India

Serena Williams began the defense of her French Open title with a 6-2, 6-1 victory on Sunday over 138th-ranked Alize Lim, a wild-card entry from France.

A total of 19 dumpers and three machines were seized from Momnathal village in Greater Noida while they were being used for illegal soil mining, police said on Sunday.

If actress Sonakshi Sinha felt that her 2013 release 'Lootera' deserved to win awards, actor-producer Akshay Kumar seconds that.

The song by Girik Amin will see Sunny Leone wandering in the desert landscapes of Dubai in a sari.

On a high after winning a Lok Sabha seat in the just-concluded polls, BJP leader and the Dalit face of the party, Udit Raj, is all for the Assembly elections in Delhi to be held as early as possible.

When Manmohan Singh takes up residence at his new Motilal Nehru Place address on Monday, he will be greeted by hundreds of bats and several other species of birds and mammals who are the old inhabitants of the property.

The vigilance cell of Uttar Pradesh's power department  on Saturday surveyed the cold storage of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid but no irregularity was detected.

Mercury dipped in Jaipur and Bikaner divisions of Rajasthan which witnessed light rainfall and thunderstorm in the past 24 hours. The two divisions saw a fall in the temperature by one to seven degrees, according to a MeT report in Jaipur.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said improving power supply in the state is its top priority and all efforts are being made to complete pending projects at the earliest.

A fire accident took place at SBI guest house in Jawahar Nagar Police Station circle in the capital on Saturday. Three fire tenders rushed to the spot.

Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda will be attending Prime Minister (designate) Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Monday.

The Mercedes driver clocked a time of 1 minute, 16.758 seconds, with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo .050 behind and Mercedes' Nico Rosberg .116 back in third.

Tamil Nadu Government on Saturday said it will approach the Indian Embassy in Bahrain to bring back the body of a fisherman, allegedly shot dead by pirates recently.

The actor's official fan page has crossed 16 million likes.

As Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel struggles to get into gear, Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo's is gliding through the curves.

Instagram's owner Facebook is already banned in the country, along with other social websites like Twitter and YouTube.