In the climactic tiebreaker, Nadal fought off Pouille’s triple match point at 6-3, but the Frenchman won the final two points, the last coming on a blistering forehand winner. “He’s young. He’s a player that has all the shots. He’s a potential top 10,” Nadal said of Pouille. songa advanced to a clash against either world number one Novak Djokovic Read More

The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre wants to change the date of the Union Budget, in sync with the suggestions of an expert panel examining the feasibility of a new financial year for the country. At present, the Budget is usually presented on the last day of February. A committee headed by former chief economic advisor Shankar Acharya Read More

A day after Hurriyat leaders snubbed members of the all-party delegation who reached out to them, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the behaviour of the separatists shows they do not believe in ‘Kashmiriyat‘, ‘Insaniyat‘ and ‘Jamooriyat‘. Addressing a press conference on the second day of the delegation’s visit, Singh said he was confident that peace will be restored Read More

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer MS Dhoni for an allegedly portrayal as Lord Vishnu on a magazine cover page. In January 2016, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was issued a non-bailable arrest warrant by Anantapur Court for being shown as Lord Vishnu on the cover of Business Todaymagazine in April 2013. The complaint had been filed by Read More

With Ganesh Chaturthi just around the corner, several B-town celebrities are gearing up to welcome home the elephant-headed god. Shilpa Shetty, who has been religiously celebrating this auspicious festival, was spotted today with her hubby Raj Kundra and son Viaan collecting the idol of Lord Ganesha. This is the seventh year that Shilpa is bringing home Ganpati. The B-town beauty Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin did on Sunday what no major western leader from the NATO member countries cared to do when he telephoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan to convey his sympathy, goodwill and best wishes for the latter’s success in restoring constitutional order and stability as soon as possible after the attempted coup Friday night. (Kremlin website) The US Read More

The reported remark by the spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup to the effect that his ministry is not in possession of any corroborative information over the recent speculations that some families from Kerala may have migrated to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has, unfortunately, become the small print. In the prevailing set-up in our Read More

As we turned off the main road, there was a mandatory burst of welcoming firecrackers. We had stopped on a slope on slightly higher ground and had walked down the approach, a few hundred yards or so to the open space in front of the main temple at Sriperumbudur, where a red carpet had been laid out. Stepping out from Read More

For the last 18 months, lawyer Jayshree Wad has been fighting surrogacy in the Supreme Court. She petitioned the Supreme Court stating that surrogacy had become a business in India, which then ordered the central government to frame rules governing surrogacy. On Wednesday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced that the Union Cabinet had approved the draft of the Surrogacy Regulation Read More

Rajesh Kunte had been hearing since childhood that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was allegedly involved in the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. The claim hurt him, as he had been a member of the Hindu right-wing outfit since he was five years old. He always wanted to prove this theory wrong, but never got an opportunity to do so. Then, in Read More