While the delegation, led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, met mainstream sections, five members of the group broke away to meet the separatists. Four MPs — Communist Party of India-Marxist’s General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI leader D Raja, Janata Dal-United’s Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Jay Prakash Narayan — went to meet hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Read More

More than 200 people were injured in clashes between stone pelters and security forces in Kashmir on Sunday, on a day an all-party parliamentary delegation was in Srinagar to assess the ground situation in the valley where normal life remained paralysed for 58th consecutive day. There was no curfew in the valley except some areas of Srinagar falling under the Read More

Australia’s stand-in skipper David Warner led by example, hitting a brilliant century in their five-wicket win against Sri Lanka to complete a 4-1 series victory on Sunday. Australia’s bowlers laid the foundation for their victory after routing Sri Lanka for 195 in 40.2 overs in the final match of the series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. – Scorecard The Read More

Lucas Pouille crowned a glorious French charge at the US Open on Sunday by ousting 14-times Grand Slam singles winner Rafa Nadal in a five-set thriller. The 22-year-old Pouille, seeded 24th, won a deciding tiebreak 8-6 to complete a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) marathon victory and join compatriots Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils into the last eight at Flushing Read More

We thought we’d have to be apologetic about breaking the calmness of a typical Delhi morning with the rumble of an American V-Twin. While I rolled past the residences of India’s political bigwigs, lapping up every metre of the neatly paved road, fitness freaks of every age and children sticking their necks out of school bus windows gave us nothing Read More

Tulsi Kumar, who has sung such songs like Salamat (Sarbjit) and Soch Na Sake (Airlift), has been a part of Bollywood for a decade. Sister of T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar, Tulsi started her career with the Aksar song,Mohabbat Ke. After getting married to Hitesh Ralhan in 2015, Tulsi set up home in Delhi. And what a home she has! A Read More

A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, killing several dozen people including at least 30 in President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal stronghold of Tartus, state media said. At least 48 people died in the blasts, and 45 were also wounded in the double bombing outside of Tartus city, which is home to a Russian Read More

At the Reliance Industries (RIL) annual general meeting last Thursday, chairman Mukesh Ambani made a special mention of his children, Akash and Isha. Both are 24 years old, and directors of Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail Ventures. Mukesh praised them for being hands-on leaders in a business where the average age of employees is 30. Though the spotlight is firmly Read More

Urjit Patel who took over as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank will have a tough task in maintaining the legacy of his predecessor, Raghuram Rajan, and balance them need to contain inflation without hurting growth. Patel assumed charge effective September 4, 2016, after serving as deputy governor since January 2013, RBI said in a statement on Sunday. He was Read More