India

The landmark deal is the largest in Facebook's 10-year history and will give it a strong foothold in the fast-growing mobile messaging market.

Indian-American professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of the US National Medal of Science announced by Barack Obama.

"The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of United Kingdom citizen Alan Henning by the terrorist group ISIL," Obama said.

Keanu has obtained a temporary restraining order against a woman who was detained after trespassing at the actor's home last month.

The Gujarat Government has refused permission to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to challenge the bail given to former Minister Maya Kodnani in a post-Godhra riot case.

Terming the development as "the most unfortunate, gross, blatant misuse of official government largesse and machinery," he said it as "absolutely amazing, shocking, unbelievable and unprecedented".

Boxer Sarita hoped that her outburst at the Asian Games would ensure better judging at next month's World Championship in Korea - the country where she felt "wronged".

Khan's new film 'Happy New Year' revolves around non-dancers, who dance to make others happy.

A lawyer who represents about a dozen female celebrities whose private photos were posted online by hackers has threatened to sue Google for failing to take the photos off its websites.

Naik said that the Union Home Ministry is working out on the possibility of e-visa, considering the security point of view.

2,136 Bru refugees have returned to Mizoram from the six relief camps in Tripura since June 21 last, state Home Department officials said.

Aiming to become an entertainment brand on a par with Walt Disney, Rovio has expanded the Angry Birds brand into an animated TV series and toys and clothing.

PMSA had apprehended 27 fishermen, along with their five boats, off the Gujarat coast on September 27 for "violating the territorial waters of the country."

Iranian authorities have suspended for three years the tough sentences handed to seven Iranian youths who filmed a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy".

For Amazon, which launched its marketplace in India last year, India is one of its fastest growing markets and is on track to touch $1 billion in gross sales.

In the second half of the 20th century, the levels of rain recorded during the Northern Hemisphere's summer monsoon fell by as much as 10 per cent, researchers said.