Mexico City: A fireworks explosion in Mexico has killed four people and sent five more to the hospital days after the country’s holiday season kicked off in earnest.

The State of Mexico says in a statement that the Friday morning blast in the town of San Lorenzo Octeyuco damaged four of six buildings on a pr

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving.

In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June as part of an ambitious reform push i

Dubai: Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu today entered the title round of the women’s singles in the USD one million Dubai Super Series Final after beating Chen Yufei of China in the semifinals here.

World No. 3 Sindhu beat Chen, ranked eighth, 21-15 21-18 in a 58-minute contest at the Sheikh Hamdan Indoor

Gaya (Bihar): Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad today asserted that the party will register comprehensive victories in the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

The law and justice, electronics and IT minister said voters have full faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Naren

Moscow: Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov today warned of a risk of escalation after Washington toughened its stance on North Korea nuclear talks and US President Donald Trump accused Moscow of failing to help.

“It’s sad that this powerful element of demands for further pressure on Pyongya

New Delhi: Delhi government departments are crying for more manpower “because of failure of authorities to recruit”, the Delhi High Court has observed while taking up a PIL on vacancies.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the oral observation during hearing of a

New Delhi: Soon after taking charge as the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi today launched a frontal attack on the BJP, accusing it of spreading hatred and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking India back to medieval times.

Gandhi said the BJP is “fighting for itself”, while the Congress

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra today put to rest the speculation over her contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli, saying her mother Sonia Gandhi would again be in the fray from the Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Rae Bareli is currently represented in the Lok Sabha by outgoing Congress

Aizawl: Mizoram had become the third power- surplus state in the north-east after Sikkim and Tripura, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

He also said the central schemes for the benefit of the north-east had gained momentum and that his government was committed to developing the region.

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Melbourne: Director Peter Jackson has claimed Harvey Weinstein designed a “smear campaign” against Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino, that discouraged him to offer roles to the two actors who were one of the first women to openly accuse the disgraced media mogul of sexual harassment.

The 56-year-old filmmak