Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday urged non-resident Indian (NRI) entrepreneures to increase investment in India, saying the the economic engagement of the diaspora was not been upto the pot

In these high-tech times, Indian Railways continues to rely on the age-old practice of bursting fire crackers on tracks to alert train drivers during dense fog.

"Fire crackers continue to help us dea

A fully grown leopard on Saturday strayed into the heart of Assam's main city of Guwahati from an adjoining hillock and mauled at least three people, eye witnesses and officials said.

The incident to

The Kashmir Valley on Saturday was isolated from the rest of the country and the world, its internet and mobile phone links silenced, as main power transmission lines from the national northern grid r

Two crew members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains collided and caught fire in the US state of Indiana on Friday, Xinhua reported quoting a media report.

Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic aced his way past World No.10 Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-4, to set up a title clash with top seed Janko Tipsarevic who ended the dream run of Japanese qualifier Go Soed

A hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in New Zealand on Saturday morning, killing all 11 people on board, a media report said.

The balloon came down in flames near the small town of Clareville, n

A Mexican drug cartel leader has been arrested for planning an arson attack on a casino that left at least 52 dead, officials said.

Baltazar Saucedo Estrada, 48, was arrested along with two other peo

Scientists have singled out mercury as one of the major factors behind the earth’s greatest extinction 250 million years ago, obliterating most marine and land species.

United Breweries Group chairman Vijay Mallya on Saturday said its Kingfisher Airlines was 'one thousand per cent safe to fly' and that safety was the airline's top priority.

His assurance comes in th