Bengal bowling coach Ranadeb Bose strongly backed Mukesh Kumar
Check out India's schedule on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Wednesday.
Flag bearer Tek Chand will lead the Indian contingent -- India will be represented by 54 para athletes, the biggest ever contingent in the history of the Games.
'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.'
Check out India's schedule on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Monday.
Urvashi Vaid dreamed of a common movement for social justice that could address them all: Racism, gender oppression and homophobia. Sandip Roy salutes the memory of Urvashi Vaid, one of America's most prominent LGBT activists, who passed into the ages this month.
Taking a break from tennis courts Sania Mirza was part of the jury at a beauty pageant event held in Mumbai.
India sign off Paralympics with an unparalleled 19 medals: 5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze.
Jerome Barson, who was a passenger in a sedan that collided with the SUV that Venus Williams was driving, died 13 days after the accident.
Wimbledon girls' doubles champion Sania Mirza on her steady rise, her lifestyle and plans for the future.\n\n
A summary of India's results on Day 5 of 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Husbands who coach their athlete wives in India can breathe easy. Few seem keen to follow the path set by China's Li Na whose decision to sack husband Jiang Shan as her coach culminated in her winning the French Open, and becoming the first Asian to win a tennis grand slam singles title, earlier this month.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza hosted a grand wedding reception at the Emerald Room, the grandest banquet hall of the Taj Krishna hotel in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik finally got married on Monday. The 23-year-old Indian ace and 28-year-old Shoaib were scheduled to wed on April 15. The Indian tennis ace was dressed in a red sari, which her mother Nasima wore for her nikaah 25 years ago.
Tennis sensation Sania Mirza looked stunning in a specially-created green and gold outfit as she got engaged to childhood friend and family acquaintance Mohammed Sohrab Mirza at a private ceremony, held amid tight security, at Taj Krishna hotel in Hyderabad on Friday night.
The security at the Taj Krishna in the upscale Banjara Hills locality is tight. Actually to say that is an understatement. There are at least two points where the bags are being checked, guests being frisked and suspicious looking characters questioned.
Few of these highly sought-after socialising and networking hubs are seeing much activity as regulars are missing in action.
Indian athletes' schedule on Friday, August 15, the seventh day, at the Beijing Olympics.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
'Even if we ate our chappatis with pickle, we ensured proper food for Sumit.'
Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday left for Melbourne to undergo a back surgery.
India's Ankita Bhambri has been awarded a wild card at the Hyderabad Open.
Krishna Bhupathi's assessment comes after the fine showing against Serena Williams in the third round of the Australian Open.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
The $140,000 event will be staged in Hyderabad from February 16.
Kinshuk Sharma will be Gladwin's opponent in the U-16 final while his statemate Vijayant Malik will play the Maharashtra boy in the U-14 summit clash.
Track and field athletes, who were leading the Indian charge in the past few days, fetched the maximum 12 medals but just two of them were gold.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's image of holding the World Cup trophy at Wankhede has been immortalised in cricketing folklore but not many know that Indian cricket's poster boy was once a ticket collector at the Kharagpur railway station.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
A summary of sportspersons in the news on Sunday.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and forty-three Padma Shri awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being conferred the country's highest sporting honour.
'Bateshwar is a rare temple where Shiva is depicted in his human form (and not his symbol, the Lingam).'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Will voters in Ernakulam take to the Communist MP who asked 447 more questions and took part in 162 more debates than your average MP? Will Arun Jaitley's wish come true? Krishna Prasad, the renowned journalist and Outlook magazine's former editor-in-chief, reports from Kochi.
The haul of 64 medals at the Commonwealth Games, in July-August, which included 15 gold, should act as the ideal springboard for the Indian contingent to better its medal tally at Guangzhou, China, four years ago.
'The majority of the audience knows me. My relationship with them is of over 27 years. The people who questioned me are already biased against me; they will question no matter what I do. I don't react to that. The important thing is not to be negative.'
Life inside the prime minister's official residence is highly regulated, but it comes with its perks, says Veenu Sandhu
