Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu on Monday said every match at the recently-concluded Games was a challenge for her. World No.10 Sindhu, who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award — the country’s highest sporting honour — by President Pranab Mukherjee at a special function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, defeated higher-ranked opponents in each round to set Read More

The advocate for the complainant who has filed a case of rape against Anmol Ratan, a fellow research scholar of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has written to the SHO of the Vasant Kunj (North) police station asking him to clarify the “misleading and false” details of the case being circulated in the media. Advocate Vrinda Grover has also asked Read More

An ex-wife of Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, said Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to private school nearly a decade ago, according to court papers reviewed Friday by The Associated Press. The revelation came a day after reports emerged that domestic violence charges were filed 20 years ago against Bannon following Read More

France, burkini ban, france burkini ban, france burkini, French court burkini, burkini ban, muslims, world news France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling. The Conseil d’Etat gave the ruling following a request from the League of Human Rights to overturn Read More

After controversy over his statement over freedom fighter that mentioned ‘Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose were hanged’, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar issued a clarification saying it’s a confusion of punctuation in his quote. While paying homage to freedom fighters, Javadekar had said, “We salute our freedom fighters. So many bravehearts – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru, Bhagat Read More

Congress today sought to turn tables on BJP over its attack on actress-turned-politician Ramya, contending that if wanting better ties with Pakistan was seditionthen the first case should be lodged against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The entire country wants a better relationship between India and Pakistan. Certain elements in BJP and RSS are unnecessarily trying to gain cheap publicity by Read More

India skipper Virat Kohli says the much improved batting performance by the lower order  batsmen, particularly wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, was the biggest gain of the West Indies series, which they won 2-0. Kohli said the team is satisfied with the outcome of the series as the fourth Test ended in a draw after wet outfield led to abandonment of the match Read More

Kicking off a six-day tour of Latin America, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday in Havana his visit would open a new chapter in the Islamic Republic’s relations with Communist-ruled Cuba. Iran, which has long been friendly with Cuba, is on a drive to improve foreign commerce after the removal in January of international sanctions against the Read More

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp called for his players to “stay calm” and does not expect to expect wholesale changes against Burton Albion on Tuesday as they seek to quickly bounce back from their 2-0 defeat at Burnley. Much of the excitement generated by the club’s thrilling opening weekend win at Arsenal has been replaced by concern by their subsequent setback Read More

Debutant director Rajeev Chaudhari, who is gearing up for the release of the upcoming film Beiimaan Love, says the movie will establish actress Sunny Leone as a mainstream heroine. There were reports that the One Night Stand actress will not be promoting Beiimaan Love, which also stars Rajneesh Duggal and Daniel Weber. Asked if the reports are true, Chaudhari told Read More