United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is celebrating the centenary of the Peace Palace in Hague, even as major world powers appear to be moving toward punitive military strikes against Syria for what the US and its allies say was a deadly chemical...

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.

The tournament, to be jointly organised by the AIFF and IMG-Reliance between January-March next year, has become the object of acrimony between the federation and I-League clubs.

A Russian Orthodox youth group unveiled a video game on Thursday that gives players a chance to "kill" members of the punk band Pussy Riot.

Puducherry Local Administration Minister N G Panneerselvam has left for rain-ravaged Uttarakhand to facilitate safe return of 49 pilgrims from the Union Territory who were stranded there.

Four labourers working at a brick making site were injured due to lightning at Rainwal, a suburban town near Jaipur, police said. Of the four who were rushed to SMS Hospital in Jaipur, one was serious, SP (Rural) Ashok Naruka said. The injured were identi...

Pakistan's new IT minister has warned that Google could be blocked in the country if the company fails to remove objectionable material from YouTube.

Abhishek Bachchan tweeted a picture of his and wife Aishwarya Rai from Chimes For Change concert in London.

Congress, which won 121 seats of the 223 for which voting took place on Sunday, had the maximum number of multi-millionaires - 112 out of 118 assets analysed.

Anand Pawar notched up a 21-11 22-20 win over sixth seed Viktor Axelsen in German Open badminton championship.

Deprecating the electronic media over coverage of protests against Delhi gangrape, Digvijaya said the nation should be left at its mercy.

La Liga title contenders Atletico Madrid will face a tough test when they visit high-flying Barcelona on Sunday.

Witness said four counters were set up for distribution of LoIs to firms as only four directors were available.

For the polling in 182 Assembly seats, voting will take place on December 13 and 17 and 3.8 crore voters are expected to take part in it.

BSY issued an indirect threat to pull down the government if the BJP continued to target his supporters.