An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after her groom-to-be failed to solve a simple maths problem, police said.

On the 30th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, Louise Roseingrave talks to the makers of a new film about that fateful day

It's a girl! Woo!

It's a boy and he's VERY cute.

Another Alastair Cook failure overshadowed Gary Ballance’s second Test century, against India at Lord’s yesterday.

A “tipping point” has been reached in the war against cancer, with half of newly diagnosed patients surviving at least 10 years, a landmark study has shown.

Two brothers who used their UK printing firm’s Christmas and New Year break to churn out £1.2m worth of fake banknotes have both been jailed for seven years.

A man was beheaded and his girlfriend beaten to death in an “honour killing” in northern India after they eloped, police said.

A second suspect was arrested for the rape of a 5-year-old girl who New Delhi police say was left for dead in a locked room, a case that has brought a new wave of protests against how Indian authorities handle sex crimes.

A second suspect has been arrested over the rape of a five-year-old girl who New Delhi police say was left for dead in a locked room, a case which has brought a new wave of protests against how Indian authorities handle sex crimes.

At least seven people have been killed and several others injured by an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in northern India.

When James Cameron changed the landscape of 3D stereoscopic filmmaking with his groundbreaking blockbuster Avatar, I'm sure he still had misgivings about the final product.

A POOR government clerk from a desolate region of eastern India has become the first person ever to win $1 million (€705,000) on an Indian game show.

A poor government clerk from eastern India has become the first person to win the jackpot on the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'.

An Indian man has reportedly served 18 months of his brother-in-law's life sentence for murder.

Overnight leader David Gleeson shot a final-round 68 to close out a three-shot victory at the Hero Indian Open.

A train smashed into a bus at an unmanned railway crossing in northern India today, killing at least 31 people and injuring 39 others after a wedding party.

A man armed with a large knife beheaded an 18-year-old woman at her school in front of her horrified classmates in eastern India.

A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India’s most popular Hindu festivals killed at least 102 people and injured 44 others, officials said today.

An argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival triggered a stampede that killed 10 people today in a packed temple in northern India, officials said.

Two more Australian athletes withdrew today and a South African competitor reportedly found a snake in his room as complaints over cleanliness, security and construction continued to dog the troubled Commonwealth Games a week before the sporting event opens in New Delhi.

Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper insists his organisation should not shoulder the blame for the problems which have plagued the build-up to the event in Delhi.

Indian organisers faced more embarrassment today as a boxer’s bed collapsed when he sat on it after moving into his accommodation at the Commonwealth Games athletes’ village.

Police say at least 20 people have been killed and 15 critically injured in eastern India today when a minibus crashed into a tree and fell into a ditch.

The doctor at the centre of the MMR row was today struck off the medical register in the UK.

British Labour MP Ashok Kumar, who was found dead in his home, died from natural causes, police said today.

Police in the UK are investigating the death of Labour MP Ashok Kumar whose body was found by officers at his home earlier today.

A bus fell from a bridge into a dry riverbed in northwestern India early today, killing at least 26 students and teachers on board, police said.

At least 32 people were killed when a blaze erupted at a fireworks warehouse in southern India ahead of a major Hindu festival.

India is facing its worst drought in nearly 40 years because of a once-in-a-generation shortfall in summer rains, weather experts warned today.

Police in India are holding a man in custody after he refused to get married.

Indian police shot dead two suspected militants from Pakistan in a pre-dawn car chase today near New Delhi, a government official said.

A New Delhi labourer survived getting hit by a bus, only to get hit and killed by a second bus 20 minutes later, police said.

Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel has reopened less than a month after militants stormed the building in attacks that left more than 170 people dead.

A two-year-old boy trapped for nearly 90 hours down a 150ft deep well in northern India died before army rescuers could reach him, a doctor said today.

Wall Street surged today as investors looked past a sharp rebound in oil prices and focused on comforting news about the US economy – better-than-expected retail sales and a drop in the number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits.

A prominent human rights activist accused Indian police of a cover-up in their investigation into the rape and killing of a British teenager on a Goa beach last month.

The mother of a British teenage girl raped and murdered in Goa broke down in tears tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.rs tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.

A NEWBORN baby girl survived after falling through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks after her mother prematurely gave birth while relieving herself.

A newborn baby girl survived after falling through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks after her mother prematurely gave birth.

As markets digested news of Societe Generale’s sensational losses at the hands of a rogue trader, questions soon turned to how such a fraud could be kept hidden for so long.

More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from villages in western India after torrential monsoon rains killed at least 75 people in two states and flooded Mumbai, the country’s financial and entertainment capital, government officials said today.

IRELAND is investing in hot air rather than cleaning up its environment and helping in the fight against climate change, a new report says.