Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has been kept on a life-support system following deterioration of his health condition at a South African hospital where the 94-year-old leader was admitted three weeks ago with a recurring lung infection.

US retail major WalMart today announced a top level change in its Indian operations with president Raj Jain being replaced by Ramnik Narsey, who is currently senior vice-president for Walmart International, with immediate effect.

The rupee today sank to an all-time low of 60.35 against the dollar in mid-session trade, dragged down by heavy month-end demand for the US currency.

Over 200 people remained stranded in rain-ravaged Kinnaur district for the past ten days as rescue operations were today hampered and IAF and state choppers could not take off due to bad weather.

“I need to see you boys smiling,” IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne said this to his men as he touched down at the airbase where the mood was sombre after the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed killing 20 people on-board.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today flagged off the first train connecting Banihal in Jammu region with Qazigund in Kashmir Valley.

An ugly cow-sized reptile, resembling a lizard, roamed the ancient super-continent Pangaea over 250 million-years-ago, just before the first known dinosaurs emerged.

Supermodel Heidi Klum is reportedly in the process of erasing a tattoo of ex-husband Seal’s name from her right inner arm.The 40-year-old model had the inking, which features her former spouse’s name and the initials of their kids set inside stars, done to commemorate their fourth wedding anniversary but following their 2012 split, she is now having it removed, reported People magazine.

A large IAF helicopter today crashed during rescue operations near Gaurikund in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, killing eight persons onboard, including five crew members.

The British government’s plans to demand a hefty visa bond from visitors of certain “high-risk” countries such as India continued to create furore in the UK with many calling it “unfair” and “discriminatory.”