India's Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi went down to Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the men's doubles semifinals of the Madrid Open tennis tournament here.

The seventh seeds lost 4-6, 6-1, 7-1

India's Vishvanatan Anand and Israel's Boris Gelfand again drew in the second game of their match for the World chess Crown, which is being played in Moscow's Tretyakov Picture Gallery.

Gelfand's fir

A 27-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) woman constable shot herself with her service gun in the wee hours on Sunday in west Delhi, police said, adding that they were verifying if it was a s

Seven people were killed and three injured on Sunday when a fire broke out at a hotel in southwestern Japan, a media report said.

The fire occurred at Hotel Prince in Fukuyama city at around 7 a.m.

The number of sittings of both houses of the Indian parliament has gone down drastically over the years, raising concerns by none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the efficacy of the pill

Ayman al-Zawahiri is not in Pakistan, said Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, challenging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remark that the al-Qaeda chief was there.

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Deccan Chargers scored a mammoth 190 for four in 20 overs against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier league (IPL) match at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here on Sunday.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said there is insufficient evidence to arrest Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a media report said.

A teenager, who was the main witness in his mother's rape case, was burnt alive in Nawada district on Sunday, police said.

Chintu Kumar, 17, was set on fire by the rape accused in Garabigha village u

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named by the ForbesWoman magazine as the world's No.1 'Powerful Mom' in its annual ranking list.

Besides being actively involved in the American politic