India investigates after fourth big train accident in past yea...

You probably know that Russia is the largest country in the world, at 17,098,250 square kilometres (6,601,671 square miles)—but can you name the smallest countries? Here are the 20 smallest countries and republics on the planet. Combined, they make up less ...

Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra blasted volcanic ash as high as 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles) today, one of its biggest eruptions in the past several months of high activity. Isya Nurrahmat Dana, an official at a volcano monitoring post in ...

The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world's highest mountain pass and across the border.

EIH, 8K Miles Software Services, Religare Enterprises and Sinclair Hotels are among the other stocks to see a surge in volumes on BSE today, 31 July 2017.

The star kids are the ones who steal away the limelight from their superstar parents even when they are miles away from making in the film industry. Everyone just can't get enough of these star kids. In the past year, Saif Ali Khan's all three kids have ...

With a daily ridership barely crossing three lakh, the city seems to be taking its time in embracing the Metro as a reliable mode of transport as crowded coaches, glitches and protests put BMRCL under strain. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) ...

One operated the pedals and one was responsible for steering

It is silly to pride ourselves on the fact that India once had a woman president or a speaker, and that yesterday, the lady who had occupied the speaker’s chair was a candidate to be the country’s president. The post India has to go miles to give women ...

The earthquake was very shallow, only 6 miles (10 km) below the seabed, which would have amplified its effect, but it was far from any mainland and there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. The Kamchatka branch of Russia's emergency ...