India

The extension of 62-year-old Seth was cleared by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A 22-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped, forced to drink acid and later strangulated to death in Baheri area in Bareilly, police sources said.

She said her ministry would set up the special centres in every district of the country.

The administrative control over Hyderabad will be with the Governor of Telangana till Andhra Pradesh government shifts to its own capital.

Bopanna and his partner Katarina Srebotnik lost the mixed doubles quarter-finals 6-2, 4-6, 5-10 to Julia Goerges of Germany and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic.

Bouchard raced into the French Open quarter-finals by beating eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-2 in just 52 minutes.

Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said Rahul Gandhi did his best during the electioneering for Lok Sabha polls and the party's drubbing was a collective responsibility.

A woman was allegedly murdered by her husband and brother-in-law over dowry in Palamu district on Saturday, police said.

Terming the outcome of the recent Lok Sabha polls as a wake-up call, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said his party would convert its defeat into strength and bounce back with renewed vigour.

Bihar will develop a Sikh pilgrimage circuit by connecting all places pertaining to the religion in the state.

The fifth seed Indo-Zimbabwean pair needed just 59 minutes to dispatch the unseeded Canadian-Pole team 6-1 6-2 in the second round.

Earlier this week, Anonymous attacked the Brazil's Foreign Ministry computer networks and leaked dozens of confidential emails.

The shooters were chosen on the basis of scores in the selection trials held earlier this month at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Almaty.

Fifteen peacocks have been killed in Nagaur district of the state this week, an animal rights activist on Saturday alleged.

Power supply was snapped for over 17 hours in some areas after a powerful dust storm damaged the electricity network on Friday evening.

All five main accused named in the FIR, including two policemen, have been arrested in the case of gang-rape and hanging of two cousins in Badaun, police said on Saturday.