On June 5 and 6, millions of people worldwide will be able to spot Venus crossing the Sun’s face in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Actress-MP Jaya Bachchan has sought to change her seating arrangement in the Rajya Sabha after her one-time co-star Rekha was allotted a seat right behind her, an official source said on Wednesday.

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A major earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted offshore Mexican state of Chiapas, on Tuesday, according to a local radio station. There was no immediate report of any casualty or damage

US-led coalition forces have weakened the Taliban in Afghanistan, but terrorist safe havens in Pakistan and endemic corruption still pose tough challenges, a new Pentagon report says.

"The Taliban-le

Eight people were killed and 17 injured in suicide bombings and a gunbattle in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, hours after US President Barack Obama's Kabul visit that came exactly a year after al- Q

For 15 years a Brazilian family used a device they found buried on their farm as a doorstop without suspecting that it could be a bomb, media reports said on Monday.

The discovery occurred last Satur

Left at the altar - alone and drunk. That was the fate of two grooms in normally patriarchal Bihar when their would-have-been brides and their families walked out on them because they were simply too

A farmer was killed and 175 injured in Tripura when a tornado, accompanied by rain and hailstorm, hit the state, destroying more than 1,000 houses, uprooting trees and disrupting communication, offici

India has once again emerged as the most optimistic market in terms of consumer confidence, but there is still some amount of cautiousness when it comes to spending spare cash, says a Nielsen survey.

Officials in Colombia say a Colombian air force helicopter has crashed near the Caribbean coast and all 13 people aboard have been killed.

Atlantico state civil defense director Jorge Fernandez says