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......

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......

Indonesia finds Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder

Divers have located the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October last year, in a possible boost to the accident investigation. IMAGE: Debris from Flight......

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......

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......

IOC loses race for Medco

Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest refiner, has lost out in the race for acquiring a stake in Indonesia's largest listed oil and gas producer Medco.The Singapore state investment fund......

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......

How a deadly crush at an Indonesia soccer match unfolded

IMAGE: A riot police officer fires tear gas to control the situation after home fans invaded the stadium following the league BRI Liga 1 football match between Arema vs Persebaya at Kanjuruhan......

'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.......