India
HC directs Delhi government to ban e-rickshaws till August 14
A three-year-old boy fell into a huge pot of boiling sugar syrup after being hit by a speeding e-rickshaw on Wednesday.
Bolivia declares Israel a terrorist state
Bolivia on Thursday renounced a visa exemption agreement with Israel in protest over its offensive in Gaza, and declared it a terrorist state.
Canada blames Hamas for Gaza dead
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has blamed Hamas for the heavy loss of civilian life caused by Israel's deadly strikes on the Gaza Strip.
NASA to reveal Mars 2020 rover instruments
The US space agency is set to announce on Thursday the instruments that will be carried aboard the agency's Mars 2020 mission rover.
Films with Saif Ali Khan didn't work because of the scripts: Kareena Kapoor says there's no such thing as on-screen chemistry
When real life couple Kareena and Saif teamed up on the screen, their chemistry failed to entice audiences.
J&K: Protests errupt after student's body found in suspicious circumstances
Yawar Amin Ganaie, a class 10 student, was found dead in Raekhama village of Shopian this morning, police said.
Woman has acid thrown at her for demanding money back from muscleman
A woman died of severe burn injuries after a village muscleman allegedly threw acid on her in Katihar district, police said.
Facebook to shut down Gifts service in latest e-commerce shift
Facebook Gifts opened in 2012 as a way for users to buy gifts such as socks and teddy bears.
As it happened: CWG 2014, Day 7
Bajrang, Lalita, Sakshi and Kadian lost their respective gold-medal matches as India lost a golden opportunity to climb up the medals tally.
Heavy downpour in Vasai district leaves 7 villages submerged
Heavy rains lashed the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai as they received 101 and 90 milimetre of rain respectively on Tuesday night.
CWG 2014: Boxer Sarita Devi in quarters, Manoj Kumar ousted
Indian pugilist L Sarita Devi won her women's 57-60 kg opening bout to proceed to the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
SP govt has failed to check violence, communal clashes: BJP
BJP on Tuesday alleged that the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh has failed completely to check incidents of violence and communal clashes.
CWG 2014: Sushil Kumar wins India's third wrestling gold in Glasgow
Indian two-time Olympic medallist Sushil took just 107 seconds to beat Pakistan's Qamar Abbas to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling.
Finmeccanica settles with Italy prosecutors to end VVIP chopper deal probe
India had cancelled the Rs 3,700 crore order with Finmeccanica unit AgustaWestland for 12 top-end helicopters in January, citing a breach of integrity relating to alleged corruption.
CWG 2014: India go down fighting 2-4 against Australia in hockey
India put up a valiant fight before going down 2-4 against title holders Australia in their third group match of the men's hockey at the 20th Commonwealth Games.
Gujarat CM performs aarti at Sabarmati banks, inspired by Varanasi
Chief priest of the Jagannath temple, Dilipdasjee Maharaj, and mayor Minakshi Patel also participated.