Xi Jinping was today named as China’s new president and head of the military succeeding Hu Jintao, completing a generational transition of power in the world’s most populous country.

At least 60 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan navy personnel while fishing near Katchatheevu today, an official from fishermen association said.

Petrol price may be reduced by about Re 1 per litre while diesel price may be hiked by 40-50 paise a litre from March 15/16.

The number of Earth-sized and potentially habitable planets is three times higher than previously believed, an Indian-origin scientist has claimed.

Pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit today claimed responsibility for the attack on a CRPF camp here that left five security personnel and two ultras dead.

Austalia captain Michael Clake today wanted to put an end to the controversy surrounding the suspension of four players including vice-captain Shane Watson for the third Test stating that he doesn’t want to “look backwards” and focus on the third Test starting tomorrow.

Amid concerns over thousands of carcasses of pigs clogging Shanghai river, a court in China’s Zhejiang Province today convicted 46 people involved in processing and selling meat from diseased pigs.

The BSE benchmark Sensex today fell for the third straight day by losing 202 points to end at one-week low of 19,362.55 on sustained profit selling as foreign brokerages including Morgan Stanley cut India’s FY’14 GDP forecast, amid a weakening global trend.

Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chaddha’s plea for directions to the Delhi police to file complete charge sheet in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case has been dismissed by a Delhi court.

Justifying the hike in charges on various counts announced recently, railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today hinted at further increase in surcharge on bookings and cancellations for balanced development of the country’s largest transporter which has “limited resources”.