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China Eastern launches Shanghai-Delhi flight with 95% capacity

China Eastern Airlines started its Shanghai-Delhi service on Sunday with a 95 percent occupancy, becoming the first mainland Chinese carrier this year to resume direct flights to India after a gap......

5 killed, 143 injured as powerful quake hits Afghanistan

At least five people were killed and 143 others injured after a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck several provinces across Afghanistan in the wee hours of Monday, according to the......

1905: The Partition Before Partition

The partition of Bengal in 1905 split more than a province, it touched people's hearts and awakened India's fight for freedom. IMAGE: A vendor is seen tying a rakhi on a boy in Calcutta on October......

153 dead as Ditwah leaves trail of destruction in Lanka; rain pounds TN

Sri Lanka was on Saturday picking up pieces after widespread destruction caused by a powerful cyclone with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declaring a state of emergency throughout the country......

Cyclone Ditwah wreaks havoc in Sri Lanka, 80 killed; India provides relief

Sri Lanka on Friday grappled with one of its worst disasters as cyclonic storm Ditwah wreaked havoc, causing floods and landslides that left more than 80 dead, amid a trail of destruction and......

China's Economy Is Weakening!

Unemployment has been rising among the young, with authorities suspending data disclosures after youth unemployment crossed 20 per cent. IMAGE: A job fair for university graduates in Hefei, Anhui......

AI starts direct flights from Dammam to Chennai

Air India has started operating non-stop direct flights between Saudi Arabia's Dammam and Chennai. Services would be conducted on every Monday and Thursday to Chennai which is Air-India's 7th......

More Indian firms investing in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has emerged as a lucrative investment destination for Indian firms with over 190 of them getting licenses from the Saudi Arabian Investment Authority over the past two years.These......

Sri Lanka scraps 2nd deal, to re-acquire IOC's oil tanks

Sri Lanka will re-acquire 99 World War II-era oil storage tanks leased to Indian Oil Corporation in the eastern port district of Trincomalee, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila announced on......

Riding the Asean trail

How does driving down from India to Bangkok sound? Perhaps with a detour to Angkor Vat? A handful of corporate sponsors, adventure-minded businessmen and sportsmen seem to think it's a great idea......

Spin king Muralitharan to be governor of Lankan province

IMAGE: Muralitharan is to be appointed as the governor of the Northern Province. Photograph: Reuters Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan is set to play a different innings as governor of......

Goa batters break 90 year old Ranji record!

IMAGE: Goa's Snehal Kauthankar and Kashyap Bakle celebrate on reaching their respective triple centuries against Arunachal Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy Plate Division match in Porvorim, Goa, on......

SA bowler Whitehead picks up all 10 wickets in a first-class innings

IMAGE: South Western Districts spin-bowling all-rounder Sam Whitehead took 10/36 to register the best figures in 115 years in South African domestic cricket. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty......

SA legend Graeme Pollock honoured at Port Elizabeth

The Eastern Province Cricket Board has honoured South Africa's Cricketer of the Century, Graeme Pollock, by naming a pavilion at the St George's Park stadium in Port Elizabeth after him. The......

SA's Wessels faces racism probe

The United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) has instructed Eastern Province to suspend Kepler Wessels as coach after he was alleged to have made racist remarks earlier this year. "The board......