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Sohail Mahmood, 55, currently Pakistans ambassador in Turkey, was granted a visa by India on Friday

Sohail Mahmood to be Pakistan's new envoy to India

Sohail Mahmood may take up his new assignment either at the end of this month or early next month.

8 May 2017 8:13 PM IST

Queen Elizabeth II

UK Queen responds to birthday invite by four-year-old Indian-origin...

"The Queen hopes you have a very happy birthday on June 25," it read.

8 May 2017 5:14 PM IST

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Macron wins France presidential polls by 66.1 per cent, to be...

The interior ministry on Sunday reported a record number of blank and invalid ballots.

8 May 2017 4:05 PM IST

The suspect had been in a dating relationship with the victims adult daughter (Photo: Facebook)

Indian-origin couple killed by daughter's ex-boyfriend in US

A standoff quickly developed with the suspect and a SWAT team was called in.

6 May 2017 11:58 AM IST

The blast occurred after gas filled the tunnel, which was being bored in the province of Guizhou (Photo: AP)

12 workers killed in tunnel blast in China

The blast occurred after gas filled the tunnel, which was being bored in the province of Guizhou, leaving 12 injured and...

3 May 2017 12:37 PM IST

FBI happens to be the second international agency to question Musa, who was earlier interrogated by the Bangladesh Police.

FBI agent on Syria mission marries ISIS terrorist, jailed on return to...

Greene married Cuspert after tracking him down in Syria in 2014, despite still being married to her American soldier...

2 May 2017 4:06 PM IST

Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan receives the guard of honour at South Block in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Canada's Indian-origin defence minister says sorry for exaggerating...

Interim Conservative opposition leader Rona Ambrose criticised Sajjan's initial comment as stolen valour .

2 May 2017 9:15 AM IST

Ubers self-driving cars - despite their name - are not capable of driving without active physical control or monitoring

I was part of ISIS, want to bomb Parliament: Uber driver threatens...

The woman was petrified when the driver asked her if she'd ever eaten human flesh'.

1 May 2017 3:13 PM IST

Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy (Photo: AP)

China sends troops to first overseas naval base in Djibouti, Africa

The logistics base is the first of its kind for China, which will use it to support "naval escorts in Africa and...

12 July 2017 9:06 PM IST

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that urgent task was to lower temperatures and resume talks. (Photo: YouTube)

China dismisses Jaitley's 1962 war remarks, asks India to respect...

China accused Indian troops of transgressing into the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector, which it claims as a part of its...

3 July 2017 3:21 PM IST

Nandu Thondavadi, 63, of Illinois was the CEO of Schaumburg-based Quadrant 4 System Corporation (QFOR) with his daughter (Photo: Facebook)

Indian-American former executives charged in USD 4 million fraud...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the duo as well as Quadrant 4 System in the accounting fraud...

1 July 2017 2:14 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Ministers Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz. (Photo: AP)

Sartaj Aziz accuses 'certain forces' of stalling Afghan peace process

Aziz said Pak has been making sincere efforts for facilitating talks between the Afghan govt and Taliban to achieve...

10 May 2017 7:11 PM IST