Sri Lanka strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa set to become president after rival concedes...

With half the votes counted from Saturday’s election, Rajapaksa led with 50.7 percent, while his main rival Sajith Premadasa had 43.8 percent, the election commission said. Rajapaksa’s party claimed victory.

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Driver of local train which rammed into another in Hyderabad succumbs to injuri...

At around 10.40am on Monday, the MMTS train (No 47178), travelling from Falaknuma to Lingampalli collided with Hundri Inter-City Express (Train No 17028) between Kurnool and Secunderabad, stationed on the same track on Platform No. 2.

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Ahead of Parliament's winter session, leaders attend all-party meeting to thrash...

This is the second all-party meeting after Saturday when political leaders discussed issues they wished to debate on during the Parliament session. Saturday’s meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidential election

Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the presidency with a clear majority.

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Holding discussions on sexuality, gender key to clearing prejudices

For Rohit and 240 million of his adolescent peers in India, questions of sexuality, masculinity, gender roles and relationships are everyday problems, made more difficult by the absence of any information and the stymieing of discussions around these so-called taboo topics.

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In BJP-Sena war of words, Devendra Fadnavis' rare praise for Bal Thackeray

Fadnavis’ words of praise comes amid worsening of ties between Sena and BJP after they were unable to agree to a power-sharing deal to form a government.

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Google enters battle for cloud gaming market

The internet giant hopes to break into the global video game industry expected to top USD 150 billion this year, with cloud technology that could broaden audiences attracted by rich new features as well as ease of access with no more need for consoles. But analysts say Stadia's outlook is uncertain as its faces rivals such as PlayStation Now.

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