It is unclear whether it was an accident or a suicide. If it was a suicide, the reasons have not yet emerged.

The U.S. grasped for help on Monday from both adversaries and uneasy allies in an effort to catch fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. The White House demanded that he be denied asylum, blasted China for letting him go and urged Russia...

The president reiterated her proposals to set aside future oil royalties for education and import doctors from abroad.

A satatement said that Food items, medicines, clothes, building materials, utensils etc, will be carried to Uttarakhand free of cost by coaching trains.

Gehlot arrived from Uttarakhan where he was supervising relief works carried out by the state officials for people from Rajasthan trapped there.

Is rampant infrastructure development responsible for the Uttarakhand calamity?

"Yeh kaam hamare ghar ka hai, duty ka nahii (The rescue work we are doing is personal work for us and not just a part of official duty)," an ITBP jawan, who hails from Kumaon region, said.

Ana Ivanovic advanced to the second round of Wimbledon with a 7-6 (1), 6-0 win over qualifier Virginie Razzano of France.

Usain Bolt and his Racers Track Club will not compete in the 52nd Ostrava Golden Spike.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has faced flak from the opposition for his absence at the time of the Uttarakhand disaster.