India

Microsoft made a preview version of Windows 8.1 available for download. It includes alterations meant to address consumer dissatisfaction with the operating system.

Since winning the first of his record 17 grand slam titles on Centre Court in 2003, no one had managed to eject Federer from Wimbledon before the quarter-finals.

This was the second time that Pakistani troops have resorted to unprovoked firing along the LoC this month.

Two days after he advised VIPs not to visit Uttarakhand, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday did a U-turn saying that anyone, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, could go to the rain-ravaged state now as the situation has changed the...

A tribunal in Paris reprimanded Mercedes, the team of 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton, and ordered them to miss a three-day young-driver test.

Renowned agricultural scientist SP Tiwari, who is associated with several international funding agencies, asked Birsa Agriculture University to seek funds from international banks to change Jharkhand's farm sector.

A source told a daily that Mandela is suffering from kidney failure and is undergoing renal dialysis for three hours every second day.

The Indian men's weightlifting team finished runners-up in the Asian Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan for the first time in its competitive history.

'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', releasing on July 12, stars Sonam Kapoor as the female lead.

Abiding by the Railway Board's decision not to charge any money on relief materials to Uttarakhand for 15 days, the East Central Railway zone is facilitating transportation of relief items to the devastated Himalayan state.

CRPF hockey team has participated in the All India Police Games and some major Indian tournaments.

Indian drug major Cipla is working with a global health NGO to manufacture the first user-friendly pediatric HIV/AIDS drug targeted at millions of African children who are currently being forced to take medicine that is unpalatable - to say the least.

A Dalit youth was allegedly beaten to death by two youths on suspicion of being a thief in Fakharpur area, a senior officer said here in Bahraich.

US regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google to better identify paid ads in search results.

Police say a group of tourists on an ice floe in the Canadian Arctic will likely be stranded there until early Wednesday morning.

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has stopped water supply to the area for the moment after the incident.