United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks and get lifesaving aid into the impoverished Middle East nation. The UN chief yesterday addressed “the many fateful challenges” the world conf ....

The collapse of an illegal gold mine has killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday night at Kahama district, Shinyanga region, near Acacia Mining’s licensed Bulyanhulu gold mine which is maj ....

More than 40 days after Governor Ram Naresh Yadav was booked for his alleged role in the MPPEB scam, Madhya Pradesh High Court Friday granted him interim relief by effectively staying his arrest but allowing investigations against him to continue. The Special Task Force ....

The Chinese President is expected to sign infrastructure and energy deals estimated at $45 billion, which would be used to build the Pakistani node of Beijing’s ambitious Maritime Silk Road (MSR). In turn, this would provide China another point of access into the I ....

 In a major relief to St. Stephen’s suspended student Devansh Mehta, the Delhi High Court on Friday stayed his suspension, issued a notice to the college principal and barred the college from awarding the prize that was withdrawn from the student to anyone else u ....

Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar adjourned the case for hearing on April 20 as the concerned judge, who is hearing the matter, was on leave on Friday. In his plea, Dr. Pachauri said he has to participate in the summit as he has given the confirmation for it and ....

“Canada overwhelmingly stands by the unity and integrity of India,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said during a reception hosted for his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The assurance assumes significance as some pro-Khalistan groups are still active in ....

Likening the assault on Indian plurality and syncretism to the actions of the Taliban and drawing parallels with the suppression of difference, dissent and free thought in Pakistan and Bangladesh, the resolution on “Culture and a scientific outlook” noted wi ....

A FCI manager was arrested by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while allegedly accepting bribe from a contractor here, ACB officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Nehal Singh Meena, Depot Manager at Food Corporation of India (FCI), was arrested yesterd ....

The BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on Thursday said former president N. Srinivasan will continue as the ICC chairman till September after which the Board will chalk a way forward at its Annual General Meeting. As per rules, the ICC chairman’s post belongs to the BCCI ....