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Two Congressmen in Allahabad were on late Wednesday suspended from the primary membership of the party for seeking Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's candidature from Phulpur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Ranchi: Gold and diamonds worth crores of rupees were robbed from a jewellery shop in Ranchi, the police said on Wednesday. Thieves stole jewellery from Anand Jewellers located on the Main Road in the city when the shop was closed for three days on accoun...

Washington: The US is appearing to be headed towards a financial default, which economist warned will have cascading impact on the global economy, as the Congress failed to make a headway in impasse over raising the country's debt ceiling before the deadl...

Vasek Pospisil saved two set points before beating former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the first round of the Erste Bank Open.

Brasilia: Brazil's Federal Police and a Senate investigative panel said today they want to question National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to learn more about the spying programme that targeted Latin America's biggest country.

The device is likely to be launched in 2014 if Amazon decides to proceed with the project.

A three-year-old Indian elephant, a special guest at a beach-side wedding of an Australian couple in Thailand, got too chummy with a bridesmaid and wrapped its mouth around her head.

Co-operative societies do not fall within the ambit of Right to Information Act, the Supreme Court has said while quashing a Kerala government circular to bring all such societies within the scope of the transparency law.

Twitter has traditionally allowed users to send a DM only if both the sender and recipient follow each other or to accounts who follow the sender.

The film is narrated by Academy Award winner William Hurt for free as he understood the importance of the film.

Three persons, including two women, were killed, on Monday, in the cyclone Phailin-related incidents in Bihar's Darbhanga and Madhepura districts to take the toll to four, police sources said.

Robertson produced a magnificent display of attacking snooker to beat Noppon Saengkham 4-1 in his first round.

Lucknow: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday visited Malikpura village in Muzaffarnagar and met the bereaved family of Gaurav and Sachin - whose deaths August 27 had triggered a wave of communal violence that left 63 people dead.

The iconic Statue of Liberty reopened to the public, on Sunday, two days after the state of New York agreed to shoulder the costs of running the site during the crippling federal government shutdown.

Walsh is set to be appointed as head coach of the Indian men's hockey team after the Sports Authority of India recommended his name to the Sports Ministry.

As cyclonic storm Phailin moves to sub-Himalayan region in the next 48 hours, the MeT department today issued warning of "very heavy rainfall" in Sikkim.