Tired and injured, an 18-year-old girl braved inclement weather and dug with her bare hands for three days in a vain attempt to rescue her family members buried under mudslides in northwest China.

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Ukraine denied on Friday reports of wildfires in the Chernobyl zone that was heavily contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.

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China might be more economically advanced than India but lacks in fundamental values like freedom, transparency and rule of law, much required for political growth, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the

Car sales in Pakistan slumped more than 30 per cent in July, compared to the corresponding period in 2009, after the government increased sales tax that raised the prices of vehicles and devastating f

The Commonwealth Express (CWG) train reached Secunderabad railway station here on Saturday to coincide with the arrival of the Queen's Baton Relay later in the day.

Curfew was imposed in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as curfew-defying mobs pelted stones at police and paramilitary vehicles and security forces resorted to firing, injuring two protesters.

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A week after the ship collision, the Union minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday visited the site of the oil spill off Mumbai coast to take stock of the ongoing salvage o

US Senator Charles Schumer, the prime mover behind the controversial law to hike worker visa fees, has amended his remarks branding Indian IT firms like Infosys as “chop shops”.

President, Ms Pratibha Patil will address the nation on Saturday, the eve of the 64th Independence Day, an official statement said on Friday.

The address will be telecast live over all Doordarshan a

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, which is examining the nuclear liability bill, is expected to table its report next week, its chairman, Mr T. Subbirami Reddy, said here