Thousands of Muslims offered Id ul-Azha prayers across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday even as youth at some places clashed with the security forces, pelting stones and raising pro-freedom slogans.

Guangzhou: India's Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem had to settle for a silver in wushu after she lost the women's sanshou 60kg final to Khadijeh AzadPour of Iran at the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday ordered a judicial probe into the east Delhi building collapse that killed 67 and left 82 injured, even as the owner maintained the building was not illega

New Delhi: As the magnitude of the east Delhi building collapse tragedy unfolded on Tuesday, the blame game too began. While the owner is on the run, the Delhi government blamed the civic authority fo

Washington: PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi, Motorola's Sanjay Kumar Jha and Citigroup's Vikram Pandit are the three Indian-Americans among US' highest paid CEOs listed by Wall Street Journal.

Nooyi is ranked

Sydney: Australian cricket sponsor Victoria Bitter has promised to give free beer to every Australian adult if the home team beats England in the upcoming Ashes series.

If the Australian team takes

Pakistan is in the second spot in the world terrorism risk index (TRI), said a risk-advisory firm report that places Somalia at number one.

London: Online social networking website Facebook has launched a new messaging service for its 500 million users, predicting the traditional internet communication system email will soon become extinc

Washington: At least one in seven households in the US faced hunger in 2009, with those getting emergency food almost doubling between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession.

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Hyderabad: Brendan McCullum was unbeaten on 171 as New Zealand cruised to 339 for four in the second innings against India at lunch on the fifth day as the second cricket Test headed towards a draw he