India

Senior Congress leader Aslam Sher Khan on Thursday said that there would a close contest between his party and the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections slated later this year.

An armed Maoist surrendered before the police in Odisha's Koraput district following alleged discrimination and torture by Telugu ultras towards Odia tribal cadres, police said on Thursday.

Rajasthan Dairy minister Babulal Nagar has quit over allegations of rape leveled against him. Nagar termed the allegations as politically motivated and said that he was stepping down so that he was not accused of influencing the probe into the complaint....

The actor was admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra after suffering a heart attack.

Five persons were killed and six others injured when an overcrowded bus turned turtle and fell into a roadside ditch in East Champaran district on Wednesday.

One week to the day after being elected the ninth president of the IOC, Thomas Bach took over the reins from his predecessor, Jacques Rogge.

Customs officials in Goa seized 12 kilograms of gold bars from two Sri Lankans on Wednesday, a customs official said.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said India was the largest functional democracy in the world, with its own strength which manifests itself whenever the situation demands.

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar is recovering but continues to remain in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Mumbai as he is still under observation. He was admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.

AMC is keeping 'Mad Men' around an extra year, expanding the final season of this acclaimed drama series.

For Bajrang, who won a bronze in the 60kg category in Budapest, Hungary last night, Olympic medallist Yogeshwar has always been a big influence throughout his career.

A British man who admitted planning to kidnap, torture and eat at least one child using a sound-proofed dungeon he built in his home in Massachusetts was sentenced to nearly 27 years in US prison on Tuesday.

Arguments on behalf of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday were concluded in a court in Ranchi in a case related to multi-million-rupee lapses in Bihar animal husbandry department, popularly known as the fodder scam.

Sri Lanka is negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, a top minister said on Tuesday.

With peak festival season around the corner, bankers are pressing for a cut in CRR and policy rates by the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy later this week to boost demand for manufactured goods and revive sagging economic growth.

The urban areas don't feel quite dense enough when compared with Liberty City from 2008's "GTA IV."