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New Delhi: The DNA sample of Geeta, the deaf and mute young woman who returned to India more than a decade after mistakenly foraying into Pakistan, did not match that of the Mahato family of...

Mumbai: In a dramatic development, the CBI here on Thursday evening arrested former media tycoon Peter Mukerjea in connection with the murder of his step-daugther Sheena Bora. Peter — the husband of one of the...

New York: An Indian-origin student has been awarded a presidential scholarship in a US college for outstanding academic merit and an exceptional commitment to the field of culinary arts. Kendall College School of Culinary Arts...

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his friends and filmmakers Karan Johar and Farah Khan are “such wannabe actors” as they are always keen to be in front of the camera rather than behind...

New York: Like an apple a day can keep a doctor away, a web-based tool to help young doctors cope with stress can help the common man deal with high-pressure situations in life, say researchers...

London: Not just making you calm and creating a feeling of kindness, a mere seven-minute of meditation daily can help reduce racial bias too, a new study shows. The researchers found that just seven minutes...

Patna: A staggering 200,000 people, including eight chief ministers and a galaxy of national leaders ranged against the BJP, will attend on Friday the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar as Bihar’s chief minister for a...

Srinagar: Three troopers and two civilians were injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday when militants hurled a grenade at a patrol, police said. “Three CRPF troopers of 110 Battalion and two civilians...

By Chaitanya Mallapur There has been a nine-fold increase in deaths due to terrorism globally, rising from 3,329 in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2015 report by the Institute...

Panaji: If Richard Attenborough brought home Mahatma Gandhi by making a biopic on the ‘Father of the Nation’, young director Matt Brown has brought home the legacy of mathematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar back to...

Kolkata: Stepping away from popular entertainment, a couple of productions showcased in the ongoing 21st Kolkata International Film Festival have brought the focus on nature. A depiction of relationships against the backdrop of a Himalayan...

Jaipur: The government is following a policy to attract investment and has eased all rules in this regard and promises reasonable taxes and a corruption-free governance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. “India, in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked its collegium to go ahead with the appointment of judges to the high courts and the apex court which have been put on hold ever since the...

New Delhi: Long-absconding underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan was sent in judicial custody to Tihar jail by a Delhi court on Wednesday in a fake passport case, a CBI official said. “Special...

Mumbai: The CBI on Thursday evening arrested former media tycoon Peter Mukerjea in connection with the murder of his step-daughter Sheena Bora. Peter — the husband of one of the three prime accused and Sheena’s...

Paris: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include prints from fingers,...

New Delhi: The central government on Thursday said it has decided to auction eight Schedule III coal mines earmarked for the non-regulated sector in the fourth tranche of the coal auctions in January next year....

Kathmandu: As Nepal began to reel under a severe shortage of essential drugs following a two-month-old blockading of the southern border with India, the agitating Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha on Thursday decided to facilitate safe...

Kuantan (Malaysia): India fired six first half goals to crush lower ranked Oman 9-0 and enter the semi-finals of the 8th Junior Men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Thursday. Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked its collegium to go ahead with the appointments of judges to the high courts and the apex court which have been put on hold ever since government...