Los Angeles: Lucasfilm announced plans Tuesday for a new series of "Star Wars" films made by the team behind "Game of Thrones," as it seeks to build on the lucrative sci-fi franchise.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series, will write a

London: Prime Minister Theresa May led tributes Tuesday to the "heroic" women who won the right to vote in Britain 100 years ago, but warned that female politicians today risked being silenced by online harassment.

In the northwestern English city of Manchester, the birthplace of Suffragette leader Emmel

Washington: US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.

The strikes hit Taliban training facilities in Badakhshan province, "preventing the planning and

Beijing: China today announced that it has successfully carried out a mid-course ground-based missile interception test within its own territory, on a day when India test fired its short-range nuclear-capable Agni-1 missile.

The test of interception technology was conducted yesterday within China's territ

Alor Setar (Malaysia): Olympic silver- medallist P V Sindhu led the women's team to a thrilling 3-2 win over Hong Kong as India made a positive start in the Asia badminton Team Championship here today.

With London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal pulling out of the tournament citing a groin injury,

New Delhi: It will be an uphill task for Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi to catapult India to the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs but the spirited youngsters are expected to push their rivals in the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, beginning here tomorrow.

India have not qualified for the Fed Cup World Gro

New Delhi: A large number of taxpayers have been brought into the net taking the total base to 8 crore, CBDT chairman Sushil Chandra said today, underlining that the government has consolidated direct tax reforms.

Chandra also said that no I-T official can pick up a case on his discretion and only 0.5 per cen

New Delhi: The European Union is committed to conclude a free trade agreement with India and the two sides are making efforts to update their positions on various issues relating to the pact, its envoy Tomasz Kozlowski said today.

Identifying terrorism as a common concern for India and the EU, Kozlowski said

Hyderabad: The Telangana government today sought funds for its 'KCR kits' scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Matritva Yojana--the maternity benefit programme of the Centre.

State Health Minister C Laxma Reddy made a request to the effect during a meeting with Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan here, a s

Jammu: The number of local youths joining militancy in Kashmir Valley went up to 126 in 2017, a sharp increase from 88 the year before, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti informed the state assembly here today.

Data for the number of youths recruited is available from 2010.

"A