Characters from centuries-old myths and folktales have adorned the covers of children’s comic books in India for decades, but a new wave of graphic novelists has emerged to shake up the art form.

Mumbai: A fire in a Mumbai slum destroyed the one-room shack of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ child actress Rubina Ali, leaving her family homeless, Ali said.

The fire also swept through hundreds of tenement

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Milan: MotoGP great Valentino Rossi would consider a move into Superbikes towards the end of his career having previously been linked with a future in Formula One and rallying.

The 32-year-old, a nin

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New Delhi: BP's $7.2-billion deal to jump into India's oil and gas sector with Reliance Industries is the first sign of new investment that could attract more players, helping to boost output and meet

Hamad Town, Bahrain: Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims clashed in a town in Bahrain on Thursday, the first direct confrontation between the two sides since large scale protests erupted in the kingdom's main c

Ajdabiyah, Libya: Libyan rebels calling for air strikes to set up a 'no-fly' zone came under attack by a warplane for a third day on Friday as Muammar Gaddafi tried to loosen the opposition's expandin

London: A scientist from Northwestern University in Illinois has claimed to have solved the debate over who is the best male tennis player of all time.

The disappointing news for disciples of Roger F