Senate okays Indian-American Neomi Rao for federal judgeship

IMAGE: Neomi Rao reacts after being nominated by President Donald Trump to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals at the White House in Washington.......

Justice Sikri, who voted for Alok Verma's sacking, turns down govt's offer

A controversy broke out Sunday over Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri getting a government offer last year for a post-retirement assignment at the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral......

Indian-American Neomi Rao to replace Kavanaugh on DC Circuit

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has nominated Indian-American Neomi Rao to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.  ......

PHOTOS: Google staff walk out in protest over sexual harassment

Hundreds of employees at Google offices around the world, including in India, on Thursday staged an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company's treatment of women and lenient......

The bizarre tale of Cairn retro tax

The levy of retrospective tax on the UK's Cairn Energy Plc is a tale of bizarre twists and turns that saw its attached shares being sold in May 2018 amid the passing of the baton from a full-time......

Warring promoters of IndiGo call for EGM on Dec 30

InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of the country's largest airline IndiGo, will convene a shareholders' meeting on December 30 to amend the company's Articles of Association (AoA) following a joint......

Cairns accepts India's $1bn refund offer, to drop cases, says CEO

UK-based Cairn Energy PLC on Tuesday said it will drop litigations to seize Indian properties in countries ranging from France to the US, within a couple of days of getting a USD 1 billion refund......

Retro tax settlement with Cairn may hinge on Vedanta case

India lost the international arbitration with Cairn Energy at The Hague in December and the former was given an award of $1.2 billion. The Union government’s offer of settling the......

Former wrestler Narsingh Yadav elected chairman

Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Narsingh Pancham Yadav was elected chairman of the Wrestling Federation of India's Athletes' Commission in Varanasi on Wednesday, completing a process that......

Russian athlete stripped of 2012 Olympic gold

'Following AIU charges based on LIMS data, Russian athlete Natalia Antyukh has been banned for the use of a Prohibited Substance/Method. DQ results from 15 July 2012 until 29 June 2013.'  ......

Kenyan sprinter Otieno tests positive for banned substance

IMAGE: Mark Otieno Odhiambo and Jonathan Quarcoo of Norway in action during the World Athletics Championships men's 200 metres heats, at London stadium, London, on August 7, 2017. Photograph: Toby......

Football Focus: Guardiola hopes Messi ends career at Barcelona

IMAGE: 'I have huge gratitude for what Barcelona have done for me. I want him to finish his career there.' Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he is......

China's Olympic champ Sun Yang BANNED for eight years

IMAGE: Sun Yang questioned the credentials of the testers before members of his entourage smashed the vials containing his blood samples with a hammer. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images nd......