Over the past few weeks, Formula One fans and moviegoers around the world have been thrilled by Ron Howard’s account of the gripping 1976 title battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the biographical action film “Rush”.

A deadly blast hit the Tadamun neighbourhood of south Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state television reported, without immediately giving any casualty figures.

The BJP’s grand plans for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rallies in Uttar Pradesh may have to face rough weather and the state government is likely to deny permission to hold rallies in the state till mid-November.

The Centre has asked all state and Central intelligence and security agencies to keep the “relevant authorities’’ in Nepal informed before carrying out any operation, including covert operations related to arrest, in their country.

The revelation of her doping offence came as an embarrassment for the nation ahead of the Asian athletics meet held in Pune this July. And now months after, the National Anti-Doping Agency is yet to start a hearing against shot putter Udaya Laxmi Peddinedi, once a top women quarter-miler, who has flouted anti-doping rules more than once.

An armed man pursued onto the campus of North Carolina Central University was shot and killed in nearby woods after challenging officers, police said Tuesday. Durham police tracked the suspect onto the campus late Monday, prompting officials to lock down the school for several hours.

A war of words erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday on the state of the Indian economy under the coalition governments led by their respective parties at the Centre.

Dozens of persons were injured when the police resorted to lathicharge to disperse members of the Peace Party who were holding a demonstration in front of the UP assembly on Monday to protest against the violence in Muzaffarnagar.

India rode on Ramandeep Singh’s brace to eke out a come-from-behind 3-2 triumph over Argentina and register their second consecutive win in the Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 hockey tournament, on Monday.

Perhaps for the first time, the Home Ministry has identified the religion of victims of communal violence, saying 107 people lost their lives in riots this year, of whom 66 were Muslims and 41 were Hindus.