Researchers also found that women with the most body fat were 55 per cent more likely to develop the disease than the leanest.

The Games' costs have caused unease as Incheon had the highest rate of debt among South Korea's six metropolitan cities last year.

Roger Federer advanced to his 35th Grand Slam semifinal with a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka.

Narayanan, who started his career as dialogue writer, had directed 126 films in over three decades.

A nationwide plantation drive would be organised on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the Uttarakhand tragedy, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Monday announced.

After a long wait for the biggest mega event of this year, the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicked-off with a bang.

The existing material on Manmohan Singh will be separately available under a new account on Twitter, said the PMO statement.

Former world double sprint champion Tyson Gay has been suspended for one year after testing positive for a banned substance, the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Louis Oosthuizen grabbed a share of the lead at Augusta National on Friday with an eagle in his second round.

There are over 11,500 polling stations out of which 327 have been declared critical and 90 hyper critical.

Pandemonium erupted in Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday when BJP members stormed into the well alleging that a state minister had granted lakhs of rupees as subsidy to her husband and son illegally for making a polyhouse, leading to adjournment of the pr...

Citing a 1995 judgement by a Supreme Court bench one Hindutva, the RSS on Thursday said the term "Hindu terrorism" was coined by certain sections with an objective to "malign" the image of RSS.

Khloe Kardashian thinks her mother is one of the most stylish ladies she knows, reported a website.

Eleven pilgrims were killed in a road accident when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck, police said.

Mercedes have enough strength in depth to be successful even if team principal Brawn leaves at the end of the season, Hamilton said.