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Former RJD MP Shahabuddin walks out of jail after 11 years

Former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad ‘Saheb’ Shahabuddin on Saturday walked out of jail after 11 years, as the Patna high court granted him bail in the Rajiv Roshan murder case. Rajiv Roshan, an eyewitness in the acid attack case of Siwan, was gunned down allegedly by Shahabuddin’s sharp shooters in 2011. Roshan was the eyewitness in the murder of Read More


Look out for her at the Tokyo Olympics!

The Rio Olympics hoopla has settled down. Given our track record, we Indians will jump into the bandwagon only in 2020, just in time for the Tokyo Olympics. But there are athletes who practice day in and day out to be part of the mega event. One among them is the talented hockey player, Rani Rampal. The 21-year-old striker hails Read More


US Open: Paes-Begemann bow out in first round of doubles

Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were knocked out in the first round of men’s doubles at the US Open after losing to the Stephane Robert-Dudi Sela 6-2 5-7 4-6 on Saturday. Despite starting on a positive note after taking the first set 6-2, Paes and Begemann lost the next set by a narrow margin (5-7). In the Read More


Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig out in US Open 1st round

Sure, Monica Puig would have loved another week between the Olympics and the US Open to “come down from the high” of becoming Puerto Rico’s first gold medalist. Then again, that’s not how the tennis calendar works. Puig realizes that if she wants to climb back to those heights, she’ll need to figure out this sort of turnaround. For now, Read More


WhatsApp’s privacy policy: Might be no way to keep info out of Facebook

WhatsApp’s privacy policy has changed, and it is generating serious interest on account of one big update: The data-sharing with Facebook. Now, WhatsApp assures it is not going for third-party banner ads or start sharing your private messages onto Facebook or force you to open a Facebook account if you don’t have one, but there are bits where the privacy Read More


Kerala film director finally speaks out on ‘spit on PV Sindhu’ misquote

PV Sindhu’s win is being celebrated across the country and justifiably so. She won a silver medal for the country at the Rio Olympics at a time when our medal tally read just one, thanks to wrestler Sakshi Malik’s bronze. Though, two medals out a contingent of 119 may not be much to boast if we look at the bigger Read More


PV Sindhu lone medal hope after Kidambi Srikanth crashes out

Ahead of elections to 10 municipal councils in the district on December 14, a proposal has been forwarded to the Election Commission to extend the time for voting from 5 pm to 5.30 pm considering the large number of voters coming in to exercise their franchise in the last two hours. Proposals to restrict the number of people per booth Read More


Tintu Luka flops, crashes out in women’s 800m heats

Tintu Luka came a cropper on the global stage once again as she failed to qualify for the semifinals of the women’s 800m race after finishing sixth in her heat at the Rio Olympics. 27-year-old Luka clocked a season’s best of 2 minute 00.58 seconds to finish sixth in heat number 3 and 29th overall out of a total 65 runners. She holds the national record Read More


Opposition walks out of Goa assembly over casino issue

Opposition MLAs on Thursday, staged a walk-out from the Goa Legislative Assembly after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar questioned their intention behind raising the issue of casinos. “I know why questions about casinos are raised on the floor of the house. I know who have dealings with the casinos and who have business relationships with them,” Parsekar said after the Opposition Read More


Keep calories in check while eating out

How do you keep track of calories when eating out or going to parties? Well, it is all about making the right choices with healthy flours, low fat sauces and the cooking technique, say experts. Anisha Dhar and Nupur Khanna, Co-Founders of Eatonomist — a gourmet meal planner — have shared some pointers that you can keep in mind the Read More