A secretive Syrian military unit has been moving stocks of chemical weapons to as many as 50 sites to make it harder for the US to track them, a media report said on Friday.

The entire coal block allocation process was “non-transparent, unfair and tainted” leading to windfall gains running into lakhs of crores of rupees to a few private firms and the allotments be cancelled, an NGO on Thursday told the Supreme Court.

India and Japan may be keen to push ahead with a civil nuclear pact but Tokyo has made it abundantly clear that several outstanding issues need to be addressed before the two sides can sign on the dotted line.

IPL champions Mumbai Indians will commence their preparation-cum-conditioning camp ahead of the Champions League Twenty20 from Friday at home ground in Ahmedabad.

Ray Dolby, an American inventor and audio pioneer who founded Dolby Laboratories, has died at the age of 80.

US President Barack Obama’s top diplomatic nominee for South and Central Asia, Nisha Desai Biswal on Thursday told legislators that advancing the India-US strategic partnership will be of paramount importance for her if she is confirmed.

In a bid to clear godowns, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to consider in its meeting on Thursday a proposal to allocate an additional five million tonnes of foodgrains to f

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today fell 216 points in step with a weakening rupee ahead of industrial production and retail inflation data, registering the first drop in the six sessions since Raghuram Rajan took over as Reserve Bank of India governor.

Forwarding arguments on quantum of punishment in the December 16 gangrape case, special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan said: “The case was the most appropriate case for death sentence” and that it f

The rupee surrendered initial gains Thursday and fell for the first time in six days, dropping 12 paise to close at 63.50 against the dollar on fresh demand for the US currency from importers.