Yogeshwar Dutt lost to Besik Kudukhov of Russia in pre-quarterfinal round of 60 kg freestyle. He defeated Bulgaria's Anatolie Ilarionovitch Guidea 3-1 in qualifying round today at London Olympics.

Standard Chartered is in talks with multiple law-enforcement officials including New York's banking regulator to resolve a probe into improper Iranian money transactions by the British bank, according to people familiar with the situation.

The US has admitted that the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that killed six Sikhs was an 'act of hatred'.

Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries overnight, but a Jordanian source said on Saturday no one on Jordan's side appeared to have been killed.

Indian Hockey team on Saturday touched a new low by finishing at the bottom of the competition after being beaten 3-2 by South Africa in the 11-12 place classification match at the Olympic Games here on Saturday.

Libya's national assembly picked former opposition leader Mohammad Yousuf Maqrif as its president as the North African country's newly elected congress began its rule.

The Wisconsin gurdwara that was the centre of a tragic shootout has been thrown open for the public again, five days after six worshippers were killed on its premises, shocking the small but closely-knit Sikh community in Oak Creek.

Manipur government would award Rs 50 lakh to woman boxer Mary Kom who got a bronze medal in the London Olympics.

China's most politically sensitive trial in three decades opened on Thursday with police dragging two protesters away from a courthouse where the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai is expected to be swiftly convicted of murder.

Sharpening its missile teeth, India on Thursday successfully test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2000 km as part of a user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.