Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has lifted the suspension of parliament and convened a meeting of the legislature on Monday to end the current political stalemate in the country over the sudden sacking of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, officials said Thursday.
One black box from a crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, the head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday, which could be critical to establishing why the brand new plane fell out of the sky.
AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Amit Shah holds meeting with Ladakh L-G for smooth ‘darshan’ of Lord Buddha’s relics
One year on, Meghalaya House in Bengaluru still non-functional; awaits renovation, staff appointment
Punjab CM Mann lays foundation stone of Rs 14.63 crore sports stadium in Sangrur
Bank account in Ramgarh tracked for fraudulent fund transactions across 24 states, 4 arrested
Four months on, no breakthrough in missing Bengaluru girls case; CID probe ordered
Delhi CM meets family of youth shot dead by cop, assures justice
Two tribal girls gangraped in Chhattisgarh's Surguja; three arrested, three juveniles detained
Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Mangaluru: Prisoner held for hiding keypad phone in rectum while re-entering jail
Jamia Millia Islamia students allege assault by guards during protest against ABVP event
Will win 226 seats; exit polls predictions made at BJP's behest to demoralise TMC workers: Mamata
President Donald Trump has said that no constitutional amendment was required to do away with the birthright citizenship -- the process by which babies born in the country to the non-US nationals automatically become citizens -- as this can be done with an executive order, bringing his tough stance on immigration ahead of the crucial mid-term elections next Tuesday.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday in a presidential memorandum that he had determined there was sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products for countries to "significantly" reduce their purchase of crude oil from Iran, which is going face US sanctions from November 5.
An Indian research scientist born in Kolkata has been crowned the winner of a popular baking show on British television after winning over the judges with his intricately-designed cakes and pastries.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced 16 former policemen to life imprisonment for killing 42 people of a minority community in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.
The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian jetliner may have been found, the country's military chief said Wednesday, two days after the deadly accident feared to have killed 189 people.
An Afghan official says an army helicopter carrying senior officials has crashed in bad weather in the western Farah province, killing all 25 on board.
An Indian-American couple has been honoured in the US for making significant contributions to the areas of literacy, education and healthcare in India.
An Indian couple who died after falling 800 feet in an area with steep terrain in California's Yosemite National Park last week were apparently taking a selfie before the tragedy occurred, a media report said.
