'Farmers are our Annadata'

This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......

Dipa Karmakar, associations welcome PM Modi's Olympics Task Force

IMAGE: India's Dipa Karmakar competes. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters India's gymnastics heroine Dipa Karmakar has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of setting up a Task......

India names former gold medallist Bindra in Olympics task force

IMAGE: Abhinav Bindra was named on a panel entrusted with the task of preparing the blueprint. Photograph: PTI India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was named on a panel......

US govt restricts sports visas for transgender women

IMAGE: Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic Games. Photograph: /Daniel Cole/Reuters The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Monday it has updated its immigration policy to......

PM Modi announces Task Force to prepare India for next Olympics

IMAGE: Rio silver medallist P V Sindhu gets her racquet signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: PTI With India getting only two medals in the Rio Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra......

Mary Kom slams Boxing Task Force after Games exit

'I had beaten this girl twice in the past. I couldn't believe that her hand was raised by the referee.' IMAGE: India's M C Mary Kom, right, reacts after losing to Colombia's Ingrid Valencia in the......