London, Aug 3 : A 75-year-old Indian-origin Sikh in the English city of Derby has grown a giant cucumber and says praying to it daily has helped the ribbed vegetable grow...

Karachi/Islamabad, Aug 3 :  Twelve schools, half of them all-girls', have been burnt down by unidentified assailants in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan, triggering protest by local residents who sought...

Peshawar, Aug 3: Six people, including five members of a family, died when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a deep ravine in northwest Pakistan, police said...

Peshawar: A court in Pakistan today stayed the execution of an accused and suspended the death penalty given to him by a military court in the assassination of Amjad Sabri,...

Islamabad, Aug 2 :  Pakistan said today that no foreign leader will be invited to the oath taking ceremony of Imran Khan as the prime minister in-waiting wants to keep...

Washington, Aug 2 :  Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, the US Congress has passed a defence spending bill capping its security-related aid to Pakistan at USD 150 million, significantly below...

New Delhi, Aug 2 :  Congress President Rahul Gandhi today attacked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Doklam issue, alleging that she had "buckled and prostrated herself in front...

Beijing, Aug 2 :  The chief monk of a prominent Beijing-based Buddhist temple allegedly sexually harassed several nuns and forced them into sexual relations, official media reported today. Master Xuecheng,...

New Delhi, Aug 2 : The government intends to pass a bill in the current Parliament session to restore the original provisions of a law on atrocities against SC/ST people, Home...

Kathmandu, Aug 2 :  New Zealand will extend technical expertise to Nepal for re-measuring the height of Mt Everest - the world's highest peak - after many geologists argued that...