A Sri Lankan court has banned the feared brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from foreign travel, police said on Tuesday, over allegations he used a commercial floating armoury as weaponry for a "private army"

For the first time the opening prayer for the Idaho state senate was said by a Hindu cleric amid protests by some senators who claimed the United States was a Christian nation and denounced Hinduism, local media reported.

Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Hindu community leaders in the US have expressed disappointment over a decision by the city administration here of excluding Diwali from its list of school holidays

 US President Barack Obama has chosen Sikh American CEO Ajay Banga for a major administration position on his Advisory Committee for Trade and Policy Negotiations./

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird assured India that the fatal attack on an Indian woman IT professional in a Sydney suburb is being probed by police with utmost seriousness even as a special detective squad was formed to pursue the investigations.

 A 61-year-old woman gave birth to her own grandchild in Chennai only to aid her youngest daughter who was unable to conceive due to a medical complication.

Ten agitating Telugu Desam Party MLAs, including the floor leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao, were suspended from the rest of the session by Telangana Speaker S. Madhusudhana Chary after they refused to tender an apology for protest during the Governor’s...

 P Vinodhini of Thethagudi near Vedaranyam, a post-graduate, is climbing 40 coconut trees every day with an equipment designed by Coconut Development Board, Kochi. She earns Rs. 1,600 a day by charging Rs 40 a tree thanks to M S Swaminathan...

Hyderabad has emerged as the best city in India when it comes to offering the best quality of living standards in Mercer's Quality of Living Report 2015.