India

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly was adjourned till Wednesday after the opposition slammed the Samajwadi Party government over the Muzaffarnagar communal riots.

Nearly 9,000 government doctors across Rajasthan on Monday boycotted work for two hours to press for their demands of time-bound promotions and hike in rural allowance, a doctors' body said.

Darul Uloom Deoband has asked Muslims to exercise their franchise, but said one should not vote for a party or leader just on the basis of religion.

A high-ranking Syrian official called the US-Russian agreement on securing Syria's chemical weapons a "victory" for President Bashar Assad's regime, but the US warned on Sunday "the threat of force is real" if Damascus fails to carry out the plan.

A man was shot dead by an unidentified man in Maharajganj area of Azamgarh district on Monday, a senior officer said .

A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani general and another officer on Sunday near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani army said, rare high-ranking casualties in Pakistan's war against terrorists.

Tipsarevic beat Pospisil 7-6 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (6) to send Serbia into the final against the Czech Republic, which beat Argentina at home.

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Government has notified the landmark food security legislation, giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population.

A man in his mid 20s has been arrested on charges of pasting posters threatening Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, police said Sunday.

Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell said he will shift from a quarterly focus to a "five-year, ten-year focus."

A government circular asked men staff to wear pant and shirt/pyjama/kurta and women staff saree or "chudidar".

Switzerland retained their Davis Cup world group status on Saturday, winning the doubles rubber against Ecuador.

A judicial probe ordered into the August 9 communal clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town is set to begin on Saturday, a source said.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi are also expected to visit the trouble-torn district next week.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Chandigarh Saturday to hand over keys to newly-constructed one-room flats to slum dwellers.