An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted the Pakistan capital and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces Saturday.

Facing a demographic crisis with an ageing population, China is mulling a move to further relax its one-child policy by permitting couples to have a second child if either the husband or wife hails from a one-child family.

Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh Saturday joined the voices within the party who are not in favour of naming Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate ahead of the elections, saying India does not have a presidential system of democracy.

Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi’s association with any sports body has ended as he has lost the membership of the powerful council of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

Snapping its two-day falling trend, both the precious metals — gold and silver prices rebounded in the national capital Saturday on emergence of buying at existing lower levels amid a firm global trend.

At least 19 people have been killed and 42 others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan, even as authorities warned the situation might worsen further.

A bipartisan group of six US lawmakers has introduced legislation in the Congress that would make it tough for companies to outsource their call centres overseas including India.

Violence continued to rock Karbi Anglong district where various government offices were torched and train tracks removed by activists of different organisations Saturday demanding a separate state on the lines of Telangana.

Terming corruption as the biggest problem facing the country, BJP leader L.K. Advani Saturday said it emanated from the ego of the political class.

Normal life was disrupted in the Darjeeling hills Saturday due to an indefinite strike called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) to press for the demand for a separate Gorkhaland on the lines of Telangana.