Indians win Commonwealth Photographic Awards

An Indian has emerged as the South Asia regional winner of the Commonwealth Photographic Awards 2004 and pictures of three others have been chosen in the category of 'highly recommended'.Ashima......

After Obamas, Malala meets Queen Elizabeth

Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, met Queen Elizabeth II on Friday and spoke about the importance of education. The Queen and her......

British Indian ex-minister Alok Sharma knighted; 30 more PIOs to be honoured

Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change through his leadership at the COP26 summit by King Charles III in his first New......

Tainted Kalmadi, Ashok Chavan and Koda want tickets for their wives

Laying down a host of criterion for the selection of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has made it known that no tainted leader will be given......

Ahmedabad formally awarded hosting rights of 2030 CWG

'India brings scale, youth, ambition, rich culture, enormous sporting passion and relevance. We start our next century for the Commonwealth Games in good health.' IMAGE: Delegates of the 74......

India dominates Commonwealth weightlifting with 20 medals

Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI Media/Twitter Lovepreet Singh and Purnima Pandey finished on the podium on the final day as hosts India wrapped up the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships with a......

Indian lifters sweep team trophies at Commonwealth C'ship

Indian lifting team ended their campaign in the 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weightlifting championships on a high after emerging triumphant in as many as five categories out of six in......

Bedabrate bags bronze at World Youth Championships

IMAGE: Weightlifter Bharali Bedabrate, 15, lifted a total of 267kg(119kg+148kg) to finish third. Photograph: International Weightlifting Federation/Twitter India's weightlifter Bharali Bedabrate......

Mirabai Chanu becomes first athlete to win this award twice in a row

IMAGE: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award. Photograph: Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Tokyo Olympic Games silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai......