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Former minister and ex-MLA Bapu Singh Damor passed away in Ahmedabad on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 85. Damor was elected as a Congress MLA from Jhabua seat for the sixth time and had also served as minister of state in...

UN experts are ready to visit Syria to investigate claims of chemical weapons use during the country's two-year civil war, but a deal has not yet been reached with the Syrian government on safety assurances, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

According to the report, the three women said they were being exploited, overworked and physically harassed by the employer.

Gowda, the national record holder, hurled the discus to 64.03 metres in his fourth attempt. He had cleared 64.90m in the Asian Championships in Pune last month.

Darjeeling: With the GJM holding a two-day 'janata curfew' in the Darjeeling hills from on Tuesday, the West Bengal government said they saw little difference between it and a shut down, apparently hinting that the hill party was disobeying court orders.

Harting of Germany won his third straight discus world championship title, beating Piotr Malachowski of Poland for gold.

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and three other persons, on Tuesday, sought in a Delhi court removal of "irrelevant witnesses" of CBI in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which they are facing prosecution.

Three youths were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Government Veterinary College entrance examination scam, police said.

Jennifer Aniston feels people should stop speculation about her personal life.

The BlackBerry 9720 has a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, and is packed with a 1450mAh removable battery.

The BJP on Tuesday demanded that Jharkhand be declared drought-hit following a deficit monsoon.

If BlackBerry was to sell itself, then who could be the potential bidders and who would not be interested.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for writing directly to the Prime Minister over the Food Security Bill and not raising the issue in his party forum.

Militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party on Tuesday called for a 12-hour "public curfew" from 6 am on August 15 as part of its boycott call of the Independence Day celebrations. Fire services, media, water supply, religious functions and electricity wou...

Adele, who sang the theme song of 'Skyfall', will have a cameo in the new spy film.

Valerie Adams has now won 38 straight events and has won every major championship at least twice.