India

Dudi Sela's four-set win over Carlos Berlocq on Friday lifted Israel into a 1-1 tie with Argentina in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.

North Korea won six gold medals at the 2010 Guangzhou Games in China, including three in shooting, and will be targetting a top 10 finish in the medal table in Incheon.

Food packets made in Mysore are being flown all the way to Srinagar for the flood victims.

Hrithik Roshan has joined hands with an NGO to help raise funds for the victims of floods in Jammu and Kashmir.

The WB cabinet cleared Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa offering 46,000 new pump sets to the farmers to boost irrigation in the state.

I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar said he has cleared 26 pending proposals of new channels in news, current affairs and entertainment and some more clearances are in the offing.

A bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha said the disabled persons have not got their due in the last 19 years after framing of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, which was passed in 1995...

The hosts have removed the flags of all competing nations from its streets after protests about the flying of rival North Korea's flag.

Directed and written by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist, 'Pele' is a biopic on the eponymous Brazilian football legend.

WHO said that the ebola virus was accelerating out of control, with 2,296 dead and 4,293 infected in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.

Rijiju said that the Recovery Framework has been a very important priority of the new government as a landmark for promoting sustainable recovery.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that this while responding to Obama's announcement to make "a steady, relentless effort" to root out the Islamic State extremists in Iraq.

The sector has not been given due importance in the country vis-a-vis China, where waterways contribute 20 per cent of the total traffic, Gadkari said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stressed the need for more initiatives by the government to establish quality primary schools to beat the rush in some of the minority-run institutions in the country.

Police seized arms and ammunition from a forested area of Gajapati district after a brief gun battle with Maoists, an official said on Thursday.

"Let us remember the words of Swami Vivekananda and dedicate ourselves to furthering the cause of unity, brotherhood and world peace," Modi said in a tweet.