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The Army headquarters at Chennai is probing the blast in an iron scrap shop at Pothamettupatti village near Manaparai on June 29, amid reports that the explosion that killed a worker and grievously injured three others was caused by a stolen military rocket shell that was sold as scrap by some army men.

2 bombings on Pak paramilitary force kill 3, injure 8

Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban was behind the attack, according to a statement by the militants' spokesman, Mohammad...

17 July 2017 10:21 AM IST

India and China flags. (File photo)

China should keep calm, work on growth: Chinese media on India's...

The article listed a host of foreign companies including some of the Chinese firms which are investing in India.

17 July 2017 8:01 AM IST

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP)

Reopen 15 cases against Nawaz Sharif: Panama panel

The six-member JIT which probed the issue submitted its final report to the Supreme Court on July 10.

17 July 2017 12:43 AM IST

Politics appears to be last thing on many diners minds as they pose for photos with a cardboard cutout of the US president, placed strategically at the entrance by 29-year-old businessman Islam. (Photo: AFP)

Not anti-Islam: Trump Caf© popular in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, says...

CNN is broadcast to give an extra American flavour, while the wi-fi password is Ivanka Trump'.

16 July 2017 6:06 PM IST

India on Saturday asked Pakistan to grant consular access to its national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and sabotage activities. (Photo: Videograb/File)

Pak army chief to decide Kulbhushan Jadhav's appeal after rejection of...

Jadhav filed a mercy petition before Gen Bajwa in June, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations statement.

16 July 2017 5:26 PM IST

Facebook Live, the social media giants live video broadcasting platform, has been used to film grisly crimes that include suicides, murders, and rapes (Photo: AFP)

Facebook rejects Pak's request to link account, mobile number

An official explained that the purpose of the request turned down by Facebook was to help the government deal with fake...

16 July 2017 3:14 PM IST

Sharif said Gen Musharraf was willing to meet him and made several attempts to do so in the past. (Photo: AP)

Panamagate: JIT recommends reopening 15 cases against PM Sharif

The JIT also recommended that NAB be directed to complete its investigation into the London properties.

16 July 2017 1:16 PM IST

The city of Changshu in Jiangsu province, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Shanghai, said in a brief social media post that the fire broke out around 4:30 am China time. (Photo: AP/Representational)

22 killed, 3 injured in house fire in China's Changshu city

An earlier report by the official Xinhua News Agency said more than 20 people lived in the house, citing unnamed...

16 July 2017 12:53 PM IST

Comprising of hundreds of small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is an important shipping route and believed to be rich in natural resources, such as oil and gas. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Makes no sense: China on Indonesia renaming part of South China Sea

China claims the entirety of the sea, but Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia all have competing...

16 July 2017 11:46 AM IST

The glass pods are installed at a mall in Shanghai.

Husband storage' pods at Chinese malls

The glass cabins have a computer and retro videogames.

16 July 2017 4:47 AM IST

Vijay Lakshmi, surrendered before police with the knife and was placed under arrest on charge of murder, says police. (Photo: Representational Image/PTI)

Indian student stabbed to death by compatriot in Bangladesh: report

Other than the duo, two others, including a woman student of the same university, stayed in the building, according to...

15 July 2017 6:48 PM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in March 2016 in the restive Balochistan province and was accused of being a RAW agent. (Photo: Screengrab)

Pakistan should grant visa to Jadhav's mother to ease ties with India:...

Pakistan has repeatedly denied India consular access to Jadhav, and his mother's visa application to visit Pakistan.

15 July 2017 5:44 PM IST