Prime Minister Narendra Modi ups his style ante for the Obama visit.
The Indian GM finished the first lap at of Sigeman and Co. Chess tournament with a draw to secure second spot
Viswanathan Anand ended his stint with a draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and finished at ninth position in the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis.
With his third draw in five games, the reigning world rapid champion remained in joint lead on 3.5 points and now shares the lead with Anish Giri of Holland and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan.
K Jyothikumaran has been appointed as one of the four judges for the elite nations hockey tournament.\n\n
The Event Technical Committee for the ICC Champions Trophy allowed the Indians to replace the injured batting ace with Rohan Gavaskar.
Rohan Gavaskar has been drafted into the squad as his replacement.
World leaders in arms led the unity rally in Paris showing defiance against the terror attacks that unfolded over three days leaving 17 dead. The families of those who died in the shootings were alongside them.
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic chess tournament.
Australia were 175-7 when the tri-series match in Amstelveen was abandoned.
The ace defender has been appointed skipper for the upcoming three-Test series against Holland in Hyderabad.
Mosques in two French towns were attacked a day after the firing at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. However, there have been no casualties.
India skipper Sourav Ganguly says the Baroda fast bowler is not bowling well and needs some time to get back his rhythm.
The winner of the ICC Six Nations Challenge will play both Australia and New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy.
As football fans arrive to watch Euro 2016, France's trade unions have undertaken a series of strikes to provoke a make-or-break situation. Claude Arpi encounters both Gallic beauty and ugliness in the country of his birth.
India held New Zealand to a 1-1 draw in their last league match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Lahore.
A win against New Zealand will give India their best standing in Champions Trophy since 1982 Amstelveen.
World leaders voiced solidarity with the United Kingdom after the deadly attack near the Houses of Parliament.
Pankaj Advani led with back-to-back wins as Indian cueists had a field day in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
However, National champion Manan Chandran was taken the distance by Ben Farnworth of New Zealand in the World snooker championships.
It has taken Das and her twin sister 32 years to visit India. The two sisters were just eight months old when they were adopted by a Dutch couple who raised them "like any proud parent would".
Prakash Amritraj will play the second singles against Sjeng Schalken in the Davis Cup tie against Holland.
Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson have called on England to be ruthless in their attacking play during their Euro 2016 knockout clash with Iceland in Nice on Monday.
Dr Anant Joshi, who examined the master batsman, was optimistic about him regaining full fitness soon.
Sensex, Nifty have lost about 6%, against 0.5-5% decline in other key Asian indices.
USA will now travel England for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where they will take on Australia and New Zealand.
Germany decided against fielding their main team for the Champions Trophy as they are more keen to play the European Nations Cup in Spain next month.
The HI president also said that a committee has been formed to decide on the fate of the coach and it will take a decision on Friday. He said he has no ego problem and if the committee feels the coach should continue, he would himself go to The Netherlands to bring him back.
The Indian seamer said the Pakistani batsman may have proved a nightmare in recent matches, but it won't be long before the Indians have the measure of him.
The eight-time champions were beaten 1-3 by The Netherlands in their opening match in the men's hockey tournament.
Each member of the Afro-Asian Games gold medal-winning squad was presented a cheque of Rs 150,000.
'No sovereign guarantee, no bank guarantee, no escrow account, yet a huge amount was paid as advance'
Grandmaster S P Sethuraman continued with his dream run and played out a fighting draw with higher ranked Anish Giri of Holland in the first game of the third round of World Chess Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
