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Solar eclipse 2016: Total eclipse in Indonesia, partial in Southeast and South Asia [PHOTOS]

The solar eclipse will next be visible in 2019.

Mar 9, 2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Cultural Festival on Yamuna banks 'not safe' for PM Modi

The Special Protection Group that assessed the security situation deemed the venue as unsafe for the prime minister.

Mar 9, 2016

Chief Economic Advisor says he will 'lose job' if he speaks on beef ban

Arvind Subramanian was reportedly asked by Mumbai University students if the beef ban will adversely affect the rural economy.

Mar 9, 2016

US says in talks to base long-range bombers in Australia

The deployments could include B-1 bombers and and B-52 bomber missions, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific said.

Mar 9, 2016

Rajiv Gandhi assassin Nalini released for a day on parole

The Madras High Court has ordered her to not interact with media during parole.

Mar 8, 2016

Nigeria: Voices heard in rubble of collapsed Lagos building

Nigeria: Voices heard in rubble of collapsed Lagos building

Mar 8, 2016

India, Indonesia to conduct joint training exercise from March 10

The exercise is intended to build and promote positive relations between the armies of India and Indonesia.

Mar 8, 2016

International Womens Day 2016: Syrian women plea for open border at Idomeni refugee camp

Over 12,000 people are stuck in the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greece-Macedonia border

Mar 8, 2016

Teenager rapes, kills 8-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Satara

The body of the victim, a relative of the accused, was found in a water tank of a bungalow.

Mar 8, 2016

Army Chief Dalbir Singh calls multinational field training a 'watershed event'

The Exercise Force-18 ended at Pune with the participation of over 300 participants from 18 ASEAN Plus countries.

Mar 8, 2016

Women's Day 2016: Virat Kohli apologises for crimes against fairer sex

The swashbuckling Indian cricketer wished Happy Women's Day in a rather unique way.

Mar 8, 2016

Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Coimbatore to be smart with Germany's help

Certain German companies will assist the three Indian cities in implementing their plans to become smart cities.

Mar 8, 2016

Mummified sailor: New footage shows Manfred Fritz Bajorat being found month before previously discovered

Video shows Clipper Round the World racer discovering mummified German in January

Mar 8, 2016

Online petition against practice of female genital mutilation in India

FGM is a ritual in which traditional circumcisers partially or completely cut external genitalia of girls.

Mar 8, 2016

My pressure led to rollback of the EPF tax proposal, claims Rahul

The tax proposal is first to be withdrawn since the announcement of the budget.

Mar 8, 2016