World No.1 and top seed Djokovic eased into the last eight on Monday with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win over Richard Gasquet. Defending champion Nadal, seeking a 10th Roland Garros crown, saw off unseeded Jack Sock, 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. In the women’s tournament, defen ....

Hailing from a society where education is a taboo for girls, Kiran Panwar, resident of Sangod tehsil in Kota, has set an example by scoring 95% in Class XII arts of Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE). The tehsil has witnessed a sharp drop out rates amongst gir ....

“It is a matter of disappointment,” Ms. Gandhi writes, “that the NDA government allowed the Ordinance to lapse by sending it to the Standing Committee. Even though the Standing Committee submitted its report in December 2014, Government did not bring i ....

Islamic State extremists stormed a police base in Iraq’s western Anbar province Monday in three explosive-laden Humvees set to detonate, killing at least 41 soldiers and Shiite militiamen, Iraqi officials say. Police officials said the three suicide bombers simulta ....

The accused S. Ram Reddy, also tried to kill his elder daughter, who saved herself by hiding in the bathroom. "Later, Ram Reddy jumped into an agriculture well, but was rescued by locals and firemen. He maintained that his elder brother committed the triple murd ....

Five bodies had been recovered since the ship capsized in a storm late on Monday, state media said. Only about a dozen people had been rescued so far from the four-decked tourist boat amid confusing reports about how many had been saved. The microblog of the offic ....

The Muslim chaplain at Chicago’s Northwestern University was onboard a flight this weekend when she was denied an unopened can of soda and was told “we are unauthorised to give unopened cans to people, because they may use it as a WEAPON on the plane. &ld ....

 Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was on Monday questioned by police over alleged corruption in an NGO which she ran during her husband Mahinda Rajapaksa’s presidency, the latest in a series of questioning of his family members. She was ....

 Declining to spell out its response to charges of putting a “technical hold” on India’s calls for UN action against Pakistan-based militant groups, China on Monday said it recognises that India and China faced threat from terrorism and should enhance ....

 Bangladesh has taken up massive preparations to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his maiden visit to Dhaka on June 6. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, approved drafts of three agreements which will be signed during Mr. Modi&rsq ....