India

With the removal of huge amount of debris in Kedarnath posing the biggest challenge to the state government in calamity-hit Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna visited the Himalayan shrine on Monday along with a team of EIPL experts to speed up the...

Delhi Metro services presently extend to Gurgaon in Haryana and Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

Radical Islamist rebels will gain sway over the many disparate factions opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unless they are checked, and the country's civil war could last years, a top Pentagon intelligence official said on Saturday.

The Chief Minister also alleged that some leaders of the Congress and the CPI-M were instigating violence.

Indian paddlers expectedly swept all the four team gold medals on offer on the second day of the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships.

Kapur will leave Muirfield with his head held high after a dramatic week where he led briefly in the first round before settling for a 68.

Hockey India now has 15 associate members, with 28 affiliated members and two state Olympic association members.

A couple was found dead on Saturday morning in their house in Khalepurva village, police said.

"My role has been changed completely from the original. It is an interesting and strong role," Prosenjit said.

India will be the sixth country to launch a mission to Mars after the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and China.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc looks set for a handsome upper house election win on Sunday, cementing his grip on power and setting the stage for Japan's first stable government since the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi left office in 2006.

The protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar and said that the scheme posed a grave risk to the health of several children.

Kumar said that in countries like Japan, driving licences are given by the private sector and the government has no involvement in it.

In a glittering ceremony in Hyderabad, the best of South cinema was awarded at the 60th Filmfare awards.

The two-time Olympic silver medallist said he was looking forward to playing with different nationalities and interacting with fans in different cities in India during the the competition.

The fourth seeded Indian duo beat American-Canadian combo 3-6 6-3 10-6 in the quarter-finals.