External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said the issue of Indian-American Kairi Shepherd, who is facing the prospect of forcibly being sent back to her country of birth, was raised with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Winning an election may be a breeze for the BJP but the aftermath of victory isn't always painless.
Presenting the red carpet arrivals at the Revolve Awards.
A familiar face in the glamour circles, Sidhartha Mallya is being groomed to eventually step into his father's shoes.
'New Delhi is in a perpetual dilemma. It can't do without Yediyurappa, but it doesn't want a powerful CM. It stokes the opponents within against him. The result is he has never settled down in office, even in the present tenure'
Rishabh Pant is the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a Test century in England, and equalled the record for the most catches taken in a Test, with 11 in Adelaide in December.
Trained sniffer dogs such as the one used in Osama raid, German Shepherd and Labradors will be deployed.
Lionel Messi was sent off before half-time and then angrily hit out at "corrupt" tournament organisers after Argentina beat Chile 2-1 to win a bad-tempered third-place playoff at the Copa America on Saturday.
Elite Panel umpire Aleem Dar has been honoured by the ICC for becoming only the seventh man to officiate in 150 ODIs, a feat he achieved when he took the field for the 1st One-Dayer between England and Australia.
Pakistan's Imad Wasim wasn't remotely fazed by guiding his side to victory over Afghanistan, simply saying it was his turn to be match-winner at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019.
The man tapped to be the new premier is Paolo Gentiloni, who has served as foreign minister under Renzi.
The Congress party, which seems to be short of the numbers to shepherd the Lokpal bill though the Rajya Sabha, is trying desperately to avoid voting on the bill in the upper house as the debate over the bill winds down in Parliament on Wednesday evening.
Friday happened to be the first day for the defence in the sensational trial in which Ravi, 20, the former Rutgers University student is charged with invasion of privacy, bias against gays (hate crime) and 13 other counts.
Kieron Pollard will continue to lead the West Indies in One-Day Internationals and Twenty20s on the upcoming tour of India, beginning next month, with Nicholas Pooran his deputy in the shorter format and Shai Hope taking over the role of the vice-captain in ODIs.
Reader Sudha Thakur sent us these pictures from London.
Almost seven such "Malinois" breed dogs have been trained by the premier police dog training centre of the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at their academy near Chandigarh for about 22 weeks.
Despite some manufacturers giving the Expo a miss, there will still be plenty of action.
Cousins of the special breed canines, which assisted the elite US Navy SEALs in sniffing out Osama bin Laden from his safe haven in Pakistan, will now help Indian security forces in 'find and fix' anti-Naxal operations in dense forests and difficult terrains.
Yediyurappa is made of sterner stuff and is not going to yield so easily.
We invited readers to share their unique, original photographs from this past year with us. Here are some more responses!
As the legend turns 40, we take a look at his journey in cricket and life.
Personal competence, where it should have been acknowledged and appreciated, was sacrificed for that oft heard line: Party-is-supreme. It angered that at a time when lives are at stake amidst the pandemic, the government didn't deem continuity in leadership important for the health portfolio, observes Shyam G Menon.
Is there a likeness between the characters from Ved Vyas's timeless epic and those prancing about on the political proscenium? Saisuresh Sivaswamy finds out.
With fresh reports of incursion in Ladakh, Nawang Norboo, Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council on Tuesday said that Chinese troops frequently intrude into Indian territory and even threaten Indian shepherds.
Virat Kohli is the "benchmark" and that is why all West Indies players should work as hard as the Indian captain to achieve their goals, believes their assistant coach Roddy Estwick.
Liz Hurley and Shane Warne were an unusual sight together, when seen at the Glorious Goodwood race meet.
Relations with the government, the bank's majority owner, are a tricky issue for all SBI chiefs, and, like all his predecessors, Khara will be closely watched for his equations with the finance ministry representative on the SBI board.
The accent on 'making the south feel wanted' was the reason why P Muralidhar Rao, who was dropped as general secretary, was partially reinstated in the central apparatus as prabhari in charge of Madhya Pradesh. 'Pressure from the RSS was brought to bear on Rao's return,' a source said. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
China will flood direct flights to India with wholesale takeaways of the authentic stuff; Indian businessmen will fight for the commission and the consumers for the cuisine, predicts Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
David Beckham met soldiers returning from the frontline as he continued his visit to British troops in Afghanistan.
The businessman, who worked for the printing firm De La Rue Instruments at the time, came up with the concept of a self-service cash dispenser in 1965.
Not only army personnel but Indian Army's canine 'soldiers' perform their duties in counter-insurgency operations.
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Pooran was last seen in action for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the IPL, scoring 353 runs from 14 matches.
This is the first time that an Indian has been elevated to this position, highlighting the growing importance of the domestic advertising industry in the global space.
Every person was tested 72 hours before they travelled in order to ensure that all members of the party were travelling virus free.
Three Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists were killed in a day-long gunfight in the mountainous Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Thursday.
Devastated and heartbroken was how West Indies centurion Carlos Brathwaite described himself after narrowly failing to deliver victory for his side in a dramatic run chase against New Zealand, on Saturday. In pursuit of 292, Brathwaite bludgeoned five sixes and nine fours in a quick-fire 101 before falling to a well-judged catch by Trent Boult on the long-on boundary, aiming to finish the chase in style with just five runs needed.
Scientists saw a spacecraft slamming into the moon's south pole at 9,000 kmph kicking up a 10-km-high shower of debris that NASA hopes will confirm the presence of enough water necessary to supply future visits by astronauts.
According to media reports, the US has about 2,800 military dogs, the largest canine force in the world.
