India

A 90-year-old Nepalese man has fulfilled his life time dream of flying on an aeroplane when a private airline selected him for a free ride on one of its flights.

"I get a ton of anxiety, right up until the second I get out of the car to the event," says Pattinson.

Calling tensions on the Kashmir border "a matter of concern", Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan will respond to firing by the Indian military "with restraint and responsibility".

Alongside the Xperia Z1 launch, Sony also launched the lens-style cameras - QX10 and QX 100 - in India at Rs 12,990 and Rs 24,990, respectively.

For Bajrang, who won a bronze in the 60kg category in Budapest, Hungary last night, Olympic medallist Yogeshwar has always been a big influence throughout his career.

A 14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her home in Koderma district, a week after she was raped, the police said on Wednesday.

Directed by Jaideep Chopra, the film features Sumeet Nijhawan and Mona Wasu in the lead roles.

Wiggins took the lead in the Tour of Britain after a rain-soaked time trial through Cheshire's Knowsley Safari park on Tuesday.

The Ferrari chairman compared Raikkonen to retired triple world champion Niki Lauda, who took a two-year break from F1 in 1980/81 and then returned to win another championship.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistanis have given him the mandate to improve relations with India, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

An eleven-year-old girl was gangraped in Narowal district and two girls in D G Khan and Gujranwala districts.

Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections later this year, a BJP leader quit the party Tuesday, accusing state unit chief Vasundhara Raje of functioning like an autocrat.

More than 100 students were arrested from various parts of the city on Tuesday for defying prohibitory orders clamped in the wake of their bid to hold a "Mahapanchayat" to press the demand for restoring the controversial reservation formula which was scra...

BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday met to discuss the situation in the state in the aftermath of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar district.

Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes, revising a special tribunal verdict which had sentenced him to life imprisonment.

In perhaps one of the first public appearance together, Rani stepped out with her would-be mother-in-law Pam Chopra.