A summary of all the action from Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday.
A military cargo aircraft AN-124 of Russian origin carrying ammunitions and five persons on board on Friday night intruded into Indian airspace and landed at the international airport in Mumbai.
Things may seem too nice to be tru,e but the affable energy of its harmonious cast makes Potluck a rare light watch on the desi OTT scene, feels Sukanya Verma.
Women heptathletes J J Pramila and Sushmita Singha Roy qualified for Olympic Games by bettering the 'A' standard at the National Jumps and Combined Events in Bangalore on Friday. Their qualification swells the number of Beijing-bound Indians in the event to three.
Love Hostel stays focused on the murky present and revelling in its increasingly dark outcome. Despite the reach of social media and technology, this isn't the cushy, liberal India of mainstream culture. It's a lawless, ruthless, endless minefield where uncertainty and bigotry go hand in hand and patriarchy is a foregone conclusion, observes Sukanya Verma.
Sinimol Poulose and J J Shobha finished second in the women's 800 metres and heptathlon respectively at the Asian Athletics Championships.
Mumbai-based model Rajashree Singha spills the beans.
Comprising not just the gritty Gorkhas, but also men from Kumaon and Garhwal regions, Sir Robert Colquhuon had raised the regiment on April 24, 1815 in Uttaranchal's Almora.
The world premiere of Cirque du Soleil's 43rd original production Bazzar in Mumbai was a night to remember.
The actor unveiled Yamaha's annual calendar featuring some of India's hottest models.
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has urged the Union government to return the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family for burial 'to retrieve trust of the people of Kashmir'.
Noting that the Trinamool Congress which boasts of the slogan 'Maa Mati Mansuh' (Mother, Land and people) actually indulges in extortion, corruption and appeasement, Shah exuded confidence of forming the next government in the state and take it to the path of development.
Glimpses from the closing day of India International Jewellery Week.
'Ranveer was seeing a girl and then I think they broke up many months later.' '8-10 months later, I started seeing her.'
India's Anirban Lahiri took sole lead by signing for a five-under-par 67 after the second round of the King's Cup at the Singha Park Khon Kaen Golf Club in Thailand on Friday. The five-time Asian Tour winner, who shared the overnight lead with compatriot S S P Chowrasia, compiled a two-day total of 12-under-par 132 to take pole position on his own, holding a two-shot advantage over Australia's Andrew Dodt.
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President Pratibha Patil cancelled the appointment of P J Thomas on Monday as Central Vigilance Commissioner, 11 days after the Supreme Court quashed his selection by a high-power committee headed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
Three under-14 boys, two from Pandua SBS High School, Kolkata and the other from CRPF High School, Delhi, were chosen at the end of the Mahindra Youth Football Challenge at Bangalore on Friday to undergo a 10-day training at Scottish football club Celtic in Glasgow in August.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key sectors like trade and investment, hydropower and agriculture.
The government has decided to transfer 22 All-India service officials working in one ministry for over seven years by the end of this month as part of its rotation policy aimed at increasing efficiency in the bureaucracy.
The 25th general to lead the world's second largest army is one of its most decorated serving soldiers today.
The final decision on the proposal rests with the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The actress talks about Love Breakups Zindagi her maiden home production.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has all the qualities of a successful Army commander as he sets deadlines and ensures targets are achieved on time, said General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General I S Singha of the Golden Katar Division in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Tait was instrumental in Australia's 2007 World Cup triumph in West Indies, where he was the joint-second highest wicket-taker with 23 dismissals in the tournament.
Meet Naina Shaikh who will make her debut at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019.
"The Army is absolutely apolitical. I don't know what statement has been made. We are studying it as to what he has said. I can only say one thing, that there is no politicization in the Army," he told reporters in New Delhi
Reader Avijit Singha Roy shares with us a blooper that he spotted in 3 Idiots.
>The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal
Indian athletes' schedule on Saturday, August 16, the seventh day, at the Beijing Olympics.
"Around Republic Day every year, the IAF puts its airbases around Delhi on a routine alert," IAF spokesman T K Singha said in New Delhi. The alert coincides with terror warning by the government about possible threats from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba following reports that the terror outfit has procured 50 paragliders for air-borne suicide attacks.
Jaswant Singh's expulsion from the the Bharatiya Janata Party has caused further embarassment for the party as Speaker Meira Kumar had just appointed Singh as chairman of the prestigious Public Accounts Committee of the Lok Sabha.
Gaganjeet Bhullar bridged the gap between promise and performance, while C Muniyappa starred in a rags-to-riches story as the Young Turks outshone their senior pros in 2009 to assure that the future of Indian golf is in safe hands. Among the Big Three, Jeev Milkha Singh had a rare winless year, Arjun Atwal spent most of the time recovering from career-threatening injuries and inconsistent Jyoti Randhawa tasted his lone success at the Singha Thailand Open.
Indian athletes' schedule on Friday, August 15, the seventh day, at the Beijing Olympics.
List of the athletes who will represent India at the 29th Olympic Games.
India will be represented by six athletes, including three women, in the World Athletics Championships to be held in Berlin from August 15-23.
IAF sources said the Sukhoi had taken off from Jodhpur at 1645 hours for a routine training sortie and it crashed around 1730 hours.
The External Affairs Ministry and the IAF in the capital approved the AN-124 aircraft's flight plan designating it as a foreign military cargo aircraft at 1530 hours and it flew out at 2240 hours, IAF spokesperson Wing Commander T K Singha told PTI in New Delhi.
"IAF used the expertise of its air warriors to retrieve the most vital element sought after any air crash -- the Flight Data Recorder (FDR)-cum-Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) or black box in common parlance -- to help provide clues to the air crash," IAF spokesperson Wg Cdr T K Singha said in New Delhi.
