Rain drenched Rio partied and brought out the myriad and diverse culture of Brazil, saluting the nation's music maestros, traditional arts and dance forms, as the 31st Olympic Games -- the first in South America -- drew to a colourful close here on Sunday....
A month since it went off radar enroute Port Blair, the search for the missing AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force continues without any concrete evidence about the fate of the aircraft. ...
Flood situation in several districts of Uttar Pradesh remained grim on Monday as the raging Ganga continues its devastation in Ballia while affecting more than a lakh of people in Varanasi....
Myanmar military authorities have denied that there was a recent exchange of gunfire on its soil between Indian army and a rebellion ethnic group -- the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (khaplang) (NSCN-K), the media reported on Monday. ...
A day after a teenager was killed in clashes with the security forces, authorities decided to continue curfew in the entire Srinagar city on Monday....
IOC President Thomas Bach declares Rio Olympics closed...
Following is the final medal table at Rio Olympic Games (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals), according to Xinhua news agency....
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, launching her party's election campaign from Agra -- considered the Dalit capital of north India -- lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government for "atrocities" on Dalits and failing to fulfill promises made before the Lok Sabha elections. ...
BJP national President Amit Shah on Sunday said the spirit of nationalism and patriotism united the country and regretted that it had "become a fashion" to question one's nationalism in the guise of freedom of expression....
A delegation of opposition lawmakers from Jammu and Kashmir met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here on Sunday and discussed ways and means to contain the prevailing unrest in the Kashmir Valley....
