India

Pakistan is shutting its missions in Chile and Ireland and will initiate a "rationalisation" of big missions to cut costs.

Defending Narendra Modi after the Prime Minister's broadside, Chief Minister Raman Singh said here on Friday that the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate was dangerous for Congress, not for the country.

A day after India stepped up security for the US Embassy and other American institutions in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said the decision was not based on "reciprocity but on threat perception".

After the successful tiger re-introduction programme in Madhya Pradesh, Panna Reserve that lost all its big cats to poaching four years ago, now boasts of having 23 tigers in its wild.

A petition seeking to restrain hospitalised former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad for treatment was filed in a court in Islamabad on Friday by the son of a slain cleric of the radical Lal Masjid.

Over 50 MLAs in the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly, including Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Leader of Opposition Ajay Bhatt, have not disclosed their assets to the Vidhan Sabha secretariat since January 2012.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was hired as a "global creative director" for the struggling smartphone maker.

A Class XI student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in Laxman Vihar colony in Muzaffarnagar, the police said on Friday.

The young Aryan Khan was spotted at the Mumbai airport with father Shah Rukh and his sister Suhana.

The conversion of 1975 film 'Sholay' into 3D was not an easy task and some of the scenes posed problems.

The Cabinet is all set to decide on former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly's fate as West Bengal Human Rights Panel chief.

Former Britain No.1 Tim Henman will be in India to spearhead a major new initiative aimed at boosting the development of junior tennis in the country.

BSP chief Mayawati's close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui and former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha were among 19 people booked on Wednesday for their alleged role in Rs 1,400 crore scam in construction of Dalit memorials and parks in Uttar Pradesh.

The 34-year-old has moved from Lotus to team up with Spaniard Alonso in the sport's only current line-up of champions and has plenty of work to do.

The Bill was passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha a day after the Rajya Sabha had passed it with several amendments.

Rory McIlroy is claiming his first win of the new year - his engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.