Badminton ace Saina Nehwal joins BJP, hails Modi as 'inspiration'

IMAGE: Badminton player Saina Nehwal being felicitated by BJP president J P Nadda after joining the party at its headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI Photo Former world number......

Land Ordinance tabled in Lok Sabha amid opposition uproar

The controversial land bill led to an uproar in Lok Sabha on the first day of the second phase of the Budget Session with a united opposition protesting the repromulgation of an ordinance on the......

India and the Great Olympic Tamasha

Even those of us who shudder at the thought of walking to the neighbourhood store, or who have never dipped a foot in a swimming pool or kicked a football in our lives, will watch avidly as great......

PM Modi hails Srikanth's silver at World Championships

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth bettered the feats of legendary Prakash Padukone (bronze in 1983), B Sai Praneeth (bronze in 2019) and Lakshya Sen (bronze in the latest edition). Photograph: SAI......

Sports Shorts: Saina withdraws from Korea Masters

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal is likely to feature at the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 in Lucknow next week. Photograph: Saina......

'You have made India proud, yet again'

Sporting fraternity hails Sindhu's historic World Championships gold IMAGE: India's PV Sindhu celebrates on the podium with her gold medal. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters The country's......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu, Saina in Asia badminton quarter-finals

IMAGE: P V Sindhu needed just 33 minutes to get the better of Indonesia's Choirunnisa. Photograph: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images Ace Indian women shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu registered......

Singapore Open: Sindhu enters semis; Saina, Srikanth, Sameer ousted

IMAGE: It is Sindhu's second semifinal of the season, following a last-four finish at the India Open last month. Photograph: BAI Media/Twitter P V Sindhu survived a scare before making the......