India

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday congratulated the senior BJP leader and Indore MP Sumitra Mahajan on being elected as the new Lok Sabha speaker.

Met had earlier said the monsoon is expected to be below normal at about 95 per cent because of El-Nino effect.

Starting Friday, DD National will roll out 'Nadiyaan Gaati Hain', the first of the five shows.

Tamil Nadu recorded the most number of deaths per lakh population in road accidents in 2012.

These temperature maps of India give an overview of how hot it is out there at this time of the year.

Seventy years ago, Jim "Pee Wee" Martin parachuted into France, behind German enemy lines, ahead of the D-Day invasion.

The two-year-old Noor also succumbed to her burns after a couple of hours.

The woman has alleged that some persons assaulted and later gangraped her.

'Game of Thrones' HBO's Emmy-award winning fantasy epic, has surpassed 'The Sopranos' as its most popular series ever.

Defending champions Australia stayed on course for the semi-finals with an assertive 3-1 victory over Belgium.

Sharapova made it back into the French Open final for the third straight year, beating Eugenie Bouchard of Canada 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

India finally managed to earn their first points in the World Cup Hockey as they held Spain to a 1-1 draw as custodian PR Sreejesh effected atleast four brilliant saves.

Justice Ronald Young said a probation officer report showed Singh had a deeply worrying attitude to women.

Sharapova, who won the title in Paris in 2012 and lost in the final last year, will need to douse the up-and-coming Bouchard.

Priyanka's upcoming film 'Dil Dhadakne Do' has been directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani.

A powerful landmine was recovered during an anti-Naxal operation in Naxal-infested Saranda in West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said.