Thanks, but no thanks, said Indian Olympic gymnast Dipa Karmakar as she returned a car she had received as a gift for her performance in Brazil this summer, according to news reports on Wednesday.
A massive search operation to hunt down militants who escaped after a failed attempt to attack an army camp in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town was called off yesterday morning, officials said.
China’s pension funds are about to become stock investors.
In 1967, UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson declared devaluation wouldn’t diminish the “pound in your pocket.” Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont admitted he was heard “singing in the bath”.....
Malaysian Muslims offer prayers on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the National mosque in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Egyptian police raided the press syndicate in Cairo late on Sunday and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and reporters said in what the labour union called ...
Ooredoo has supported the UN working group on business and human rights’ first UN Asia Regional Forum this week by hosting a gala dinner at the Museum of Islamic Arts Park for conference guests.
Myanmar’s opium production remained at an output of estimated 647 tonnes in 2015, a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released on December 15 in Bangkok said, ...
Jos Buttler returned to form at last as England defeated Pakistan by six wickets yesterday, to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the four-match one-day international series.
Lionel Messi is used to being sought after by fans, celebrities and even fellow professionals but he was still caught by surprise when Jamaica’s DeShorn Brown.
People gather around the wreckage of a bus which plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in Uttarakhand killing 14 people yesterday.
India’s ancient discipline of yoga will be a uniting force across the world today, cutting across religion, borders and differences, as over 200mn people will participate...
