Sachin Tendulkar was a picture of humility as he celebrated his 40th birthday with a brief cake-cutting ceremony here, thanking his legions of fans for their “unconditional love” in a cricket career spanning over two decades.

Pop star Shakira admits she cannot stand being apart from her newborn son Milan Pique Mebarak.

There was evidence against Nupur Talwar in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but senior CBI officers prevented her arrest, agency investigator told special court here during cross examination.

Ruing that the bureaucracy is still unwilling to share its powers with elected local bodies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for an “immediate change in this mindset” to strengthen and empower Panchayati Raj institutions.

Committing to carry forward the economic reforms programme in the remaining term of UPA-2, finance minister P. Chidambaram today said the government will take more executive actions in the next two to four months and sought cooperation of the main opposition party to push through important bills in Parliament.

A Pakistani court today cancelled Pervez Musharraf’s interim bail over the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, adding to the legal woes of the ex-Army Chief who is currently being held at his farmhouse.

In remarks that are likely to stoke a controversy, UP textile minister Shiv Kumar Beria has said no policeman can do anything without his orders and if anybody does so, he will be sacked within 24 hou

A Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh has landed himself in a controversy by making sexist remarks that women invite trouble by looking at men in a suggestive manner, drawing flak from the BJP.

Draft legislation which will allow Prince William and his wife Catherine’s first child to become monarch even if it is a girl, took a step closer to becoming law on Monday.

India today asked China to revert to the status quo position in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh where troops of both countries were in a face-to-face situation after Chinese forces intruded nearly 10kms inside Indian territory eight days ago.