New York: Pakistan on Monday won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by more than two thirds vote when the General Assembly elected 15 countries to serve on the 47-member body.

Pakistan was elected for the term 2018-20. The election in the 193-member Assembly was by secret ballot, with a simple ma

Abuja: Nigeria’s president demanded that police and the army “stop the madness” in central Plateau state after more than 20 people were killed a new flare-up of violence.

Fulani herdsmen are suspected of killing at least 20 people last weekend with guns and explosives in the latest round of clashes in a long-running b

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to grant medical visa immediately to a five-year-old Pakistani girl, suffering from eye cancer, for treatment in India.

The child’s parents had sought Swaraj’s help.

“There is a request for medical visa

New Delhi: Underscoring the importance of Ayurveda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said time has come for a “health revolution” under the aegis of the traditional medicine system and pitched for affordable and accessible healthcare

Addressing a gathering after dedicating the country’s first A

Lucknow: In a move to stem controversy over the Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the 17th century marble mausoleum is an important tourist draw and it was immaterial who built it and for what reason.

“It does not matter who built it and for what reason. It was built by