Pope Francis passes away hours after delivering Easter message

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican said on Monday. The Pope passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, according to a......

JCO killed as infiltration bid by terrorists thwarted at LoC

An army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector, but thwarted their attempt to infiltrate into India from......

Pope Benedict XVI Laid To Rest

Glimpses from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican City, January 5, 2023. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, serving as head of the......

Death of Pope Francis: India declares 3-day State mourning

The government of India has declared a three-day State mourning as a mark of respect following the passing of Pope Francis on Monday, according to an official notification issued by the ministry of......

Super-rich tax? Redo the I-T slabs first

As Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets ready to present the Union Budget, much of the attention will be focused on whether he will impose a tax on the "super-rich". The debate on whether the......

2G scam: Text of the special leave petition

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION {Order XVI Rules 4(1) (a)} (Under Article 136 of the Constitution of India) SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. OF......

Court extends Raju's remand by 14 days

The remand of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and seven other accused in the multi-crore accounting fraud in the IT firm was further extended by 14 days by a local court in Hyderabad on Wednesday.......

The Pope gets an iPod

A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI an iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music. Now that Vatican Radio offers podcasts in eight different......

Armand Duplantis Dazzles In Paris

IMAGE: Armand Duplantis of Sweden celebrates with his family after winning the gold medal in the men's pole vault with a world record at the Paris Olympics on Monday, August 5, 2024. Photographs:......

Paris 2024 Olympic marathon to trace path of French Revolution

IMAGE: Paris 2024 organising team at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Competitors at the Paris 2024 Olympics marathon......

England can win World Cup: Eriksson

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson believes his team are among five that could triumph at this year's World Cup finals in Germany."I've always said we're one of five teams that can win it and if all......