama is setting another precedent by the first presidential wife to appear on a reality TV series. The First Lady will make a guest appearance on the popular series ‘Iron...

She used to keep her life’s saving not in wallet or a bank but in buckets. A beggar in West Bengal’s capital was found with three iron buckets full of coins. The coins weighed over 90 kg.

A twelve-year old girl was seriously injured after she was tied to a tree and beaten up for over an hour by an occult practitioner Monday in West Bengal reportedly to “ward of evil spirits”, officials said. The incident took place at Sodepur, a...