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Dalai Lama. (Photo)

China upset as Dalai Lama meets Pranab Mukherjee

While the Dalai Lama has had private meetings with Indian leaders, Sunday's conference was the first public event.

17 Dec 2016 11:28 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

5 per cent rise in number of Indians granted visas to UK

Sponsored visa applications from Indians to study in the UK increased by 5% between 2015 and 2016 to 9,207, the largest...

17 Dec 2016 11:18 AM IST

President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AP)

Philippines' President Duterte admits he killed to set an example

People in the 6,500-strong crowd cheered as Duterte used his trademark strong language promising his drug war would...

17 Dec 2016 11:05 AM IST

Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump's new team made up of risk-takers, dealmakers

Trump's roster of agency heads conspicuously lack intellectuals, lawyers, and academics of the sort sought by some past...

17 Dec 2016 10:52 AM IST

Hafiz Saeed, center, leader of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa looks at relief goods his party workers collected for Pakistani Kashmiris who are displaced due to Indian firing at the Line of Control between Pakistan and Indian Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

Rajnath's remarks on Pak a declaration of war: Hafiz Saeed

He also warned the government not to give clean chit to alleged Indian spy Kalbhushan.

17 Dec 2016 10:36 AM IST

The Chinese have acknowledged the demarche but not responded to it, the official added. (Representational image)

Chinese Navy warship seizes US underwater drone in South China Sea

The Chinese seizure will add to concerns about China's growing military presence and aggressive posture in disputed...

17 Dec 2016 9:43 AM IST

The VVIP chopper deal was cancelled in 2014 after Orsi was arrested on suspicion of paying bribes to secure the deal.

VVIP chopper case: Italy court orders retrial of ex-Finmeccanica...

The deal was cancelled in 2014 after ex-Finmeccanica CEO was arrested on suspicion of paying bribes to secure the deal.

17 Dec 2016 9:36 AM IST

Temperatures in Boston are forecast to plunge to 2 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 17 degrees Celsius), just above the 1883 record of 1 degree (minus 17 degrees Celsius). (Photo: AP/Representational image)

New York and Boston could approach record lows in Arctic chill

'This is well below normal even for those areas of the country that are kind of used to cold weather.'

17 Dec 2016 9:27 AM IST

Romes mayor Virginia Raggi faces a tough task in trying to turn around a city grappling with corruption.

Italian populists' poster girl hit by right hand man's arrest

Supporters say she is starting to make a difference after six months.

17 Dec 2016 6:54 AM IST

Syrian rebel fighters and civilians arrive in opposition-held Khan al-Aassal region, west of Aleppo, on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands trapped as Syria suspends Aleppo evacuation

Ankara and a Syrian military source said the evacuation had been suspended but was not yet over.

17 Dec 2016 6:39 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves at the end of the European Union Summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

EU acts swiftly to outflank Theresa May

Leaders will stick together against British PM's plan to squeeze out the best deal.

17 Dec 2016 6:31 AM IST

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy cast a spotlight on honour killings with her documentary A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness, which bagged an Academy Award. (Photo: AFP)

Pak double Oscar winner hails bill on honour killings

Now a pardon can only save a killer from the death penalty, but not from life imprisonment.

17 Dec 2016 6:16 AM IST