Rahul Narwekar elected unopposed as Maha Speaker

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narwekar was on Monday elected unopposed as the speaker of the 15th Maharashtra legislative assembly. IMAGE: BJP leader Rahul Narwekar files his nomination for......

3 Indians among crew held on Singapore ship with drugs

Three Indian nationals are among the crew who have been detained by Indonesian authorities on a Singapore-flagged ship for carrying drugs to Brisbane, according to a media report. Image used for......

Countries where Islamic State is still a major threat

Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group's adherents have now staged hit-and-run......

The wonderfully weird world we live in!

Ten images that prove we live in a odd, odd world! A woman touches a giant face-shaped pillar outside the Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters   A DJ performs......

World's 10 safest airlines

Image: A Lion Air plane is seen in the water after it missed the runway in Denpasar, Bali in April 13, 2013. Photographs: Reuters     Five decades ago, 87 plane crashes took away the......

GMR, GVK eye Bali airport project

India's leading private airport developers, GMR and GVK groups, are planning to bid for the modernisation of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. Both are currently undertaking......

The other side of the world's richest Indian

Part I: I am proud to be India, says L N Mittal Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the richest Indian in the world, with an estimated wealth of over $27 billion. Based in London, Mittal still holds an Indian......

SBI buys Indonesian bank for $6 mn

State Bank of India has acquired a small Indonesian bank - PT Bank IndoMonex - for about $6 million, to foray into Indonesia and expand presence in the Asean region.The largest domestic commercial......

Deadly stampede: Indonesian match official jailed

IMAGE: The verdict was announced on Thursday. Photograph: Presto Wardoyo/Reuters An Indonesian court sentenced a soccer match official to one and a half years in prison on Thursday after finding......

PIX: Fans mourn victims of Indonesia stadium stampede

IMAGE: Fans gather during a vigil at Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, after a riot and stampede at Kanjuruhan Stadium following the football match between Arema vs Persebaya Surabaya, in Bekasi,......

Indonesia stampede: Internal watchdog faults police use of tear gas

IMAGE: Hundreds of spectators were crushed as they tried to flee the overpacked stadium in Malang, East Java on Saturday, after police fired tear gas to disperse agitated fans of the losing home......

'Our Football Tragedy': 17 children among those killed in stampede

IMAGE: Ribbon-shaped candles and petals are pictured during a vigil, after a riot and stampede following a soccer match between Arema vs Persebaya in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday.......

125 dead in Indonesia soccer stadium stampede

IMAGE: Fans invade the soccer field after a match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, Indonesia, on Saturday in this screen grab taken from a Reuters video.......