Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid were on Friday preparing to celebrate or commiserate their 2020 Olympics bids, as political leaders from all three countries make a final push to clinch the Games.

Eleven children today fell ill after they were administered deworming medicine under a state government's health scheme at Sultanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, officials said.

A guessing game has begun on a poll budget of BJP’s election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi in the political circles.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed Friday to end their bitter dispute over American plans for military action in Syria, as half of the G-20 called for a “strong” response to a chemical weapons attack blamed on the Assad regime.

Decathlon, Machiavellian-ism and Vijayshaurya impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Friday.

After doling out unemployment allowances, laptops, saris and blankets, the Akhilesh Yadav government is now preparing to distribute cycles.

Effectively dismissing TV reports on Thursday that cited an NSAB report to claim China had grabbed 640 sq km of Indian territory in Ladakh, defence minister A.K. Antony told Parliament on Friday that National Security Advisory Board chairman Shyam Saran had “not stated” in a report that “China has occupied, or has denied access to India to any part of Indian territory”.

Defending champion Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open on Thursday as Stanislas Wawrinka pulled a shocker to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final, a matchup with world number one Novak Djokovic.

Africa’s first female President and a powerful and respected voice in the continent and in international fora, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, arrives in the capital on September 9 on a five-day state visit.

Planning Commission chief Montek Singh Ahluwalia, India’s “sherpa” at G-20, made peace with negative global perceptions on India’s plight, drawing comfort from its $280 billion foreign exchange reserve that he said was “more than enough” to tackle the current mess.