Aurelia Balpe, Fiji-based head of delegation for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Pacific, confirmed that eight people were killed due to cyclone Pam, Xinhua reported....
Pakistani authorities should immediately halt the execution of an alleged child offender scheduled for March 19 and commute his sentence, Human Rights Watch said Sunday....
The CPI-M -led Left Front on Sunday announced its first set of candidates for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls, with at least 71 women candidates set to be in fray out of the 144 wards....
The Haryana government will introduce the teaching of "Bhagwad Gita", a Hindu scripture, in school curriculum from the new academic session this year, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday....
The court threw out Nasheed's appeal against his February 22 arrest as he refused to enter the courtroom for the first hearing of his appeal case in protest because the hearing was not open to the public....
Eleven commuters and two crew members were rescued by cranes after the country's first elevated monorail got stuck after a power failure here on Sunday....
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Delhi Police sought details about Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi....
Promising strict action, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Sunday sought public help to arrest those who gang-raped a 70-year-old nun in Nadia district....
Even as BJP spokespersons shied away from commenting on the government's decision to drop Gandhi Jayanti from the list of "commercial and industrial" holidays for this year, a senior party functionary expressed "shock" at the deletion....
Hundreds of people, including family members, colleagues and central and state ministers, on Sunday paid homage to the Indian software engineer who was murdered in Australia on March 7....
