Satish Acharya on... passing the baton to the new Congress president

A couple in Madya Pradesh, India, had their happy day ruined when a tiger gatecrashed their wedding. Guests were seen screaming and running for cover after it came out of the bushes.

Recent snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal and Uttarakhand has been attracting newly married couples, families and singletons from Delhi and other areas, all hoping to enjoy the cold snap.

Images reveal villages continued to be destroyed even as Myanmar and Bangladesh struck a deal last month to return refugees from the ethnic Muslim minority, Human Rights Watch claims.

The saffron party is facing a peculiar situation in the state after the electorate voted for the party, but rejected the chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal to vote for his former aide.

Current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is ready to 'rock and roll' with Tyson Fury whenever the former champion wants to get in the ring with him. Fury has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko.

India has bought a package of the European Meteor missiles along with the Rafales and may prove to be game changers due to their striking capability of close to 150 km, said security forces sources.

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should take heart in the fight back against odds and prepare for 2019, writes V Narasimhan.

He's one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.

The first full-length trailer for Ocean's Eight dropped on Tuesday and the film already looks like a load of fun and glamor. In it, we see Sandra Bullock's character Debbie Ocean assemble her crew.

H.R. McMaster's warning followed President Donald Trump's declaration on Monday that the United States would take 'all necessary' steps to denuclearize Kim Jong-Un's North Korea.

Last week the Chinese jets carried out what was described as 'island encirclement patrols' around Taiwan and state media showed pictures of bombers armed with cruise missiles.

Two armed terrorists are making their way through a murky underpass holding multiple weapons on the billboard-type banner which carries the slogan: 'Wait for us on your year parties.'

The Government's decision to establish a National Medical Commission (NMC) to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) has come at the most appropriate juncture.

Six days before Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) Magenta line's take-off, the 'driverless' train crashed through a wall at Kalindi Kunj depot on Tuesday.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up food regulator FSSAI for recklessly issuing licences to food businesses without complete documents and questioned quality testing.

Last week, the AAP-led Delhi government passed an order to reserve half of the beds available at its GB Pant Hospital for the residents of the national Capital requiring specialised treatments.

The uniforms of air stewardesses for AirAsia and Firefly could arouse passengers as they are 'too revealing', according to a Senator Abdullah Mat Yasim in Malaysian Parliament yesterday.

Beijing has a medium and long-term programme which aims at transforming China into an 'innovation-oriented society' by 2020; the plan defines China's leading-edge technologies.

Emma Wren was conceived and frozen 24 years ago in 1992. Tina Gibson, born in 1991, adopted the embryo this year. The embryo was thawed and Emma was born last month.

Lewis Hamilton may be receiving a phone call from disgruntled Mercedes chiefs soon, after images of his personalised La Ferrari made their way online.

Cecilia O’Hare, 48, from Coventry, was just three months old when her father Hwang Won boarded a flight from north-east South Korea to the capital Seoul on December 11, 1969.

Watford striker Troy Deeney will serve a four-match suspension after an appeal against his red card in last weekend's 4-1 defeat to Huddersfield Town proved unsuccessful.

FIFA says it has been informed of glitches in the 2014 World Cup goal-line technology system during games in France.

Several exit polls have predicted that Mamata Banerjee will return to power in the state

Of the 44 of the 294 constituencies, the Trinamool had forged ahead in 25

TMC is leading in 146 of the 204 constituencies

The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is set for a monumental win in the state, brushing aside the challenge from a Congress-CPI(M) combine

Despite the Narada sting and Saradha scam, the TMC government sailed through due to its laser-like focus on primary areas

The Congress-Left combine is ahead in 72 seats and BJP, in seven

TMC ahead of its rivals, leading in 212 seats, Congress-Left combine ahead in 68 and BJP in seven

BJP has finally achieved its objective of capturing power in Assam, a goal which it had been pursuing since the 1980s

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that there were many reasons for the defeat and the party would review them

The Trinamool has favoured passage of the GST Bill and also mentioned it in its manifesto during the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2011 assembly elections

Referring to charges of corruption against her party, she dubbed it as 'a propaganda by a section of media and that Bengal is a corruption free state'

Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee said that she will take oath on May 27

Election victory likely to expedite process in empowered panel of state finance ministers

TMC emerges winner with three-fourths of seats, Congress second, left front third

Ajay Dey, who was previously elected from Santipur in Nadia district on Congress ticket, left the party to join Trinamool. But he was rejected by the voters this time

Banerjee will take oath for her second tenure as CM on May 27

In this Assembly polls, BJP has not only garnered around 56 lakh votes, but has also made its presence felt in 262 out of 294 Assembly segments

The lack of such a status has been holding back companies like Infosys from investing, especially given the party's policies on land and industry

The Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the recent Assembly elections bagging 44 seats in the 294-member house

Dignitaries including Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Farooq Abdullah to attend the ceremony

Mamata Banerjee's, who took the oath of office for a second consecutive term, will head a 42-member Cabinet

The state units of major parties like BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) stayed away from the event in protest against poll-violence in the state

Both Blues left backs Marcos Alonso and Emerson Palmieri were linked to moves away from Stamford Bridge in the January transfer window. Frank Lampard was keen on Telles and Chilwell.

UEFA has heard a proposal to allocate next season's Champions League and Europa League spots by their coefficient ranking. But who would gain and who would lose out?

Chelsea are reportedly closing in on a deal to bring Philippe Coutinho back to the Premier League from Barcelona. But how would the Brazilian best fit into Frank Lampard's team?

Benitez spent six months at the Blues in the 2012-13 season, winning the Europa League. Despite the trophy success, Terry admits he didn't get on with the Spaniard from the very start.