India on Sunday successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5 from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.

The missile was tested at early in the morning at 9.48 am from launch pad number four.
The intercontinental ballistic missile was fired with a strike range of 5,000 km

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Sunday summoned former chief minister of the country's Punjab province Shehbaz Sharif in connection with the case pertaining to corruption in 56 public sector companies.
A two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar resumed hearing of a suo motu case, reported Geo TV.

Slamming the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) for the deaths of two BJP workers – both of whom were found hanging within the past few days – the BJP has accused the TMC of “propagating terrorism” and called it the “Taliban Congress Party”. BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain has called for West Bengal chief minister Ma

Disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday rubbished the fresh demands for special status to Bihar raised by JD(U) and seconded by his own party besides ally like LJP as crocodile tears shed ahead of the general elections. He cautioned NDA "friends" to start performing or else there are "Arjuns" willing to take over as T

Eight days after canceling the unprecedented summit, citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility,” Trump welcomed North Korea’s former intelligence chief, currently under punitive U.S. sanctions, to the White House Oval Office, afterward exchanging smiles and handshakes, patting his arm in a friendly gesture.

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The chief election commissioner was speaking at an interactive session on "Electoral Integrity and Role of Money in Elections" organised by the Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) in Kolkata.

He said the panel had last July announced at an all-party meeting that all elections henceforth would be conducted u

A thunderstorm on Friday claimed the lives of 17 people and left nine others injured in western Uttar Pradesh (UP), said PTI. Most of the deaths occurred due to the falling of trees and incidents of houses collapsing. As many as seven deaths were reported from Moradabad, three deaths in Sambhal, two each from Muzaffarnagar, B

Amid reports of the possibility of preponing the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner of India Om Prakash Rawat on Saturday said the commission would abide by the law and can issue a notification for election to any house "not before six months" of the expiry of that house.

"Law says the Election Commission c

China's military build-up in the South China Sea and its deployment of high-end weapons systems in the disputed waterway is designed to intimidate and coerce neighbours, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday. He was speaking at a high-profile security summit in Singapore less than two weeks before President Donald Trump is due to mee

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday demanded immediate stoppage of construction work of Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh till issues pertaining to Odisha are resolved.

"If the project is completed before resolution of all the pending issues it will lead to a situation which will permanently affect a large number of