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"The world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the Russia-Ukraine border, and it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy," Obama said.

Rajasthan government on Thursday told legislative Assembly that it will appeal the UNO to extend its deadline for ending the use of poppy husk as narcotics in the state for five more years.

Senior IPS officer Ajay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Lokayukta by the Madhya Pradesh government in Bhopal on Thursday.

The actor is wary of the hectic lifestyle of a 'daily soap' artist, but he says he will never leave the world of television behind him for Bollywood.

Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con 2014 preview gives you an exclusive first look of Ultron.

He was inducted into the party by Bihar BJP chief Mangal Pandey.

The government has already formed a trafficking advisory committee and a task force to deal with the issue.

A day after yatra to Kedarnath was suspended, the pilgrimage to another major Himalayan shrine, Badrinath, in Uttarakhand was stalled on Thursday in view of the weatherman's prediction of heavy rains in the area.

Those detained comprise the infant's biological and adoptive parents and two other persons who had arranged the alleged sale.

Microsoft is set to cut more than 6,000 jobs in an announcement expected early Thursday, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The sides announced the temporary lull in fighting across the Gaza border after an Israeli strike killed four children on a beach on Wednesday.

Security forces on Wednesday apprehended four suspected Naxalites, carrying rewards on their heads, from Maoist-affected Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.

The 6,800 tonne warship is a technology demonstrator and will showcase a giant leap in shipbuilding technology in the country, officials said.

Sonakshi Sinha is the latest celebrity to own a team in the World Kabaddi League after Akshay Kumar and Honey Singh

The crowd gathered at the collectorate was left stunned for few moments as an elderly man sought permission for hoisting national flag on his chest during the coming Independence Day.

Ashwini Akkunji is eyeing a medal in the individual 400 meter hurdle at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.