India

For eight hours a day, 11-year-old Sagira makes bidis - thin brown cigarettes that are as central to Indian life as chai and flat bread.

Saina Nehwal won her first title of the season with a straight-game victory over China's Shixian Wang.

Shenouda III had served as the 117th Pope of Alexandria since November 1971.

Jeev (71) is now four-under through three rounds and placed at tied 39th, down from an overnight 31st.

PIRAVOM: In one of the most crucial and bitterly-fought  byelections in the state, Piravom registered a record  turnout ..

Federer will play 11th-ranked John Isner in Sunday's final, a rematch of their Davis Cup showdown last month.

HYDERABAD: Suspense continues over selection of Congress candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections for which filing of nominations ..

HYDERABAD: Terming the memorandum of understanding signed by the state government entrusting the 108 EMRI (Emergency Management ..

MANGALORE: Even before the first vote for the  Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha by- election was cast, technological aids were inc..

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma,the head of Travancore Royal family had a rare, three-century-old gift on hi..

KOCHI: The two-day inter-collegiate B-Fest, ASTHRA12, hosted by Amritha Business School, began here on Saturday.The festival ..

Fourteen family members, including three widows and eight children, are among those being detained.

The case relates to the disappearance of seven villagers after a clash between the CPI-M and TMC in November 2007.

In a 10-minute speech uploaded to jihadist forums, Zawahiri argued that the Pak authorities only represented US interests.

When the Frenchman departed Formula One in 2009, it was hard to envisage him ever returning.

Sunny Leone hopes that with 'Jism 2', she can at least match the standard that Bipasha Basu set with the prequel.