A court in Bangladesh, an Islamic Republic, has directed the government to ensure that no woman is forced to wear burqa or religious attires in the educational institutions and offices across the coun

More than two lakh employees of the Bihar government on Monday went on an indefinite strike demanding implementation of recommendations of the sixth pay commission in "letter and spirit".

The Bihar S

They have a tough electoral contest ahead, but Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar and his rivals, Mr Lalu Prasad and Mr Ram Vilas Paswan are also jostling for supremacy in Bihar's rakhi markets. A day ah

Don't just vote but consciously select your leader - that is the premise behind an Indian portal that offers the database of Mumbai's 1,500 politicians in order to help voters make an informed choice.

A British woman has smashed the world record for typing the fastest text message.

Melissa Thompson, 27, wrote a passage in just under 26 seconds, shaving off nearly 10 seconds from previous record ho

The Hizbul Mujahideen has killed three people, including a mother and a daughter, in separate incidents in Kashmir, police said on Monday.

The incidents took place late on Sunday.

According to pol

Hundreds of people were evacuated from low-lying areas in Delhi on Monday as the Yamuna river flowed above the danger mark for the third consecutive day and the fear of floods loomed large over the ci

India’s fourth largest oil and gas producer, Cairn India, on Monday said it has struck oil at a well in the Krishna Godavari basin, off the Andhra Pradesh coast.

Japanese economists have come up with a formula that will help you bag the cheapest holiday flights. It is simple - buy tickets exactly eight weeks in advance and book in the afternoon.

The mind-bogg

Indian-origin Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has landed himself in another controversy by penning one of the darkest travelogues about Africa for decades. Critics believe his new work, 'The Masque of Afr