Hyderabad: Two flights belonging to Indigo and Spicejet were grounded reportedly after developing technical snags as they were ready to take-off from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA)  here on Wednesday.

However, both the flights did not belong to the Airbus 320 neo class of engines that were grou

United Nations: Finland is the world's happiest country while troubled Burundi is the most discontent, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.

In addition to its joyful locals, Finland is also home to the happiest immigrants, the study found.

The Nordic nation headed up the 156-country ranki

Brussels: The EU warned African and other countries on Wednesday that their citizens will find it harder to get visas to Europe if they refuse to readmit economic migrants under the bloc's efforts to curb migration.

Brussels has been seeking greater cooperation from such countries to take back irregular migran

New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday ruled out any plan to issue a White Paper on the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, which has been questioned by opposition parties.

Congress MP KV Thomas, in a written question in the Lok Sabha, had asked if the government had been urged to issue a White Paper o

Manila:Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday a move towards quitting the International Criminal Court, which has launched a preliminary examination of his deadly drug war.

Here are five questions and answers on what it means:

Why did Duterte do it? 
The ICC anno

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The counting for the Bihar bypoll has concluded with the RJD emerging victor in the Araria Lok Sabha constituency and the Jehanabad assembly constituency. BJP managed to win the Bhubua assembly bypoll.

The counting of votes began at 8 AM amid tight security. Though initial trends favoured B

Bagram (Afghanistan) Now is the best time for the Taliban to negotiate for peace, the top US general in Afghanistan said Wednesday, warning that an increased air and ground campaign against the insurgents would only get worse.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last month unveiled a plan to open talks to end the 16-yea

New Delhi: Social media has posed a serious challenge to law enforcement agencies and the area of concerns include terrorism, financial frauds and victimisation of women and children, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Inaugurating a two-day Asia-Pacific regional conference of the International Association of

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the distinction of being one of the top political leaders to have a massive following on Twitter. But, a recent study conducted by Twiplomacy revealed that a staggering 60 per cent of the BJP stalwart's Twitter followers were found to be fake.

Chennai: A special CBI court on Wednesday discharged DMK leader and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother and Sun TV group head Kalanithi Maran and five others in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case.

The seven had filed a discharge petition which the court allowed on the grounds of lack of p