MOSCOW, Russia: World champion Viswanathan Anand was off to a disappointing start, suffering a rare defeat as white against Fabiano Caruana of Italy in...

BEIJING: China today kept mum on US whistleblower Edward Snowden's attempts to take refuge in Hong Kong but took a moral high ground accusing...

PATNA/NEW DELHI: JD(U) today kept BJP on tenterhooks over its continuance in NDA with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying that his party is...

NEW DELHI: With the rift between the two NDA allies widening, BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today met JD (U) President...

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said there is no need of panic over rupee depreciation against the dollar and assured investors that...

WASHINGTON: The World Bank today forecast a 6.7 per cent growth rate for India by next fiscal as exports and private investment are projected...

MUMBAI: State Bank of India has notched up nearly 60 per cent uptick in deposits so far this fiscal, partly due to the flight...

ISLAMABAD: Former President Pervez Musharraf was today formally arrested and remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight over the 2006 killing of Baloch nationalist...

CHICAGO: Chicagoans vied with each other to bid farewell to popular Indian Consul General Mukta Tomar who is leaving her office after a three...

FREMONT, CA: Like most Indians, I too have grown on the stories of the ancient epic "Ramayana", be it Rama's childhood adventures, villainous act...