Dennis Rodman is going back to North Korea, and bringing a team of former NBA players with him.
Days after returning from his second trip to visit Kim Jong Un — in which he said he became the first foreigner to hold the leader’s newborn daughter — Rodman announced plans on Monday to stage two exhibition games in North Korea in January.

Aditya Birla Group firm UltraTech Cement Ltd Wednesday said it will acquire Gujarat Cement unit of Jaypee Cement Corp Ltd for Rs 3,800 crore.

Though her father and scion of erstwhile Jaipur’s royal family late Bhawani Singh contested unsuccessfully for Lok Sabha elections from Jaipur in 1989, but Diya Kumari was formally inducted in to the BJP on Tuesday.
“I made a conscious decision to join the BJP,” she said.

The ministry of environment has appointed former coal secretary Alok Perti as chairperson of the expert appraisal committee on river valley and hydroelectric projects.

Thomas Bach achieved a long-held dream on Tuesday as he was elected to the most powerful position in sport, president of the International Olympic Committee here.

The divisions within Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government have been exposed over the controversial plans to impose 3,000-pound visa bonds on visitors from countries like India.

The RSS on Tuesday contended that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi enjoys “the support and respect of people” who want a “particular change.”

Afghanistan has said that it is encouraged by the recent remarks of Pakistan in which it has said that it has “abandoned the policy of double play towards Afghanistan”.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Tuesday to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics an exceptional event for the world’s top athletes, as his government eyes a haul of 30 golds.

Apple’s new iPhone 5C may face fierce competition from iPhone 4 series in the country since these models are likely to fall in the same price bracket, according to analysts.