Noida/New Delhi: A stretch of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, cutting down the travel time between Noida and parts of south Delhi by more than 30 minutes.

With this launch, the total length of the metro network in Delhi-NCR has increased to 228 kilometres. De

Beijing: The Chinese government has urged countries to act with restraint and work to ease tensions after North Korea called the latest UN sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said today that nations should “exerc

New Delhi: With Delhi playing host to ASEAN summit next month, the AAP-led city government has directed beautification of all its roads on a war-footing by resurfacing road stretches along with ensuring adequate safety measures.

The Public Works Department (PWD) has chalked out a plan under which its officials wil

Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday advocated the use of public transport to save on fuel and costs associated with the import of petroleum, saying travelling on a metro train should be a “prestige issue”

Launching a 12-km stretch of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line here, he said governments

Islamabad: Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying, today met his wife and mother — but separated by a glass screen — in a carefully choreographed event that unfolded in tweets, photos and TV footage.

The 40-minute meeting, which took place after many representations, took

Chennai: Christmas was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour in Tamil Nadu today, with believers thronging churches, including the famous Santhome Basilica Church here, for special prayers and mass.

In Chennai, senior bishops and priests conducted special masses at churches and read out the Christmas mess

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday paid tribute to the country’s “heroes” who helped victims of terrorist attacks and the fire at Grenfell Tower in London in her annual Christmas message.

She also urged Britons to take pride in the country’s Christian heritage at Christmas

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police was today put on maximum alert in view of the RSS-affiliate Hindu Jagran Manch’s threat to all Aligarh schools against celebrating Christmas.

“All district police chiefs have been asked to tighten vigil and ensure that Christmas festivities pass off smoothly without any unt

Jerusalem: Israel has announced it is leaving UNESCO citing the  cultural agency’s “systematic attacks” on the Jewish state.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said Friday that the decision was based on the organization’s “attempts to disconnect Jewish history from the l

Hyderabad: The family of a 29-year-old man from Hyderabad, who died in a road accident in New Zealand, has requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help bring his body back.

Syed Abdul Raheem Fahad, who was studying in Auckland, New Zealand, also worked as a part-time taxi driver there, his family memb