3.4 lakh central security personnel with state forces to be deployed for LS poll

The Election Commission is expected to deploy 3.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel along with state police forces in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections and the assembly polls in......

Rail roko protest: Train traffic hit in Punjab as farmers squat on tracks

Movement of several trains was affected in Punjab on Sunday after agitating farmers squatted on tracks at many places in the state as part of a nationwide 'rail roko' protest. IMAGE: Farmers block......

'They want to suffocate our voices'

'Farmers have been sent notices in which the government is threatening that if you will join the movement, then we will impound your whole ancestral properties.''We will seal your bank accounts. We......

Day before crucial meet with govt, farm leaders insist on MSP ordinance

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to minimum support price, while a tractor march......

If India wants to win Gold in Paris...

'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the......

Orphaned at 5, Revathi gears up to live Olympic dream

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Southern Railway/Twitter Orphaned at five, raised by her daily wager grandmother and forced to run barefoot early on as shoes was a luxury she couldn't afford, sprinter......

Sports Shorts: Irfan become first Indian athlete to qualify for 2020 Olympics

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday National record holder KT Irfan on Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while......