Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 5-day and four-nation tour, addressed a gathering of Indian diaspora on Friday (IST) in Johannesburg, South Africa. PM Modi recalled the historical connection between the two nations stating how South Africa had “transformed” Mahatma Gandhi. He also spoke about how on this day, SA played its first cricket match. Modi in Africa: Here’s how far Read More

After Punjab, a proposal has been made to the BJP government in Haryana to levy ‘cow cess’ to generate funds for the welfare of cows in the state. Haryana Gau Sewa Ayog has proposed the government to levy Rs 2,100 on booking of banquet hall, 5 per cent cess on collection of entertainment tax, Re 1 per bag of foodgrain Read More

The three Khans of Bollywood Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khanmade their foray into films at around the same time in the early 90s. While they did start out as competitors onscreen and have had their share of nasty fights (SRK and Salman’s spat at Katrina Kaif’s birthday bash was the most infamous one) almost 25 years later Read More

Keeping up its offensive over the ‘telecom scam’, Congress Friday alleged that conduct of the Modi government and its ministers has “come under a cloud” in the wake of their “lame duck” reaction to the Rs 45,000 crore scandal in the sector. The party also raked up the Essar Tapes issue wondering as to what connection it has with the Read More

Roger Federer had his serve broken from 30-0, 40-0 and 40-30 and 5-6 in the fourth set. Twice there were double faults involved in his break of serves – such small were the margins between win and defeat in the Wimbledon semi-final where Milos Raonic triumphed over the Swiss champion. In the press conference, Federer called the break from 5-6, Read More

The African Union says it plans to withdraw its forces from Somalia by the end of 2020 after years of trying to secure the Horn of Africa country against extremist group al-Shabab. The AU’s Peace and Security Council statement issued this week comes after a series of challenges for the 22,000-strong multinational peacekeeping force, including funding issues that left some Read More

Congress general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Uttarakhand Ambika Soni on Thursday met Chief Minister Harish Rawat and state party chief Kishore Upadhyay to review relief efforts in the wake of torrential rains and cloudbursts in Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts that killed 21 people. Taking stock of the relief efforts at the Congress office, Soni asked party workers to Read More

The prospect of Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt missing the Rio Olympics through injury will rightly give organisers and fans palpitations. But track and field’s chief administrator, Sebastian Coe, insisted today that the Summer Games were not based around one athlete, albeit acknowledging the “genius” of the six-time Olympic gold medallist. Bolt is facing a race against time to be Read More

Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat (69kg) lost in the semifinals but remained in the hunt for an Olympic quota berth in the International Boxing Association’s Olympic qualifying tournament for professional boxers in Vargas, Venezuela today. The 24-year-old Neeraj, who is the reigning WBC Asian champion, went down 0-3 to second-seeded German Arajik Marutjan, a former European Championships silver-medallist. However, the loss Read More

BJP President Amit Shah met party leaders and Ministers in Gujarat, where Assembly election is due in late 2017, and discussed organisational matters. Shah, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, is expected to stay till Friday and meet some more leaders, said Gujarat BJP media convener Harshad Patel. Several top BJP leaders and Ministers, including state unit chief and Transport Read More