The African Union halts co-operation with the International Criminal Court over its war-crimes charges against Sudan's leader.

West Indies, fuelled by a frenetic start by Chris Gayle and powered by Ramnaresh Sarwan's 62, reached 185 for 7 at the end of their allotted 27 overs

In yet another incident of crime against women, a married woman was tortured with hot iron and molten polythene by her in-laws, who accused her of being possessed by evil spirits.

Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.

India take a 2-1 lead with one game remaining in their one-day series against West Indies courtesy of a thrilling six wicket victory in St Lucia.

After a 15-year legal battle against English as medium of instruction in primary schools, Karnataka government on Friday was told in no uncertain terms to comply with the high court order.

Tiger Woods takes a one-shot lead at the PGA National after shooting a four-under-par 66 in the second round.

The government on Friday spiked coal supply assurances — called linkages in industry parlance — of 25 captive power projects with a view to weeding out non-serious players and freeing up fuel for plants running short.

Supreme court rejects ultimatum by senior diplomat to reinstate ousted president.

The UPA government in its second innings is expected to enhance social sector and infrastructure spending in its budget for 2009-10, in line with its strategy to beat the impact of global economic downturn.

Three children and three adults have died after a fire swept through a tower block in south-east London.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is set to hold a second meeting with Burma's top military leaders.

In a breathless finish, Laura Marsh was dropped off the final ball as she hit the two runs needed to secure England their first one-day series win against Australia since 1976 with a two-wicket win at Stratford

Mamata Banerjee has tried for an image makeover through the budget. Apart from showering bounties on West Bengal, she has packed her budget speech with new infrastructure and industry proposals.

Dozens try to prevent passengers from boarding Paris flight to Comoros after crash.

Railway ministers, through the decades, have used the ministry to favour their states and people of their constituencies. A glance at the railway budgets.

Britain's biggest retailer suffered an unusual rebuff from shareholders when 41 per cent of investors voted against changes to its share option scheme

The railway budget held few surprises with Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee setting the 2011 state polls firmly in her sights and Congress choosing to play along as she set about grabbing centrestage in LS.

Mamata is not one to brook interruptions. Not from Lalu Prasad, whose tenure as railway minister she attacked quite sharply, and certainly not the Left, who she simply brushed aside with a peremptory wave of the hand.

Former US vice-presidential candidate to step down early from leadership of state.