Over 200 people were killed in an explosion at a gas station in Ghana's capital Accra, even as torrential rains lashed the West African nation, the interior ministry said....
Nestle India early on Friday said it was withdrawing Maggi noodles in the country amid nation-wide scrutiny over more-than-permissible limits of lead, but continued to maintain it was safe and that it would be back on store shelves soon....
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met representatives of various NGOs, including Greenpeace's Priya Pillai, and assured them his party would be in vanguard in defending fundamental rights and constitutional freedoms....
Heavy rainfall exceeding seven cm is expected to occur in isolated places in Kerala and Lakshadweep by Saturday, and the monsoon was likely to arrive in the southern state in the next 48 hours, weather officials said on Thursday....
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday welcomed Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's decision to go ahead with the Vizhinjam port project despite "baseless objections" by the opposition, and urged the government to finalise the decision on awarding the contract in the next cabinet meeting....
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain the plea for a CBI probe into recent violence in Atali village in Haryana's Faridabad district in which members of the minority community were forced to leave and take shelter in Ballabhgarh city police station....
Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav said on Thursday that the alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will happen for sure for the upcoming assembly polls....
Indian H-1B visa holders are at the centre of a raging debate over the usage of the temporary visas after 250 employees of Walt Disney were replaced by Indian immigrants as part of a reorganisation plan of the entertainment conglomerate, a US daily said....
A 17-year-old teenager was stabbed to death by his friends here, police said on Thursday. ...
Expatriate workers who fail to return to the Saudi Arabia before the expiry of their exit-reentry visas will not be allowed to enter the country for three years, a government official said....
