At least 15 people have died in violence over the past three days in Afghanistan following reports of burning holy Quran by foreign soldiers.

Afghans in various provinces staged demonstrations that e

India knocked Poland out of the men's hockey Olympic qualifier, beating them 4-2 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI will share his blessings during the 40-day Lenten season via Twitter, the head of Vatican's social communications office, Claudio Maria Celli said on Thursday.

In an interview with

Three Nigerian footballers, one of whom has turned out in the first division of the I-League, were arrested on Friday along with a woman from an apartment in Garfa of south eastern Kolkata for alleged

A New York judge has recommended that a young Indian housemaid deserves nearly $1.5 million for her 'barbaric treatment' at the hands of an Indian diplomat and her husband here.

The proposed award in

An Indian housekeeper has accused a British government lawyer of keeping her as a 'slave' and feeding her with scraps for over four years.

Counsel for Pratima Das said the 43-year old Indian widow wa

The Ruias-controlled Essar Group has doubled its steel-manufacturing capacity at this port town in south Gujarat to 10 million tonnes annually, making the unit the fourth-largest such facility at a si

The Indian men's and women's teams on Friday night made it to the finals of the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers, the former with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over Poland and the latter scraping past Ita

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday denied media reports that the first information report (FIR) lodged by Kerala Police against Italian officials who shot dead two Indian fishermen last week was weak

AIADMK leaders and cadres across Tamil Nadu celebrated the 64th birthday of their leader and state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday.

At the AIADMK headquarters here where senior party leaders