Defying call for a poll boycott by Maoists, around 53 per cent of the 98.44 lakh electorate cast their votes in 45 Assembly constituencies in Bihar in the second phase of elections which was marred by stray incidents of violence.

Washington on Sunday came under increasing pressure to investigate the allegations in the leaked Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks, which Britain’s deputy premier called “shocking”.

BJP on Sunday slammed Dileep Padgaonkar, head of the interlocutors’ panel for J&K, for his comment that Pakistan has to be involved for a permanent solution of the Kashmir issue and demanded that the PMO explain if this was part of the brief...

The BSE benchmark Sensex continued its rally from yesterday and opened 79.31 points high in the opening trade on good quarterly reports from the country’s largest software firm Tata Consultancy Services.

In what is being seen as the best quarter ever for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s largest software services company , posted a 32% increase in net profit to Rs 2169 crore in the second quarter ended September 2010, boosted by...

Congress wrestled the Valpoi seat in the by-poll on Thursday with its candidate Vishwajit Rane winning the election by margin of over 8,000 votes.

Indian Air Force’s frontline Su-30 MKI fighter jets and Eurofighter Typhoons of the Royal Air Force on October 20 began 17 days of war games codenamed Ex-Indradhanush at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal, which concludes on November 3.

After a long time, a meaningful campaign to create social awareness for Indian children’s right to education was launched by the UNICEF on Monday. Awaaz Do, the project, is timely, direct and uncomplicated, notes Sheela Bhatt.

Iran is threatening to retaliate against British oil companies for refusing to sell fuel to its commercial aircraft flying back from London.

Apple’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, said that Google’s mobile platform was “fragmented” and bad for developers and consumers.