New Delhi: Thirty-nine Indians kidnapped by the Islamic State in Iraq's Mosul in 2014 are dead, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday.

The minister told the Rajya Sabha that their bodies were spotted using deep penetration radar. The bodies were exhumed from mass graves and their identit

Chennai: Convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala, who is currently lodged in Bengaluru’s Parappanna Agrahara Jail, has applied for 15 days parole to attend her husband Natarajan's last rites.

Reportedly, Sasikala is expected to travel to Thanjavur directly by road f

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday filed its appeal in the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum scam. The appeal, filed under Section 47 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), claims that the special judge acquitted all 10 accused wit

Madrid: Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo will pay the money the Spanish Treasury demands if it withdraws its request for him to be given a prison sentence for an alleged tax fraud of 14.7 million euros, Spanish media reported on Monday.

However, the Portuguese captain is not willing to admit he has committed

Chennai: Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's husband M Natarajan passed away at a hospital in Chennai at around 1.35 am as a result of a severe chest infection.

According to the reports from Puthiya Thalaimurai, Natarajan's body has been taken to Sri Ramachandra Medical hospital for embalming.

(News Desk)

Ten books on Lord Sri Venkateswara in Telugu written by T.V.R.K.Murthy (Viswapathi ) are added to the collections of prestigious Widener Library of Harvard University.

Viswapathi ,who is basically an enginner, wrote 25 devotional books of which 15 are on Lord Sri Venkateswara alone. All these book

New Delhi: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Bharatsinh Solanki on Monday resigned from his post.

As per information obtained from sources, Solanki met Congress President Rahul Gandhi earlier in the morning today and submitted his resignation.

The reason behind Solanki's resignation i

Kalaburg: Hours after Karnataka government gave approved separate religion status for the Lingayat community, a clash broke out between Lingayat followers and Veerashaiva followers in Kalaburagi on Monday.

The clash broke out when the Lingayat followers were celebrating the government’s decision while Veeras

Bengaluru: In a significant move, the Congress government in poll-bound Karnataka today decided to recommend to the Centre to grant religious minority tag to the numerically strong and politically-influential Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community.

Briefing reporters after a cabinet meeting, Law Minister

Brussels: Russia will remain a "difficult partner" after President Vladimir Putin's re-election but will be needed to help resolve international tensions, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said today, questioning the vote's fairness.

"The result of the election in Russia did not surprise us