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After joining Zatopek, Kuts, Viren, Yifter and Bekele as the only athletes to complete the 5 and 10k double in the post-war period, Farah is at the peak of his powers.

At least five people were killed and one injured while 150 persons were left homeless due to floods in northwest Pakistan, rescue officials said. Heavy floods have killed five in mountainous district of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, they said on Friday.

Suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who took on the powerful sand mafia in Gautam Budh Nagar, on Friday met Secretary to the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan, official sources said here.

After the permission granted by Medical Council of India (MCI) to increase 50 seats more, the Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Dhanbad, and Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Hospital (MGMCH), Jamshedpur have started preparations for commenceme...

The Bihar legislature on Friday was adjourned sine die after a six-day long stormy monsoon session beginning from July 26.

All the state-level cells and departments of the UP Congress Committee have been dissolved with a view to restructure the state unit of the party ahead of the general elections scheduled next year.

The junior compound men's trio - Y Charan Reddy, Ramakanta Sharma and Ravi Sharma - won the team gold while the compound mixed team bagged the silver.

The archery association president, Vijay Kumar Malhotra lauded the Indian junior archers for their performance at the Asian Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, fresh attempts were launched to trace Almora SDM Ajay Arora, who slipped off a bridge and fell into the Mandakini river.

During the meeting, Antony was briefed about the measures taken by the Army to tackle terrorism in Kashmir and the northeastern areas.

The cloudburst also caused extensive damages to orchards, rice and maize fields, leaving the growers without any source of income.

Composed by Sachin-Jigar, the lyrics of 'Gulabi' are by Jaideep Sahni and it has been sung by Jigar Saraiya and Pri

A Saudi Arabian air force sergeant rejected a plea deal in a child rape case on Thursday, after which a video was played in court of him telling police he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.

They were humiliated in their own village but feted abroad. That is the story of a group of young tribal girl footballers from a village near Ranchi who recently played in two competitions in Spain and finished third in one of them.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by his party will have zero tolerance towards terrorism and violence if it is voted to power in 2014. Advani was in Salem, around 340 km from Chennai, to pay homage to...

Russia will enforce a new law cracking down on gay rights activism when it hosts international athletes and fans during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the country's sports minister said on Thursday, appearing to contradict assurances to the contrary from the...