Venus Williams, defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 and her younger sister Serena Williams, kicked out Elaterina Makarova 7-6, 6-0 in Dubai Open.

An India-born scientist has been recognised by the Australian government for his “distinguished service to science, particularly in the field of sustainable productivity and management of forests”.

Sindhu is aiming to go a step better at the USD120,000 India Grand Prix Gold this time around, at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.

At least three people were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Baunsi's 'Mandaar Mahatosav' in Bihar's Banka district, police said on Wednesday.

Soon after completing the formalities of a draw to lift the World Chess Championship title, Carlsen said it was the pressure that did the trick on Anand.

Harping on the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) report, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for allegedly adopting soft attitude towards the Maoists thus allowing them to spread their tentacles and intensify violent activities in...

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A young woman on Wednesday stunned people at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's official residence in Lucknow when she alleged that her father and brother had been sexually abusing her for the last 10 years, officials said.

Kalki Koechlin who recently walked the ramp for designer duo Riddhi Siddhi forgot to walk the ramp along with them.

The anti black magic and superstition ordinance has been promulgated in Maharashtra, four days after the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune.

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

BSP on Wednesday termed the suspension of IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal an effort by the Samajwadi Party government to divert the attention of people from its "failures" and mislead a section of the society.

Johnson triumphed last year with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to edge out fellow American Troy Matteson.

Antony said the government was committed and would provide full support to the modernisation plans of the Army.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi wants the government to bring amendments to the US-backed resolution at UNHRC in Geneva.