Legendary cartoonist R.K. Laxman died in a private hospital here after a brief illness, a family member said Monday. He was 94....
With 25 percent of the ballots counted in the general elections in Greece, the leftist Syriza coalition party, led by Alexis Tsipras, has won garnering 36.5 percent of the vote, the country's interior ministry said in its first official vote tally....
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday greeted the people on the 66th Republic Day....
The well-known eatery in Melbourne, which immigration authorities have refused to name, was fined A$15,300 (about $12,000) last year for various offences, including underpaying foreign staff and failing to keep records, the Herald Sun reported....
Republic Day was Monday celebrated across India with gaiety and patriotic fervour, as leaders stressed the need of rooting out corruption and working for development while asking insurgents to shun violence....
Days after a woman was brutally tortured by police in West Bengal, another woman Monday alleged that she was tied naked to a tree and beaten and branded in the state's South 24 Parganas district on allegations of stealing....
Enthusiastic visitors at India's 66th Republic Day parade were hopeful that the apparent chumminess between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will “improve the economy†of both countries and especially “benefit†India in its fight against terrorism....
Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were Monday posthumously awarded the nation's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashoka Chakra, at the Republic Day parade. ...
India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza advanced to the quarter-finals of the of the mixed doubles event, winning their respective matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament here Monday....
If the annual Republic Day parade is known for its pomp and splendour, the 66th edition will remain etched in the memory for two other factors - the women's power showcased during the two-hour event and the presence of US President Barack Obama as the chief guest on the occasion....
