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The United Nations named former South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to head the gender equality body UN Women on Wednesday, after former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet stepped down to pursue another presidential bid.

India on Thursday handed over a cheque of $50 million to Bangladesh as the third tranche of the $200 million committed to Dhaka. Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran handed over the cheque to Bangladesh Finance Minister AMA Muhith.

Political parties on Thursday sounded a cautious note in response to the Supreme Court judgement that persons who are in jail or police custody cannot contest elections to legislative bodies. Both Congress and BJP said they will come out with a proper res...

A lake formed after melting of glaciers at Satopanth in Chamoli district posed fresh danger to the rain-ravaged areas of Badrinath, Joshimath and Karnaprayag, prompting the administration to issue an alert.

The Nokia Lumia 1020 has a 4.5-inch AMOLED WXGA (1280x768) display, and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 prcessor and 2GB of RAM.

Tension prevailed briefly in Bhawanpur village following the collapse of the roof of a place of worship linked to a particular community.  Members from the community took to the streets in protests and alleged foul play behind the collapse.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday defended his technical team and ruled out any mischief by it in the row over allegedly buying 'likes' for his official Facebook page. "My team has clarified to me that the 'likes' were not artificially enh...

The Union Cabinet on Thursday recommended revocation of President's rule in Jharkhand to pave the way for installation of a government for which JMM has staked claim.  "The Cabinet on Thursday unanimously recommended revocation of President's Rule in Jhar...

The company has requested DoT to allocate "25,000 numbers out of mobile number series in each service area" for testing of voice service, sources said.

The girl was allegedly raped several times by her neighbour over a period of two days in April.

Three persons were on Thursday lynched by villagers after they shot and critically injured the husband of a village head in Ghazipur, police said. The incident took place on Thursday morning when Munna (23), Akhilesh (22) and Sanjay Yadav (25) shot Ramjee...

A proposal that would make Texas one of the nation's toughest places to get an abortion won swift approval on Wednesday in the state House, sending it on to the Senate where a filibuster and raucous protests derailed Republican efforts to pass it nearly t...

Amritraj suffered mauling at the hands of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, losing his second round match 2-6 1-6.

This led to investors becoming richer by Rs 1 lakh crore today as total market capitalisation of BSE rose to Rs 64,90,805.42 crore.

Asaram had said that the 23-year-old student was as responsible for the ghastly incident as the six accused.

The pacy 19-year-old, a product of Barca's youth academy and a Spain under-20 international, played mostly for the La Liga side's B team.