Some of the best American universities and educational institutes are “extremely interested” in coming to India and are eagerly waiting for the relevant law to be put in place so that they can move forward, human resource development...

“I can extract, I can fill up, I can scale, I can make dentures, I can make bridge metal or non-metal.” Kishore said as he fitted dentures for a customer. One thing he can’t do is show a license to practice — like many roadside...

Relief and rescue work are still on at the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) thermal power plant in Korba district of Chhattisgarh where a chimney collapsed on Wednesday killing at least 31 people and trapping many others. Korba District Magistrate...

Sonia Maria Sotomayor is a great Judge, and I salute her. Sworn in a Justice of the United States Supreme Court on August 8, she is the 111th Justice of that court, its first Hispanic Justice and only the third woman to hold the post. She is a symbol...

The leading elected politician in Indian Kashmir resigned today over allegations that he was involved in a sex trafficking and underage prostitution racket. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the top official in the disputed territory, was accused of...

China has retaliated against India’s ban on its dairy products, putting the two neighbours with a legacy of estrangement on the brink of a trade war. China is annoyed with India’s decision to extend the ban on its milk and milk products,...

At a time when India is strongly protesting racist attacks on its citizens in Australia, Mizoram chief minister Pu Lalthanhawla handed it a first-rate embarrassment by saying at an international meet that Indians are themselves racist. ( Watch...

Metals and realty bore the brunt of a dramatic sell-off by foreign funds, sending the benchmark Sensex spiralling down by a huge 437.63 points, the third-biggest fall of the year. Extremely weak trends in European markets and US futures weighed on the...

The world’s number one retailer Wal-Mart opened its first sales venture in India on Saturday as part of an ambitious plan to establish a foothold in the country’s vast consumer market. The US discount chain has teamed up with Bharti...

NEW DELHI: India said on Wednesday it has handed over new information to Pakistan relating to last November’s Mumbai attack in which 166 people were killed. Pakistan had raised questions in response to a dossier of evidence furnished by India which...