Eight people, mostly daily wage workers, were killed and more than five critically wounded when a powerful bomb exploded at Nagamapal area in Imphal West district of Manipur on Friday.

Defiant Inter Milan host champions Juventus for their first major home game of the season while Serie A leaders Napoli look to tighten their grip against visitors Atalanta.

Already credited with causing a bounce in battered financial markets, new Reserve Bank of India chief Raghuram Rajan was told on Friday he had become a 'sex symbol' after just a week in the job.

Friday the 13th lived up to its reputation. On the same day that the four adult accused in the December 16 gangrape horror were given the maximum punishment, those involved in spot-fixing in IPL Season 6 were also brought to book by a cricket board panel.

Following heavy downpour on Thursday, which had dampened the track and rendered the going unsuitable for racing, the stewards of the Mysore Race Club have decided to postpone the races scheduled to be

Political leaders on Friday welcomed the death sentence awarded to the four rape convicts in the Delhi gangrape case, saying that the punishment would serve as a deterrent against heinous crimes.

The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn permission for a BJP rally that was to be addressed by senior party leader L.K. Advani and Varun Gandhi in Akola in Agra on September 15.

Dandelion, Squanderers Square and Military Cross, Military Belle and Enrapture impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Friday.

Over 70,700 children died of measles in 11 countries of WHO South-East Asia Region in 2011, constituting about 45 per cent of global measles deaths.

With the situation in Muzaffarnagar returning to normal, curfew was relaxed for 12 hours on Thursday. People came out of their houses for their daily work and normal traffic was seen on roads.