NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants National Highways should provide the joy of riding to those who hit the roads for a long drive.

WASHINGTON: President Obama has begun to seek and mobilize allies for possible US action in Syria and Northern Iraq even as reports emerged of an American jihadi dying in Syria fighting for extremists, coincidentally at the same time an Indian jihadi was also reported killed in the region.

ISLAMABAD: Confrontation between Pakistan government and the opposition escalated today with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejecting demands for his resignation and Imran Khan calling off the dialogue with his regime until he quits.

Cardiff: Dejected after a 133-run loss (D/L method) against India in the second ODI on Wednesday, England skipper Alastair Cook said that his team has a lot of improvement to do if it wants to overturn the 1-0 deficit in the five-match series.

As Australia were barreling down on their way to register a massive score against South Africa at Harare, India found themselves sent in on a lively square at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff,

NEW DELHI: On a day Kerala governor Sheila Dikhshit became the eighth governor to put in her papers since the Narendra Modi-led government

 NEW DELHI: The CBI has virtually given a clean chit to former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh with its affidavit in the Delhi high court saying it has "not found any evidence for registering an RC (regular case)" in its probe into charges of corruption.

NEW DELHI: After he decided to have an extended stay in Japan, his first destination for a bilateral meet outside of the subcontinent, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed India-Japan relations as "time tested" and said the two vibrant democracies were committed to "advancing peace and prosperity in the world".

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday expressed hope that long-pending Insurance Bill seeking to hike FDI cap to 49 per cent will be passed by Parliament by the end of this year.

CHARLOTTE: President Barack Obama vowed to punish the Islamic State killers of American journalist James Foley on Tuesday but said rooting out the militant group in Iraq and Syria will not be fast or easy.