The mayor of Washington has expressed keen interest in increasing cooperation between the American capital and India and hoped that more Indian companies would be drawn to the city.

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Jats, who are seeking quotas in government jobs, are likely to intensify their agitation after the Haryana government refused to release nearly 100 leaders of the community who were arrested for viole

The protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu leading to delays in its commissioning have started pinching the government -- to the tune of Rs.50 million per day (Rs.5 crore) b

Uttar Pradesh is set to get its youngest chief minister in 38-year-old Akhilesh Yadav, with the Samajwadi Party (SP) legislature party on Saturday unanimously electing him as their leader.

Cooperation between the US and Russia was based on mutual interests 'regardless of who the president is', White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday.

Carney was asked if the US president will

Bird flu or avian influenza is threatening Bihar's poultry industry and an SOS has been sent to the central government on tackling the deadly H5N1 virus as the state lacks the resources to do so, a Bi

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Network Centre.

The temblor, which jolted the Lop coun

A Polish woman gave birth to twins after a 75-day ordeal in which she had to lie upside down to save her babies' lives.

According to Polish Radio External Service, Joanna Krzysztonek from Wroclaw, wh

Describing South Asia as one of the fastest growing sub-regions in the world, India on Friday called for its faster economic integration.

"We should strengthen economic links while dealing with polit

For the first time in 53 years, Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will not address a gathering of Tibetans on March 10, the day the Chinese launched a crackdown to suppress an uprising in Tibet