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US Secretary of State John Kerry called the results "meaningless", saying "the so-called elections are non-elections" and "a great big zero".

DataWind has grabbed headlines in recent years as the maker of the world's cheapest tablet device.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel in May accused China of "destabilizing actions" in the South China Sea.

Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday spoke by phone with President Salva Kiir and urged that all military operations end "immediately."

'Filmistaan' releases the same day as Akshay Kumar's 'Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' is releases in theaters.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday issued directions to state officials to speed up developmental programmes and set up a mechanism to monitor implementation of Central schemes.

Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice Barin Ghosh retired on Wednesday. Justice Ghosh (65) took charge as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court in 2010.

Petkovic and Halep completed the French Open semi-final pairings with straight-set wins, and one of them will be in a Grand Slam final for the first time.

Rahul Gandhi has the responsibility of reinventing and reviving the Congress, the party said on Wednesday as it defended him for not taking up the "onerous task" of heading the party in the Lok Sabha for which he had come under attack.

Nearly four million schoolgirls in government-run middle and high schools in Bihar will be provided free sanitary napkins from this year, officials said on Wednesday.

A gang of four contract killers, planning to kill a man, were arrested on Wednesday by the police in Patna.

Tamil Nadu recorded the most number of deaths per lakh population in road accidents in 2012.

Crisis in Bihar's ruling JD(U) on Wednesday deepened with Sanjay Singh, another legislator unhappy over his ouster from the council of ministers, resigning from the post of party spokesperson.

The food brand launched its health biscuit segment at the airport.

"We've not played Spain often in recent times, but they have several high-quality players in their ranks," said Oltmans.

Terrorists have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks in Nigeria, BBC reported on Wednesday. The Boko Haram terrorists attacked villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria.