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India's headline inflation shot to a six-month high in August, driven by a 245 percent annual jump in onion prices, hardening the case for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan to keep interest rates high at his first policy meeting later th...

The absence of any mechanism to prevent the use of atomic weapons by India and Pakistan worries the United States, even as their nuclear arsenals make war unthinkable, a top Pentagon official has said.

A day after Samajwadi Party MP from Baghpat, Sompal Shastri, decided not to contest next year's Lok Sabha polls on party ticket, the SP on Monday declared Haji Ghulam Mohammad, a sitting MLA, as its candidate from the parliamentary constituency.

Police officers of New York received a lesson in demography on Monday when their chief issued a memo clarifying the difference between Native Americans and Asian Indians.

A CRPF jawan was killed in an alleged accidental firing by a policeman at police control room in Jammu on Monday.

Britain's biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home. Supermom Sue Radford, a baker's wife, is expecting again - just 11 months after giving birth - and she and her husband Noel will welcome the latest ad...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention for obtaining approval for two of its wind energy projects and grant of Rs 1,500 crore from the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF).

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a welder at an engineering college in Kukus, 20 kms from Jaipur, police said on Monday.

Australian police have charged six men in an operation to smash a 'multi-million dollar' match-fixing ring.

Rahul Ravindran will marry singer-dubbing artist Chinmayi Sripada early next year.

Dilip Kumar continues to remain in Lilavati hospital's ICU but his condition is stable.

The opposition showed banners and shouted slogans against the Akhilesh government's handling of violence in Muzaffarnagar and other parts of Western UP. BSP and BJP members demanded answers from the Akhilesh Yadav government on a host of issues, including...

Fiorentina were held to a 1-1 draw at home after a late Cagliari equalizer ended their perfect start to the Serie A season.

The CPI-M on Sunday said it had nothing to hide about its income and related details after a published report claimed that a major share of its income was from "unknown" sources.

IDC said it expects tablet shipments will surpass total PC shipments (desktop plus portable PCs) in the fourth quarter of 2013 (Q4 2013).

Shahid made his acting debut in 2003 with the college drama 'Ishq Vishk' and has so far starred in just 20 films.