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'Cow slaughtering will incite people and hurt their sentiments, which will lead to some incidents'
Eight children from north-eastern states are among the 23 boys and girls who will receive National Bravery Awards for 2010 from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function in New Delhi on the eve of Republic Day this year.
Wrestlers Ravinder Khatri and Babita Kumari have secured spots at the upcoming Rio Olympics after their rivals failed a dope test, taking the total number of quota places from India to eight. Khatri was awarded the berth in the Greco-Roman 85 kg after Kenzheev Zhanarbek of Kyrgystan tested positive at the Asian Olympic qualifier. Babita gets a shot at competing in Rio with Mongolian wrestler Sumiya Erdenechimeg failing the dope test in 53 kg freestyle, also at the Asian qualifier. Last week, Vinesh Phogat clinched a gold as she and Sakshi Malik secured Rio berths in 48 and 58kg respectively at the second World Olympic Qualifying tournament in a historic feat of two Indian women wrestlers qualifying for Olympics for the first time.
Special CBI Judge M B Gosavi while discharging Amin observed that there was no sufficient evidence against him.
Continuing protests against the Centre's attempt to push the Telangna state issue on a back burner, 13 ministers from Telangana region tendered their resignation to Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Friday.
Indian women grappler Suman Kundu is in with a chance to bag the country's fourth bronze medal in wrestling as she will fight it out in the third-fourth place play-off bout, after losing in the semi-finals of the 63kg freestyle category in the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Friday.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing 2002 Gujarat riot cases, not to associate two senior Indian Police Service officers --Geeta Johri and Shivanand Jha -- in the investigations till further orders.
'Why does Farah feel threatened by me? Why is she so frustrated?'
2018 was largely forgettable for Sushil Kumar -- India's only double Olympic-medallist -- and Sakshi Malik -- the country's first and only woman wrestler to win a medal at the biggest stage.
'My friends were so embarrassed (about rumours of trouble in her marriage). I think some of them were having a party and they were scared to call Raj (Kundra) and me. I kept quiet but suddenly I saw it snowballing. So I called up my PR and said, what's happening, you have to stop this!' Shilpa Shetty gets candid.
India's top woman wrestler Alka Tomar and young Anita won gold medals in the 59 kg and 67 kg freestyle categories respectively to make it a memorable day for the hosts at the Commonwealth Games. With Geeta winning India's first gold in woman's wrestling on Thursday, Alka and Anita made it a hat-trick of gold medals.
Her political rivals have taken strong objection to Geetha Shivrajkumar's relentless milking of her father-in-law's legacy, says Vicky Nanjappa
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday asserted that there would be no going back on the issue of tabling a resolution in the state assembly seeking the formation of a separate Telangana state. Briefing newsmen after an emergency meeting of the state cabinet late on Thursday night, chaired by Chief Minister M K Rosaiah, Information Minister J Geeta Reddy said they would abide by the decision of the Congress high command on the Telangana resolution.
'As of now he is fine, talking to everyone. There is nothing to worry,' Dharmendra's doctor assures.
Bollywood didn't have a good IPL season.
A division bench headed by Justice Geeta Mittal asked the army officer to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to challenge the proceedings against him.
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Raja Sen's class of 2016.
The last four contestants of Dance India Dance get ready for the grand finale.
Caught between the Naxals and forsaken by her villagers, a young girl tries to come to grips with a new life after she left the Naxals.
Here's where Bombay Velvet got its retro fashion inspirations from!
The Andhra Pradesh government would develop a tourism project on about 2,000 acre at Gandikota in Kadapa district under public private partnership, said tourism minister J Geeta Reddy.
A specially-designated tribunal has lifted the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India. Justice Geeta Mittal, a Delhi High Court judge who is heading the tribunal, said that the material given by the Home Ministry, justifying the ban on SIMI, was insufficient. The government maintains that SIMI still indulges in communal activities and it is a threat to the country.The organisation has been banned by the Centre for the last seven years.
Indian lifter Sarabjit Singh broke four national records as the two-day weightlifing selection trials, part of the test event for Commonwealth Games 2010, concluded at Jawahar Lal stadium on Sunday.
Police are investigating whether the 11 members of the family, aged between 15 and 77 years, killed themselves as part of a suicide pact, after they found handwritten notes from the house, which indicated a "religious or spiritual angle" to the deaths.
An Indian-origin woman has been murdered in west London and her right hand severed in a case that led to the arrest of her India-born husband and five others.
There's a baby boom in tinsel town!
However, the WFI decided to give Ritu, who competes in the 50kg category, a chance to compete in the 53kg since she had missed out on the Asian Games trials due to a flight issue.
If there were people willing to offer bribes worth crores of rupees there were definitely other people who were willing to stand behind Madhu Koda's shoulder, offering hints about investing all those rupees. Who were they? asks T V R Shenoy.
Time to tell our side of story: Ramani on summons in Akbar defamation case.
The cross-examination of Akbar by Ramani's counsel remained inconclusive and would resume on on July 6.
The three Independent MLAs who have announced their support to the BJP are Geeta Jain, Rajendra Raut and Ravi Rana.
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 a ticket by the party.
New York City Councilman Donovan Philips, who visited Swami Harish Chander Puri to express support, put it down to the surcharged environment created by President Trump.
Mithun Chakraborty will be seen in a new dance reality show, Dance India Dance on Zee TV. The National Award-winning actor will be the grand master of the show.
The Supreme Court on Thursday further extended the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India till the second week of October.Justice Geeta Mittal of the Delhi High Court had lifted the ban on August 5 on the grounds that the evidence against the outfit was too weak to justify the extension of ban under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly indulging in terrorist and anti-national activities.The apex court had, however, stayed the operation of the order.
Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over!
