India
Leonardo DiCaprio is the latest victim of death rumours
Social networking sites were abuzz with rumours about the actor's demise.
Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman on 'Late Show'
Letterman, who turns 67 on Saturday, announced on his show last week that he would retire sometime in 2015.
Drug ban unfair and unjust, says Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell has described as "unfair and patently unjust" an 18-month drugs ban handed to him by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission.
US: Shoe thrown at Hillary Clinton during speech
The woman who threw the shoe was taken into custody. Clinton did not appear to be hit by the object. She later joked about it.
Border dwellers cast their vote hoping for 'permanent peace'
People staying close to the Indo-Pak border turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise on Thursday saying their's was vote against bullets from across the frontier.
Priyanka to campaign only for Sonia and Rahul, denies any bigger role
Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday made it clear that she will campaign only in constituencies of her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul in an indication that she was not ready to expand her role as of now as demanded by some senior Congress leaders.
300 students hit as Maoists blow up a school using 8 cylinder bombs
At least 300 students in a village in Bihar's Lakhisarai district lost their school which was destroyed in a blast by Maoists ahead of voting in six parliamentary constituencies of the state on Thursday.
Lok Sabha polls: Spirited disabled voters throng well-equipped poll booths
Wheelchair bound Poonam, a blind woman with half her body paralysed, could not speak but happily flashed her inked finger to everyone at the Karaval Nagar polling booth under North-east Delhi constituency.
'Big Three' get 78th Masters under way in bright sunshine
The 'Big Three' of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player launched the 78th Masters while Adam Scott prepared to begin his title defence later in the day.
Lok Sabha polls: It's Modi versus Modi in Vadodara
It is Modi versus Modi in Vadodara with a namesake of BJP's Prime Ministerial joining the fray as an Independent candidate in this Lok Sabha constituency.
Acting takes precedence for filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia
For the next one month and more, filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia will completely turn into an actor.
Uma Bharti promises separate Bundelkhand to voters in Jhansi
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has promised voters here a separate Bundelkhand state within three years, if her party is voted to power at the Centre.
Microsoft partners with Lenovo, Tencent to offer XP tech support in China
Microsoft wants users to move to later, more secure versions of Windows and so stopped servicing the 13-year-old XP this week.
Brisk polling in Malabar region of Kerala
Brisk polling was reported from all districts in the Malabar region including Kozhikode district in the first hour of voting, with as many voters were seen standing in queues in the polling stations since Thursday morning, for the parliament election in K...
No wave in favour of BJP or Modi, says Congress leader Anil Shastri
Senior Congress leader Anil Shastri said in Bhopal on Wednesday that it is wrong to claim that a "wave" exists in favour of either the BJP or Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls.
EC to scan Mamata's poll speeches
The Election Commission on Wednesday asked for the CDs of all election meetings of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in which she attacked the poll panel.
