India

Tribals in Jharkhand have intensified their agitation against Mother Mary in tribal attire and demanded that this be reversed.

A superintendent of a government hospital suffered a heart attack and died following Jharkhand Health Minister Rajendra Singh's inspection of the hospital at Jamshedpur on Sunday.

A notice has been sent to Asaram Bapu, asking him to appear before the police for questioning in connection with a sexual assault case registered against him by a 16-year-old girl a week ago, police said on Monday.

Four coaches of a passenger train derailed near Ringus in Rajasthan's Sikar district on Monday, disrupting rail movement on the Churu-Jaipur route. However, no passenger was injured in the incident as the speed of the train was slow, railway officials sai...

Arrested terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda told his interrogators that he holds a grudge against Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi for scuttling his chances of reaching the top position in the outfit despite being the "architect" of its pan-India...

Ayumi Morita of Japan pulled out of the US Open on Sunday because of a lower back injury.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a one-day trip to discuss the frayed ties with Pakistan and seek release of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader as a confidence building measure.

Three leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the movement's former arch-foe Hosni Mubarak faced separate trials on Sunday on similar charges of involvement in the killing of protesters.

The charm of creating a lavish family home seems to run in the family for Lohia, who is married to Lakshmi Mittal's sister.

Syria agreed to let the United Nations inspect the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack from Monday but a US official said any such offer would be "too late to be credible" and there was little doubt the government was to blame.

Ousted senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai angrily denounced his former police chief on Sunday on the fourth day of his trial, calling him a "vile character" who faked testimony implicating Bo in covering up a murder committed by his wife.

Members of a 1,000-strong Buddhist mob torched dozens of homes and shops in northwestern Myanmar following rumors that a Muslim man tried to sexually assault a young woman, officials and witnesses said on Sunday, as the country was once again gripped by s...

A senior administration official, on Sunday, said there is "very little doubt" that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in an incident that killed at least 100 people last week, but added that President Barack Obama had not y...

Pakistan became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asia Cup after defeating Malaysia 4-1 in their second Pool A match.

Parineeti joined Yash Raj Films as a public relations consultant and later went on to sign a three-film deal.

Tiger Woods is fighting a sore back going into the final round at The Barclays on Sunday.