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The government on Thursday said it is hopeful of achieving 80 per cent literacy rate by 2015. "Our efforts are being upscaled and I see no difficulty in achieving 80 per cent literacy rate by 2015," Human Resource Development Minister MM Pallam Raju said...

Former English footballer Masefield was appointed the technical director of KOOH Sports, which launched its new football development centre in Noida, UP.

India will host the 2014 Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bangalore.

The court also permanently barred Rajat Gupta from acting as an officer or director of a public company.

The annual Race of Champions event, won by Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher for the past six years, is returning to Bangkok in December.

A CRPF constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Ajmer on Thursday. "Narendra Kumar (34) shot himself with his service SLR in a guard room at around 3.30 AM.

Shruti Haasan's two films, 'Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya' and 'D-Day', are releasing against each other on July 19.

Edward Snowden on Friday said that he might refrain from making further revelations about Washington's global spying if Russia grants him asylum.

Atletico's club chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin was in persuasion talks with Arsenal regarding the 28-year-old.

A 64-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his two daughters and a granddaughter for several years.

Abbas wants to resume peace negotiations with Israel after an almost three-year freeze, officials said.

Fifth-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino, No. 8 Johanna Larsson, Klara Zakopalova and Virginie Razzano reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open.

Ecclestone has been under investigation since a German banker was convicted of taking an illegal payment from him in connection with the sale of a stake in F1.

Rodgers has approached Atletico Mineiro over the 20-year-old, who has a 20 million pounds minimum fee release clause in his contract.

At least eight people have been killed in various rain-related incidents in the state in during the last few days.

Facing penury, a man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself, police said in Azamgarh on Wednesday. Nikau (45), father of four children, hanged himself from the ceiling of his house on Tuesday night, they said.  The mother of the children had alrea...