Petition to close down Mossad quashed
The Israeli Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to close down the country's spy agency Mossad.
The petition was filed by a man, identified only as G., who claimed that the organisation att
Asia's largest solar park functional in Gujarat
A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was on Thursday dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state's Patan district, in a boost to India's effo
Another baby girl found abandoned in gurgaon
A new-born baby was found abandoned in Dundahera on the Gurgaon-Delhi border Wednesday, the second such case in less than a week, the police said.
Agni-V, India's 'China Killer'
India on Thursday successfully launched its long-range Agni-V ballistic missile.
Here are some salient features of the missile and the test, which propelled the country into a special league of nati
India poses no missile threat: NATO
NATO does not consider India as a missile threat despite the country's advanced missile development programme, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
India is all set to test its domestic
151 Bihar primary teachers fail test, sacked
The Bihar government has sacked 151 primary school teachers after they failed to clear two consecutive eligibility tests, officials on Thursday said.
The education department has ordered that they be
US lawmaker praises India's role in Afghanistan
A key US lawmaker has welcomed India's positive contribution to Afghanistan's reconstruction saying US-India partnership has an important role in contributing to the war torn nation's progress and wel
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney in a tight race: Poll
President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new p
Kashmir no excuse for Pakistan's Haqqani ties: Senator
Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said the Kashmir dispute was not an excuse for Pakistan to not break ties with the Haqqani network, held responsible for recent coordinated
Passengers of overcrowded Mumbai train meet tragic end
Three people were killed in Mumbai Thursday after they fell off an overcrowded local train, railway officials said.
Fourteen people travelling in other packed trains were also injured.
"A few passen