For a brief moment Ishamuddin Khan had the world at his feet: A pioneer of the "Great Indian Rope Trick" -- an illusion of such legend it was long believed to be impossible -- he thought fame and...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power Saturday with early trends from a string of state elections showing his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leading in the...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced from a string of state elections, including the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh....
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced from a string of state elections, including the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh....
VW and Tata have agreed to form a strategic partnership to help both companies boost economy car sales in India and emerging markets. VW's Skoda unit will lead the project to develop components and...
Ghanaian actress Christiana Awuni has said she backs calls for government to place an “embargo” on the broadcast of telenovelas, arguing that it posed a threat to the movie industry. According to...
Dozens of workers are using cranes and jacks to shove and push a 1,000-tonne, 18th century armoury to make way for a new rail track in a southern Indian state. The armoury was one of the ten...
British artist Sir Howard Hodgkin has died at the age of 84. The Turner Prize-winner was well known for saying in interviews how much he hated painting. “People have often said to me, ‘aren’t...
Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was ruled out of the ongoing tour of India on Friday after suffering a stress fracture to his right foot, the team physiotherapist said. "Mitchell...
Warring captains Virat Kohli and Steve Smith will hold peace talks in an effort to defuse the tension which has torpedoed the ongoing Test series between bitter rivals India and Australia. As part of...
Indian doctors said Thursday that an Egyptian who was believed to be the world's heaviest woman had successfully undergone weight-loss surgery after losing over 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Eman Ahmed...
Cricket's governing body was accused on Thursday of allowing the series between India and Australia to descend into anarchy after Steve Smith and Virat Kohli escaped punishment over the arch-rivals'...
A top FIFA official believes hosting the Under-17 World Cup has the potential to spark a football revolution in India -- and lead to lasting change in the global game. The run-up to October's...
Her family says she has not been able to leave home for 25 years Egyptian Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, reputed to be the world’s heaviest woman has begun losing a lot of weight three weeks after she was...
The fake drug market, worth over 400 billion euros, is more profitable than the sale of illicit drugs. The World Health Organization Report estimated that each year, over 800,000 people, most of them...
Ravindra Jadeja joined his fellow Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin at the top of the world rankings Wednesday after his seven wickets in India's series-levelling second-Test win over Australia....
Australia's bowler Mitchell Marsh was able to complete only five overs in the two innings of the second Test against India and didn't bowl at all in the first Test in Pune All-rounder Mitchell Marsh...
Australia captain Steve Smith faced calls for disciplinary action on Wednesday after a row over alleged cheating overshadowed the second Test against India, with his predecessor Michael Clarke...
An Indian government initiative to tackle malnutrition by providing millions of school children with free lunch could be jeopardised if students are forced to obtain an identity card to get their...
Australia skipper Steve Smith described his decision Tuesday to look for guidance from the dressing room after being dismissed in his side's 75-run defeat to India as a "brain fade". The Aussie...
