Rio Olympics: India held by Canada 2-2
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team was held 2-2 by lower-ranked Canada in its final group phase game that failed to guarantee it a third place in the Pool B of…
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Rio Olympics: Boxer Vikas, Sania-Bopanna bring cheer on dismal day
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav and tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna brought some much needed cheer as the Indian contingent their flop show at the ongoing 31st Olympic…
Rio Olympics: Boxer Vikas enters Middleweight quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav defeated Onder Sipal of Turkey 3-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the men’s Middleweight (75kg) category at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. The Haryana…
Rio Olympics: Boxer Vikas defeats Turkish opponent
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav defeated Onder Sipal of Turkey in the second round of the men’s Middleweight (75kg) category at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. The Haryana boxer…
Sania-Bopanna enter mixed doubles semis
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian star Tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event at the ongoing Rio Olympics by defeating Andy Murray and…
Messi to make Argentina return after brief international retirement
NEW JERSEY, June 27, 2016 (Xinhua) — Argentina’s Lionel Messi looks on during the final of 2016 Copa America Centenario soccer tournament at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, the United States on June 26,…
Shuttlers Manu-Sumeeth crash out of Rio men’s doubles event
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s men’s badminton doubles duo of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy crashed out of the Rio Olympics after going down in straight games 13-21, 15-21 to China’s Chai…
Talks are on to resolve ‘Dragon’, Sanjay Dutt biopic clash: Ranbir
Mumbai: Actor Ranbir Kapoor during the launch of Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) store in Mumbai, on August 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Actor Ranbir Kapoor on Friday said that…
Windies lose early wickets on fourth day
St Lucia, Aug 12 (IANS) An upbeat India got an early breakthrough by packing off the two overnight West Indian batsmen before lunch on the fourth day of the third Test at the Darren Sammy…
Rio Olympics: India held by Canada 2-2
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team was held 2-2 by lower-ranked Canada in its final group phase game that failed to guarantee it a third place in the Pool B of…
Rower Dattu finishes second in semis; qualifies for Final C
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Rower Dattu Bhokanal qualified for Final C after finishing second in men’s singles sculls semi-final C/D 2 at the Rio Olympics here on Friday. The 25-year-old put in a…
Telangana to up quota for Muslims, STs in proportion to population
Hyderabad, Aug 12 (IANS) Telangana government will go for a special legislation on the lines of Tamil Nadu to increase the quantum of reservation for Muslims in proportion to their population in the state, Chief…
Gunmen open fire in Kashmir village; policeman, civilian killed
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) At least two people including a policeman were killed on Friday evening by some unknown gunmen in southern district of the Kashmir Valey, police said. Two more civilians were injured, one…
Two killed in terror attack in Assam
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) Two people were killed and six injured on Friday when militants opened fire in a village in Assam’s Tinsukia district, police said. The attack is suspected to have been carried out…
DGCA directs airlines to file FIR against suspended pilots
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The country’s aviation regulator has directed Air India and Jet Airways to file legal complaints against their pilots, who were suspended for being drunk after operating overseas flights to India,…
India’s dismal run continues in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s flop show at the 31st Rio Olympics continued on Friday with shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa crashing out from the preliminary stages while archer Atanu Das went…
Retail inflation breaches tolerance level but factory output up
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) India’s annual retail inflation shot up beyond the official tolerance level of 6 per cent for July mainly on higher prices for food articles like pulses and vegetables, while on…
Two killed in terror attack in Assam
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) Two people were killed and five injured on Friday when militants opened fire in a village in Assam’s Tinsukia district, police said. The attack is suspected to have been carried out…
SRK detained at US airport, Amjad Ali Khan doesn’t get UK visa
Mumbai/New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) On a day Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was detained at a US airport, sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan expressed shock after a UK visa was denied to him. US…
Sushma meets Congo Foreign Minister
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj met with Raymond Tshibanda N’Tungamulongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Congo, here on Friday. “Connecting with the Heart of Africa. EAM…