Modi on stage, Manik Saha sworn-in as Tripura CM for 2nd term

Seventy-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as chief minister of the sensitive border state of Tripura. IMAGE: BJP leader Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura......

Tripura polls: BJP to contest in 55 seats, ally IPFT in 5 constituencies

The Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party has finalised the seat-sharing deal with old ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura for the February 16 assembly election, giving the junior partner in......

BJP leader, 10 others get lifer in Jharkhand lynching case

A fast track court in Ramgarh on Wednesday sentenced 11 people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, to life imprisonment for lynching a meat trader in June last year over the suspicion that......

Five hardcore Maoists surrender in Odisha

Five hardcore Maoists, allegedly involved in a number of violent incidents, surrendered before security forces at two different places in Odisha's Malkangiri and Koraput districts on Tuesday. While......

Bengal-Orissa tie all square

Twenty wickets fell in the first day of Bengal-Orissa Ranji Trophy 'Elite-B' match at the Kanchanjungha Stadium pitch that appeared to be the grave yard for batsmen. Put to bat, Bengal managed to......

Steady progress by Bengal

Bengal openers Deep Das Gupta and Arindam Das laid a solid foundation putting on 82 runs for the opening wicket as the team reached 206 for six on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group......

AIFF inter-state transfers

The All India Football Federation on Tuesday released the first list of inter-state transfers.Releasing the list, AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said 81 players have sought transfer in the first......

Uthappa slams ton in drawn match

India under-19 opener Robin Uthappa and Sri Lanka `A' skipper Naveed Nawaz blazed sparkling centuries for their teams as the three-day match ended in draw on the third and final day in Rajkot on......