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Pedersen, 24, clocked two minutes 19.11 seconds to beat the previous mark of 2:19.59 set by American Rebecca Soni.

A Vigilance court on Thursday ordered filing of FIR against former Patna University Vice-Chancellor and two other senior officers of the university over a complaint of financial irregularity.

Pushed to the backfoot by the controversial remarks of its MP Shatrughan Sinha, BJP compared him with Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh saying it is best to ignore such leaders.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday decided to increase age of superannuation of employees of autonomous bodies from 58 to 60 years.

Opposition BJP on Thursday assailed the Nitish Kumar government in the Assembly over its alleged insensitive approach towards devotees from the state who faced 'harrowing' time in Uttarakhand during the floods there.

Teaming with Daniela Hantuchova, Hingis returned with a win at the Southern California Open on Wednesday.

Schuller said the pope's words were a "good opener" and gay people seem to be happy there's a friendlier tone from the church than in the past.

Defending champion Robin Haase stayed on course for a third straight title at the bet-at-home Cup by beating Daniel Brands of Germany 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday.

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday demanded a probe by CBI into "illegal" clinical trials of drugs in Madhya Pradesh and the "scam" in the Pre-Medical Test conducted earlier this year by the state Professional Examination Board (MPPEB)...

Petrol price in Delhi will go up by 84 paise to Rs 71.28 per litre while it will cost Rs 78.61 per litre in Mumbai as against Rs 77.73 currently.

Badminton Association of India and the IBL league's organisers have barred players from talking to the media.

AnandTech has posted a long piece on how Samsung used trickery to make the Galaxy S4 perform better on the benchmarking tests.

Four members of a family, including three children, were swept away in flash floods following heavy rains in Rannod village here, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the village was flooded and people began fleeing to s...

The Sikh Gurudwara in Riverside was vandalised on the night of July 29 in an apparent hate crime.

Pandey can be taken into judicial custody as his proclamation and arrest warrant are both in effect.

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