Chennai: Defence Minister Nirmala today visited naval units, INS Parundu and INS Kattabomman in south Tamil Nadu, where she interacted with officers.

She visited INS Parundu Naval Air Station at Uchipuli in Ramanathapuram District.

Later, accompanied by Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, she visited

Los Angeles: "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh has joined the cast of live-action "Anastasia" movie.

He joins previously announced Emily Carey as Anastasia and Amiah Miller to perform the role of Megan.

Routh will essay the role of Czar Nicholas in the Blake Harris-direc

Ranchi: In an embarrassment to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, 24 of the 43 legislators have termed the domicile policy formulated by the Raghubar Das government as "wrong".

The 24 MLAs wrote a letter to Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon and demanded that a special committee be formed to

Washington: Rogue regimes, terrorist groups and rivals like China and Russia are challenging American interests, economy and values, President Donald Trump warned today and promised to rebuild America's military might to deter any "acts of aggression".

In his first State of the Union address, Tr

Mumbai: Hyderabad captain Ambati Rayudu has been handed a two-match suspension for breaching the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) code of conduct during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Karnataka on January 11.

"Rayudu is barred from participating in the first two matches for Hydera

New Delhi:  Laying emphasis on building infrastructure along the Indo-Pak and Sino-India borders, the government has sanctioned nearly Rs 370 crore to the BSF and the ITBP for construction of bunkers and special climate-controlled huts in forward areas, an official said today.

A total of Rs 369.84 crore has b

New Delhi: A Delhi court today rejected the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a 2007 money laundering case related to alleged terror financing.

Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma, who had in August last year denied the relief to Shah citing the ongoing probe, dismissed his fresh bail pl

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday refused to take a call from Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi but discussed the "need for an end to terrorist sanctuaries" with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Prime Minister Modi called me to offer condolences on the recent senseles

Lucknow: The prime accused in the murder of Chandan Gupta in Kasganj was arrested today as the strife-torn western Uttar Pradesh town, which saw communal clashes last week, moved towards normalcy despite tension in some pockets, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government submitted a report on the incidents in Ka

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka minister B S Anand Singh, who recently quit BJP and tendered his resignation from the state Legislative Assembly, today joined the Congress ahead of assembly polls this year.

Singh along with his supporters joined the party at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office here in