India ranks third in issuing passports after China, US
AGARTALA-- India has ranked third in the world after China and the US for issuing 12 million passports this year, an official from the...
Chandigarh, Punjab usher in New Year amid tight security
CHANDIGARH-- New Year revellers ushered in the New Year with music and parties in Chandigarh and most places in Punjab on Thursday night amid...
110 journalists, including 5 in India, killed in 2015
PARIS-- A total of 110 journalists, including five in India, were killed in connection with their work or for unclear reasons in 2015, according...
Indian foreign policy initiatives: Lahore the showstopper
By Aroonim Bhuyan
NEW DELHI-- A dramatic stopover in Lahore by the Indian prime minister on his way home from Afghanistan to meet his Pakistani...
2015 in Review: Start-ups, Digital India dominated IT growth
By Fakir Balaji & Sharon Thambala
BENGALURU-- Even as disruptive technologies rolled out game-changing products and software majors vied for more outsourcing, the start-up revolution...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee turns 91 on Friday
By Amulya Ganguli
The current mellow, accomodative outlook of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in striking contrast to the provocative anti-minority postures of...
2015 in Review: Year India became fastest growing big economy
By Biswajit Choudhury
NEW DELHI-- Notwithstanding a sharp cut in the government's growth forecast at the fag end, 2015 will go down as the year...
Mother Teresa has been like god for me: Cured cancer patient
By Anurag Dey
KOLKATA-- As the world celebrates the Vatican approving sainthood for Mother Teresa, a 50-year-old woman, whose "miracle" cure from cancer was instrumental...
Indian-American surgeon aims to save lives on Indian roads
By Arun Kumar
WASHINGTON-- An Indian-American surgeon is hoping to raise $25 million to train 1.5 million first responders - the first rescuers to arrive...
In India, 40 percent children of extremely low height, 30 percent underweight
BOSTON--Analysing and estimating the relative importance of known risk factors for child undernutrition, a team of researchers, including one of Indian-origin, has identified five...
