Five soldiers and two troopers were buried under an avalanche in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday morning, an official said.

"An avalanche struck one of our posts in Keran sector of the Lo

A CBI special court granted bail to Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) officials A.S.V. Prasad and Surjit Lal and a private firm's promoter, P.D. Arya, in a corruption case related to the ga

The death mask of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin goes on sale in Britain on Tuesday.

The guide price for a set of bronze casts of Stalin's face and both hands is between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds ($4,600

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday extended an invitation to author Salman Rushdie to visit the capital, saying that the 'eminent writer' is welcome.

"We welcome everybody. We don't want

Salman Rushdie would be addressing the Jaipur Literature Festival via videolink on Tuesday afternoon, festival organiser Sanjoy Roy announced as speculation swirled on whether the controversial author

A woman juror in Britain has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court after conducting an internet search on a man whose case she was hearing.

Lecturer Theodora Dallas, 34, discov

Pakistan spy chief Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha had a secret meeting with former president Pervez Musharraf in Dubai and told him not to come to the country, a media report said on Tuesday.

"General Pas

A man has proved himself to be probably the worst learner driver in Britain by failing in driving theory tests for a staggering 92 times.

The 28-year-old from Leicester city has not even been behind

Soon a replica of the world-famous Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, along with some original fittings and articles, will be seen in Mumbai at the country's first upcoming museum dedic

Indian equities markets cheered an unexpected cut in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday as a benchmark index soared to rule 179 points higher soon after the decision