An August gathering of sporting legends, politicians and Bollywood celebrities will be in full attendance when star boxer Vijender Singh takes on Australia’s Kerry Hope in the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Championship title at the Thyagaraj stadium here on Saturday. Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir will be in attendance from the cricketing world. Besides Read More

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is likely to be announced as Donald Trump’s running mate, New York Times reported, citing sources. The Trump Campaign reportedly told Republican officials Thursday that they will announce Pence as a running mate tomorrow. Republicans privy to the information told NYT that Pence has emerged as the strongest contender for the position. This is likely to Read More

Direct investments by Indian firms abroad fell by 3.2 per cent year-on-year to USD 1.86 billion in June this year, according to RBI data. Indian companies had invested USD 1.92 billion in their overseas ventures in June 2015. In May 2016, Indian firms had invested USD 2.69 billion as overseas investment. The investments were in the form of issuance of Read More

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said curfew will be imposed across the Kashmir Valley on Friday as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order. District Magistrates issued the orders for imposition of curfew in their respective areas of jurisdiction on Wednesday evening and the order will come into effect from the morning, an official spokesman said. The spokesman said no vehicular movement Read More

In a hotly contested match, U Mumba beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 29-23 to move to third in the points table in the Pro Kabaddi Season 4. The experienced duo of Rakesh Kumar and Anup Kumar scored 12 points between them to guide U Mumba to a memorable victory. Jaipur Pink Panthers’ defence put up an ordinary performance as they could Read More

Power-and-blood fantasy saga “Game of Thrones” ruled the Emmy Award nominations on Wednesday with a leading 23 bids, including best drama, while a real-life epic of murder and celebrity, “The People v OJ Simpson,” was close behind with 22 nods. “Game of Thrones” gets the chance to win its second top Emmy, while “Veep,” last year’s top comedy winner, also will get another shot at holding Read More

An FIR was lodged against playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya on charges of public obscenity and outrage of modesty on Thursday after Aam Aadmi Party leader Preeti Sharma Menon filed a complaint at the Cyber Cell. According to Menon, she had tweeted to the police commissioner about the singer’s use of obscene language on social media towards a woman journalist. In Read More

Here’s the latest on the 68th annual Primetime Emmy nominations announced Thursday in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (all times local): 10:05 am The executives behind “Downton Abbey” celebrated the news of their last batch of Emmy nominations with champagne, and a bit of swordplay. “Downton Abbey” executive producer Gareth Neame says he opened a Read More

The state of emergency which France declared after last November’s deadly Paris attacks will come to an end later this month, President Francois Hollandeconfirmed on Thursday. Speaking on the national July 14 holiday, Hollande said the decree after the November 13 attacks will not be renewed beyond July 26, because a law bolstering security in France was adopted in May. Read More

The results of the Board Of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh’s (BSEAP) advanced suplementary SSC examination 2016 have been announced on the official website of the Board. The exams were held in June this year. Steps to check the BSEAP SSC Advanced Supplementary Results 2016: Log on to the official website of the Board, http://www.bseap.org Click on ‘results’ Go to your Read More