CNN World Sport interviews former India football coach and Olympian on a new Indian Football League.
Police have arrested 10 suspects in the sale of toxic, illegally brewed liquor that has left at least 168 people dead in the Indian state of West Bengal, an official said Friday.
Six hospital managers arrested on negligence charges are in custody for questioning after a hospital blaze killed 91 people in eastern India, authorities said Sunday.
Investigators have arrested six hospital managers after a fire that killed at least 88 people in a hospital Friday in eastern India.
Dozens of people were killed when a fire engulfed a hospital in India.
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has missed out on becoming the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries after being dismissed for 94 in the third Test against the West Indies.
Sachin Tendulkar fell short in his quest to complete a 100th international century as India beat the West indies by five wickets in the first Test in Delhi.
Kevin Pietersen smashed 53 off 39 balls to help England to a six-wicket victory over India in the one-off Twenty20 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
Lionel Messi will captain Argentina for the first time as they take on Venezuela in a friendly in cricket-mad India Friday.
An extraordinary thing is about to happen in my native state. More than three decades of communism is about to fall -- not through revolution or bloodshed but by the sheer power of the ballot box.
The roar of the crowd was deafening on April 9, as 30,000 Indians cheered on their teams at one of Kolkata's most hotly anticipated sporting events -- except this crowd was not supporting record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar or marveling at Harbhajan Singh's fast spin bowl.
MS Dhoni continued his winning streak after guiding the Chennai Super Kings to a nail biting victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening clash of the Indian Premier League.
South Africa crushed Ireland by 131 runs, securing their place in the last eight of the Cricket World Cup.
Indian sports officials have downplayed fire-safety concerns at the venue for the final match of the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Mumbai, promising full compliance well before the April 2 event.
CNN's Sara Sidner reports on how cricket is lifting girls' worth in Bangladesh.
Sitting in the lobby of his team's hotel, it is clear why Baichung Bhutia is often compared to David Beckham.
A huge fire broke out at an ice plant in eastern India Monday, sickening at least seven people, after ammonia gas escaped from the factory, authorities said.
Gautam Gambhir became the most expensive signing in world cricket on a record-breaking first day of the Indian Premier League auctions.
Citigroup's India unit has launched an investigation into suspicious transactions based on documents believed forged by an employee, the bank said in a statement.
A solemn Mass at the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India, marked the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth on Thursday.
From mobile apps for zombie films to web-only prequels for documentaries, digital filmmaking is establishing itself as integral to both Hollywood blockbusters and small indie films.
A six-year-old boy was killed and 18 others were injured as a bomb explosion derailed a train in India's restive northeastern region Thursday, authorities said.
August marks the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth and few will be prouder than the citizens of her birthplace Skopje.
Jewish leaders are deciding what to do with the Mumbai center attacked by terrorists.
India remained the top Test playing country in the world after forcing a dramatic innings and 57 runs victory over closest rivals South Africa in the second Test in Kolkata on Thursday.
Rain on the fourth day gave South Africa hope of saving the second cricket Test against India and overtaking their hosts as the world's No. 1 team in the five-day game.
India racked up a massive first-innings lead of 347 runs over South Africa on the third day of the second cricket Test in Kolkata as V.V.S. Laxman and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed centuries.
India are poised to build a handy first-innings lead over South Africa after Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar scored centuries on the second day of the second cricket Test in Kolkata.
South Africa comfortably secured a convincing first Test victory over India after mopping up the remainder of the home side's innings in Nagpur on Tuesday.
World Twenty20 champions Pakistan were left stunned after none of their players were signed up for the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament in Tuesday's auction.
Centuries from Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli helped India defeat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth one-day international in Kolkata to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Indian authorities hope discount train tickets on air-conditioned trains may help the country fight its unemployment problem.
"By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world."
Operations against Maoist rebels were to continue Friday during a week in which Maoist rebels killed more than 10 Indian government supporters and took over eastern Indian villages, a government official said.
A 14-year-old school boy in eastern India has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a younger student who refused to hand over her iPod, police said Tuesday
After Facebook took down their rogue application, the brothers behind the popular game reveal their next move
India will not make any changes to the itinerary for England's cricket tour later this year, despite protests from the England and Wales Cricket Board over some of the venues.
England have expressed their disappointment at the proposed itinerary for the teams' tour of India later this year.
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Delhi's first gay pride parade attracted more than 500 marchers. The movement, in a city of 14 million, may be small, but it was a long time in coming
Little-known group says it set series of explosions in Indian city. CNN-IBN's Sumon Chakrabarti explains.
A little-known group called Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's near-simultaneous bomb attacks that killed 63 people in the northwest Indian city of Jaipur. It also warned of more attacks in the country.
The lucrative Indian Premier League was launched with an elaborate opening ceremony ahead of the inaugural match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Viewpoint: The newly-conceived Indian Premier League will surely be a success. So why does it give a TIME writer cause for concern?
Raphael Jacquelin's uneven round of 72 was good enough to give him a one-stroke lead after 54 holes of the Indian Masters at Delhi Golf Club.
Top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has shocked fans and officials with her decision not to compete in tournaments in her home country this year.
Martina Hingis has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Federation announced on Friday.
A fighting half-century from Misbah-ul-Haq helped boost Pakistan's chances of avoiding the follow-on in the third and final Test against India on Monday.
Younus Khan scored his 15th Test century as Pakistan battled to a draw against India in Kolkata.
Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq kept alive Pakistan's hopes of survival with centuries on the third day of the second Test in Kolkata.
India is fast becoming known as a nation of outstanding entrepreneurs like IT tycoon N. R. Narayana Murthy. Now, according to new survey of Indian business schools, many others are keen to follow this example.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his 46th test half-century as India wrapped up a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first test in New Delhi on Monday.
Spin bowlers Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik are back in India's squad for the test series against Pakistan.
Rising Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko will face top seed Venus Williams in Sunday's final of the Korea Open.
Suresh Prasad sells groceries from a 12-by eight-foot store opposite a new Reliance Fresh supermarket in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. His specialties are 10-cent pastry puffs and cakes. With the supermarket drawing new customers to the area, his sales have doubled.
Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling five-run victory over India in the second one-dayer on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
An explosion ripped through a train in eastern India on Monday, killing five people and injuring dozens of others, according to news agencies.
Indian Sania Mirza sent top seed Martina Hingis crashing out of the Korea Open with a 4-6 6-0 6-4 second round victory in Seoul on Thursday.
Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland stormed into the Kolkata Open final with a crushing 6-1 6-0 victory over local favorite Sania Mirza on Saturday.
Russian teenager Olga Poutchkova has knocked out seventh seed Nicole Pratt of Australia to reach the quarterfinals of the Kolkata Open.
Australian Casey Dellacqua upset second seed Karolina Sprem of Croatia as three more seeds made first round exits in the Kolkata Open on Tuesday.
As part of an upcoming "CNN Presents" special investigation on Osama bin Laden, CNN.com asked readers to share their thoughts on the al Qaeda leader's relevance in the current global environment.
The Internet is revolutionizing the lives of gay men in India.
For more than five decades, British buildings in Kolkata were left to rot as authorities wrestled with the uncomfortable legacy of British rule.
They are known as India's railway children. They live rough and on their own in stations across the country.
It was four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon in Mumbai, and I was off to a slum to talk to a eunuch.
It is 3 a.m. on a Tuesday in Mumbai's northwestern Malad district, and in the far distance a group begins to emerge from the empty darkness.
Before anything else is said, let's give Philip Caputo a serious round of applause for "Acts of Faith."
There are more than 7,000 prostitutes in Sonagchi, the red light district of Kolkata, and "Born into Brothels" chronicles the lives of eight of their children.
Fearing possible attacks, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi has closed its public offices, a statement on the embassy Web site said.
The death of London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal has denied management research of one of its most innovative and influential thinkers.
A convicted British arms dealer walked out of an East Indian prison Wednesday after receiving a pardon from India's president, according to jail officials.
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