Striking yet again, Somalian pirates seized a vessel in the Gulf of Aden but later released the entire crew of 24, including two Indians.
The cargo ship flying a Panamanian flag was hijacked on Wednesday. However, a day later, the crew was released in safe condition, officials here said.

Monsoon reached the Northeast ahead of schedule bringing heavy rains in Assam on Friday, while showers in parts of Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir lowered the rising temperatures in north India after days of extreme heat.

Imagine popping a pill to erase painful memories after a break-up or a traumatic mishap.

Hand-written notes by Mahatma Gandhi during the protracted negotiations with Lord Mountbatten before the partition of India are among priceless documents of ‘immense historical importance’ secured by

The Yangtze river in China, the third-longest river in the world, is 40 million years older than previously thought, a new study has revealed.

The Armed Forces Tribunal on Friday turned down former Military Secretary Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash’s plea to allow his realtor friend as a witness in the reconvened Court of Inquiry (CoI) in the Sukna land scam case.

India and South Africa on Friday inked three pacts, including one on air services, as the leaders of the two countries discussed ways to provide fresh impetus to bilateral ties and agreed to extend support to each other for the UNSC non-permanent seat for 2011-2012 term.

Bilateral deals and international issues apart, US President Barack Obama will have an important culinary agenda when he travels to India in November this year.
He is not only eager to savour the “Hillary Platter” — the dish Bukhara restaurant at ITC’s Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi created for the Secretary of State — he also wants an “Obama Platter” named after him.

Describing terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil as “real concerns”, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday said the issue is part of the Indo-Pak foreign minister level dialogue which resumes next month.

It may sound a bit too much, but doctors could one day be able to “print” new organs for transplant, say scientists who claim to have designed a “bioprinter” to create made-to-measure human organs.