Mongia, Maninder, Das among notable names in contention for senior selectors' posts
As per the latest data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Vodafone Idea -- born last year from the merger of older operators Vodafone India and Idea Cellular -- continues to be the largest operator with 38.75 crore consumers and 33.36 per cent market share in the wireless segment as on May 31, 2019.
The tournament turned out to be the most embarrassing for the 'Women in Blue' as they lost to the minnows twice inside a week.
Earnest Jeremiah's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory in the National Football League match.
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
A resilient New Zealand twice came back from behind to beat a fighting Canada 3-2 in a Pool A opening match of the hockey World Cup at Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Monday.
An analysis for the first eight months of CY18 shows that the value of RuPay and UPI transactions constitute 65.2 per cent of all transactions done through debit and credit cards, in value terms, across retail outlets by the end of August.
Khoda hurt at not being given chance to defend himself
Scaloni has helped get one over the Dutch Master at least once before when he was at Deportivo, who pipped Van Gaal's Barcelona to the 1999-2000 La Liga title.
'This is the highest point of my career. When I look at this award it makes me even more determined to win more.'
Japan staged a spectacular regulation time comeback to draw 6-6 before edging out Malaysia 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out and claim the men's hockey gold at the Asian Games on Saturday. Trailing 4-1 in the second period and then 5-2 in the fourth, Japan pumped in three goals through Kentaro Fukuda, Kenta Tanaka and Koji Yamasaki in a seven-minute blitz to level the pulsating contest.
Panchal got a call-up on the back of a 96 in an A Test match against South Africa A recently.
David Warner won the 2016 Allan Border Medal- an award given to Australia's cricketer of the year. The opening batsman polled an overall 240 votes (split evenly between those awarded by his teammates and those from umpires and media representatives) in the AB Medal count, 21 more than Steve Smith and 57 ahead of third-placed Mitchell Starc. Also named Australia's Test Player of the Year, Warner (30 votes) polled six more than Smith with Starc again placed third with 18 votes, while Josh Hazlewood was also a contender for the Tests honour. "My heart is racing. I honestly thought Smudge (Smith) had a terrific year and he would have taken this out," Warner said on stage at the Allan Border Medal event.
Recurve mixed team of Tarundeep Rai and Ridhi Phor came form behind to pip Great Britain in the shoot-off on Sunday
The World XI beat Bangladesh XI by 12 runs in the inaugural match of the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 World Series at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday night. Chasing a competitive target of 168, the Bangladesh team could muster only 159 for 9 from the allotted 20 overs.
Indian GM Praggnanandhaa shocks Giri, meets Ding Liren in final of Chessable Masters tournament.
The open offers for the shareholders of Ambuja Cements and ACC will begin from July 6 and close on July 19, as per a tentative schedule published by the Adani family today. With an investment of $4 billion (Rs 31,139 crore), together these two open offers might constitute the biggest open offer in corporate Indian history. The mandatory open offer for the companies was made by a Mauritius based company owned by the Adani family after they acquired a 63 per cent stake in Ambuja and 4.5 per cent in ACC from Swiss cement major, Holcim for $6.5 billion. Ambuja owns a 50 per cent stake in ACC.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for Mumbai Indians at nearly half the price of Mandhana at Rs 1.80 crore.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the first medal of the Olympic tennis tournament, beating American James Blake 6-3, 7-6 to go home with bronze.
Former champions Mohun Bagan rode on a Balwant Singh first-half strike and held their nerves after being reduced to 10 men to secure a hard-fought 1-0 win over Churchill Brothers in their 10th I-League opener in Barasat on Sunday.
Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal is leading the Time magazine's readers poll of 100 Most Influential People in the world with the highest percentage of 'yes' votes, piping BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and American singer Katy Perry.
Saurabh Kumar grabbed five wickets to play a big role in India 'A's series clinching 113-run victory
Maharashtra has become the hub for the service and electricity industries which together attracted investment over Rs 67,000 crore (Rs 670 billion) in 2013.
Faf du Plessis stroked an unbeaten half-century as Chennai Super Kings edged past Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets in Qualifier 1 to enter the IPL final, in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was the costliest purchase on Day 1 of the players' auction as Mumbai Indians shelled out a massive Rs 15.25 crore to get him back.
Purists may hope for a better balance between bat and ball compared to previous slugfests, and the big grounds and long boundaries may offer some relief for bowlers while putting a premium on fielding.
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel charged to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday after denying McLaren's Lewis Hamilton the top slot in the final seconds of qualifying.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Close to completing six decades in healthcare delivery, the Manipal Healthcare Group had a modest beginning with the Manipal Hospital in Bangalore
Riding on Holicharan Narzary's first half strike, five-time champions Dempo returned to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 victory against Mohun Bagan in a Round 15 I-League in Kolkata on Saturday.
A record five Indian-American lawmakers from the ruling Democrat Party, including Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Ami Bera have been elected to the US House of Representatives, while several others were elected in state legislatures, in one of the most polarised midterm elections in the country.
Data show leather got just 0.12% of the total FDI inflows during August 1991-March 2007.
This is Deepika's fifth World Cup stage event team gold medal.
England players were in demand as batter Harry Brook earned a Rs 13.25 crore winning from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Portugal's Rui Costa kept his composure in a tense finale to upset the favourites and clinch the cycling world championships road race on Sunday.
Azam scooped the honour following a number of thrilling batting displays in Pakistan's multi-format series against Australia.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim remained the richest person in the world with $74 billion in assets, while NRI steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal ranked sixth and Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani is placed ninth in the US magazine Forbes annual list of world's top billionaires.
India 'B' defeated Germany 3-1 in their final round match to end at third position.
The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official announcement will happen on the day.
