Beijing: "No change" has taken place at the Dokalam standoff area after it was resolved last year, India's envoy Gautam Bambawale said and blamed China squarely for the face off, saying it happened because Beijing tried to alter the "status quo" which it should not have.

The 73-day long sta

Sydney: The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark for an hour Saturday to kick off a global campaign raising awareness about the impacts of climate change.

Earth Hour, which started in Australia in 2007, is set to be observed by millions of supporters in 187 countries, who will turn off their lights at 8

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today welcomed BSP supremo Mayawati's statement that the BSP-SP understanding in Uttar Pradesh won't be affected by the Rajya Sabha poll results in the state.

"I welcome the views expressed by Mayawati-ji today. We are strongly with her and @yad

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday termed BJP President Amit Shah's letter as an insult to people of the state.

Speaking in the state Legislative Assembly, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief alleged that the BJP chief tried to misrepresent the facts, hurting the senti

Ranchi: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury in the early 1990s, a CBI counsel said here.

CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh awarded two sent

Lucknow: A day after losing the 10th contentious seat of Rajya Sabha to ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati attributed it subtly to the ‘political immaturity’ of SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav saying he should have ensured the victory of her candidate giving him first priority b

Miami: Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki slumped to a shock 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Monica Puig as she suffered her quickest ever exit from the WTA Miami Open on Friday.

The 27-year-old world number two appeared to be headed to an easy victory after winning the first set in less than 30 minutes before th

New Delhi: On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged all stakeholders to help eliminate the disease by 2025.

"On World Tuberculosis Day, I call upon all stakeholders to come together to fight tuberculosis. TB continues to be one of the biggest

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Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was today sentenced to seven years in prison in the fourth fodder scam case. He was convicted in the Dumka treasury scam on 19th March.

Special CBI courts in Ranchi have earlier held Yadav guilty in three other cases of the scam. H

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces today in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.

Security forces identified the killed terrorists as Pakistani nationals and recovered weapons.

Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Shistragam