Special Aircraft : Upbeat about her “fruitful” talks with China’s leadership, President Pratibha Patil on Monday said that she had accomplished her goal of enhancing “trust, friendship and understandi

In what could be called a major breakthrough, scientists claim to have identified a gene which is linked to birth defects in many individuals.

Scientists claim to have discovered the secret behind the strength and longevity of the Great Wall of China — sticky rice.

India has sought permission from Sri Lanka to open a mission in former LTTE stronghold of Jaffna, even as a media report here claimed that New Delhi has also requested for a similar facility in Hamban

Nepal’s main Opposition Maoist party on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to quit, warning that the failure to implement the deal that paved the way

A 29-year old Indian student has been sentenced to at least two years and three months in prison for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl here.

State-owned SAIL on Monday said it will spend about Rs 1,75,000 crore to augment its annual production capacity to 60 million tonnes by 2020 from the current 14 million tonnes.

The government has ordered an SFIO investigation into the alleged fund diversion and accounts manipulation by the management of erstwhile Global Trust Bank, (GTB) involved in the stock market scam of

Nine telecom players, including BSNL, MTNL, Bharti, Vodafone and RCom, on Monday paid Rs 67,719 crore to the government towards 3G spectrum that was auctioned recently.

Japanese auto major Honda on Monday said its proposed hatchback for India is not aimed at the volume-driven small car segment and will be positioned above this category.