Women have enjoyed some hard-won gains in elite sports in recent years, with pro leagues starting up in a number of countries and growing support for their fight for pay parity.
Parliament on Tuesday witnessed outrage over the rape of a para-medic student in the capital with a united Opposition demanding an immediate statement by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on the issue.
S&P also cut China?s GDP growth forecast to 7.5%t and that of rest of Asia.
An Australian radio network, whose prank call to a British hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton led to the death of an Indian-origin nurse, today said it would contribute at least 500,000 Australian dollars (around Rs 28 lakhs) to a memorial fund to help the grieving family of the woman.
Pakistan's most-capped player Inzamam-ul-Haq has called on the current team to show a more positive attitude with the bat in the remaining test of their three-match series against South Africa.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the first week of IPL 2021.
As several celebrities pitched in for relief and rescue in rain-battered Chennai, the family of chess ace Vishwanathan Anand threw open the doors of its house to some affected people of nearby slums, providing them accommodation, food and clothes.
Last week's releases Chakravyuh and Ajab Ghazab Love were certainly not among his best.
With the company fighting a battle with then petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy and an aggressive Comptroller and Auditor General, seeking answers for investments made in the KG-D6 gas fields, its share price fell below Rs 700 in the middle of 2012.
An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Assam and rest of the north-east on Friday. But there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to properties. The quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale, with its epicenter in Tezpur district, struck at 6.11 pm, said R F Dattatreya of the Meteorological Department in Delhi. He said the quake was of "moderate" intensity.
Ganesh's Mr 420 and Prajwal Devaraj's Gokula Krishna to release this week.
With the much-awaited elections to the Archery Association of India (AAI) drawing closer, the national convenor of Clean Sports India B V P Rao, who will be challenging incumbent president V K Malhotra, has raised several issues to ensure that the elections are free and fair.
Allan Jones is visually challenged since birth but he still turns up to take his designated seat whenever there is a Test match at the Basin Reverse.
While we laud the dramatic rise in India's tele-density thanks to the mobile phone penetration, it is concerning to see most subscribers, including the educated class, unaware of the possible health hazards due to radiation from mobile phones and mobile towers.
The actor was admitted to a Mumbai hospital following a respiratory disorder.
Instead of wasting your breath on badly recycled versions of beloved classics, listen to Sukanya Verma's pick of 15 under-rated Bollywood numbers.
Looking at Bebo's top money-making movies at the box office.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the decision could cost the government roughly Rs 15,000 crore.
Exciting times ahead in the FX markets, predicts Sonali Ranade
At least 10 militants and a security personnel were killed on Sunday in a fierce clash in the restive South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Monday said he would go ahead with his protest march on Tuesday against the August 11 violence even though the police have denied permission for it.
The Indian challenge at the WTA Indian Open ended with the crushing defeat of Rutuja Bhosale at the hands of seventh seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, at the Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune, on Wednesday. The Indian wild card lost the second round match in the US $125,000 event 3-6, 0-6.
The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday asked Team Anna to exercise control over its language while criticising the prime minister, saying use of intemperate words against somebody holding the top post is not acceptable.
However, Mallya ranks well above Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways, who has been ranked by Forbes at 94th position with a fortune of $600 million.
Director Habib Faizal talks about the making of Ishaqzaade
The floor or the minimum offer price for Nalco's share sale has been set at Rs 40 apiece, which was a 10 per cent discount to Thursday's close of Rs 44.65.
Egypt have gambled on Mohamed Salah returning to fitness in the coming weeks by naming him in their 23-man squad for this month's World Cup in Russia.
The top seeds in the men's and women's singles advanced to the semi-finals of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships, in Delhi, on Thursday.
Three more rhinos were found dead on Monday in the flood waters of the Kaziranga National Park which has witnessed a sudden rise in poaching activities in the last few weeks.
The phone maker seeks to protect market share via budget smart phones, dual-SIM devices and more.
With tensions between China and Taiwan rapidly increasing, the tone of China's official media has also become progressively more strident, observes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was to fly to Dharamsala and reached the IGI airport in New Delhi in the afternoon and according to him, he cleared the security check and was waiting for boarding when he was told that his ticket was cancelled
In the last three years, photographer Zakia Shakir has zigzagged across the world to train her camera on some of India's most famous men.
Housing Development and Finance Corporation had a net profit of Rs 1,337.38 crore (Rs 13.37 billion) in the October-December quarter of 2011-12 fiscal.
Uttaran couple Rashmi and Nandish Sandhu recently tied the knot on February 12.
Filmmaker Suparn Verma revisits Mr India as the much-loved film celebrates its 25th anniversary this Friday
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers of IPL 2020.
Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap and boxer L Devendro Singh came up with stellar displays on Day 4 of competitions in the Olympic Games but India drew a blank and failed to add any medal to the bronze won by rifle shooter Gagan Narang.
