Moscow: Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline services on Sunday for the first time since 2004, in what officials hailed as a sign of stability returning to the war-torn country.

An Iraqi Airways plane left Baghdad at 10.31 am (0731 GMT) and was expected to arrive at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport

New Delhi: The Railways is trying to put an end to those tiresome quarrels that break out due to oversleeping passengers on the middle and lower berths by reducing official sleeping hours.

According to a circular issued by the railway board, the passengers in the reserved coaches can only sleep between 10 pm and 6 am t

Islamabad: A suspected U.S. drone strike struck a compound in a northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border on Friday, killing three suspected militants and wounding two others, an army officer and two security officials said.

The strike took place on a border village in the Kurram tribal region, which has serve

Veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan has confirmed, after months of speculation, that he will be entering politics by forming his own party no later than the end of this month, in an interview to a TV new channel. He was speaking to CNN News 18 when he revealed that he’s starting a party by the end of the month.

This comes at a time

Virender Sehwag today said he missed out on becoming the Indian cricket team’s chief coach for the lack of patronage from the powers that be in the BCCI and will not apply for the position again.

Sehwag lost out to Ravi Shastri, who was touted as the choice of skipper Virat Kohli — an appointment th