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The woman appeared to be in her early 30s and may have been killed two-three days ago, police said.

In remarks that could stoke a controversy, senior Congress leader and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Wednesday alleged "match-fixing" over Samajwadi party government's ban on VHP's yatra from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

Poonia rubbished allegations that she had lobbied for the prestigious Khel Ratna award, saying she was only raising her voice against the "injustice" meted out to her.

Hitting out at BJP for stalling Parliament over missing coal block allocation files, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said government was making efforts to trace them and they will be found.

The first phase of sales for next year's tournament runs until October 10 and FIFA said more than 163,000 people had made requests on Tuesday for various games.

Some political outfits have sought a ban on the film contending that it portrays LTTE cadres as terrorists.

A shoulder injury late in 2011 and a resultant surgery in early 2012, hit Somdev's career graph badly.

The fishermen from Nagapattinam, Karaikal and Akkaraipettai had put out to sea on July 30 when they were arrested by Sri Lankan Naval personnel.

A policeman died after allegedly shooting himself from his service weapon in Ramgaon area, police sources said at Bahraich on Wednesday.

After the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) refused to shelve its plans to perform an "84 kosi parikrama" or 84-km procession in Ayodhya, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday heightened security there and sealed boundaries in six adjoining districts, offic...

Japan will dramatically raise its warning about the severity of a toxic water leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant, its nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, its most serious action since the plant was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Prolonged agitations in Andhra Pradesh since 2009 for and against the division of the state have hit the student community hard with many of them migrating to other states for pursuing professional courses. Frequent bandhs, rallies, road blockades and str...

Work on the first phase of the Lucknow Metro in the Uttar Pradesh capital will begin December this year, and is expected be completed by December 2016, officials said on Wednesday.

BJP member Sudhanshu Mittal, who is perceived to be close to Goel, has in fact resigned from the Delhi election management cell.

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt's former interim vice president, is being sued for a "betrayal of trust" over his decision to quit the army-backed government in protest at its bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

An adult male was in custody after a gunman fired multiple shots at an Atlanta-area elementary school on Tuesday, police said. There were no reports of injuries in the incident at the McNair Discovery Learning Academy, said DeKalb Police Department spokes...