NASA has released a series of stunning images taken during the Cassini spacecraft’s last close flyby of Saturn’s moon Dione. The images show a pockmarked landscape looming below the spacecraft.  Cassini passed 295 miles above Dione’s surface at 2:33 p.m. ET on Aug. 17, its fifth close encounter w

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its military freed a British hostage who was kidnapped 18 months ago by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which has expanded its reach amid fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents. A statement carried by the UAE’s official WAM new

Pakistan on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi government of “sabotaging” the NSA-level talks with its “fanatic approach” and said its “negative attitude” was aimed at disrupting peace in the region. Upping the ante a day after Pakistan called off talks between National Security Advisers Sartaj Azi

    NEW DELHI: Prices of onion in the capital continue to remain at an eye watering Rs 70-80 per kg, but it's not the shortage of supply that's pushing up prices so dramatically. Supply of onions in Delhi mandis has in fact increased significantly in the past 4-5 days but it has not

RIYADH: Indonesia’s first Haj group of about 3,500 pilgrims arrived in Madinah on Friday. Tuan Sunarko, charge d’affaires at the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, accompanied by senior officials from the consulate in Jeddah, welcomed the pilgrims, who arrived at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Internat

SAN SALVADOR: At least 14 inmates were killed in an El Salvador jail on Saturday when violence erupted between two factions of a notorious gang, an official said. The killings at Quezaltepeque prison, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the capital San Salvador, were linked to an internal dis

Hyderabad: According to a press note issued by NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijaywada, Entrance Test for admission into BUMS will be held at Osmania Medical College, Kothi, Hyderabad on 6th September. Registration can be done online up to 22nd August by paying Rs. 800 through DD in favour o

Xiaomi, as promised, has launched its first 'Made in India' smartphone, the Redmi 2 Prime, priced at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone has been manufactured at Foxconn facility in Sri City. The new Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime is now available to buy via the company's online store, Mi.com alongside other company

August 22, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: New building of Anjuman Degree College for Women, donated by SM Syed Khaleelur Rehman, was inaugurated here today by Maulana Mufti Mohammed Ashraf Ali Baqvi. Appreciating the generosity of SM Syed Khaleelur Rehman, maulana prayed for rewa

Saudi officials have confirmed the death of two pilots in a crash of Apache helicopter in Jizan province bordering Yemen, refusing to announce the cause of the incident. Meanwhile Houthi forces fighting the Saudi-led coalition claimed responsibility for the downing. The two Saudi pilots were ki

Pakistan High Commissioner in Delhi Abdul Basit may have told HT this week that there was no question of handing over 1993 Mumbai blasts main accused Dawood Sheikh Ibrahim as he was not in his country, but documentary evidence available with the Indian security agencies nails this as a lie. If th

حیدرآباد ۔22 اگسٹ (اعتماد نیوز) آندھراپردیش میں بر سر اقتدار جماعت تلگو دیشم پارٹی نے پڑوسی ریاست تلنگانہ میں مضبوط کرنے کے ساتھ اب اڑیسہ اور کرناٹک ریاستوں میں بھی پارٹی خدمات کو توسیع دینے کا فیصلہ کیا گیا۔ آج وجئے واڑہ میں سی ایم کیمپ آفس میں ایک اہم اجلاس اس سلسلہ میں منعقد کیا گیا جس میں پارٹی

Pakistan said on Saturday it is prepared to go ahead with crucial talks with India but Kashmir will have to be part of the agenda because it is the “most important outstanding issue” between the two countries. Sartaj Aziz, advisor to the Prime Minister on national security and foreign affairs, sa

The Indian authorities have ordered an inquiry into why a chandelier hanging at the entrance of the country's most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, crashed to the ground earlier this week. Eye-witnesses say an employee was cleaning the two-metre high chandelier when it came down on Wednesday. T

BENGALURU: In localities of wards in Dasarahalli, a greater Bengaluru constituency, gone are the days wherein party workers used to sit with multiple sheets of electoral rolls. Being at help desk, their job is to help voters in identifying polling room number and distribute voter slips. Smartphon

ATLANTA, Georgia: A terrifying moment of a lightning bolt striking a Delta plane on the runway at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport has been captured by a flier and is available on YouTube. The footage was filmed by Jack Perkins, a passenger on a separate plane that was one among many grounded because of

JEDDAH: US crude oil prices on Friday plunged below $40 a barrel for the first time since the 2009 financial crisis, notching their longest weekly losing streak in 29 years after a further rise in US drilling and a drop in Chinese manufacturing. US October crude fell $1.07, or 2.6 percent, to $40.2