Asiad 2018: Indian rowers win quadruple sculls gold

India enjoyed a memorable day in rowing at the 18th Asian Games on Friday, with the men's quadruple sculls team winning gold and two other Indian crews securing bronze medals.

Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh…

Jharkhand HC cancels Lalu Yadav's provisional bail

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and directed him to surrender by August 30.

The court was hearing Lalu Prasad's plea…

5 units of 800 MW each to be installed by 2022 : CM Das

Jharkhand is working towards providing electricity to every household by December, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Friday, claiming that power connections had already been provided to 19 lakh of the state's 38 lakh households that were without…

Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales

More than 100 towns across Sri Lanka have joined a campaign to discourage smoking by voluntarily boycotting the sale of cigarettes, as the government steps up efforts to make the country tobacco-free.

The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that…

Pakistan will take 'bitter decisions' on Jadhav: Foreign Minister

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said the country may have to take "some bitter decisions" in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, whose death sentence by a Pakistani military court is being challenged…

4 killed in Mumbai highrise blaze

At least four people, including a 62-year-old woman, were killed and 16 others injured after a major fire broke out in a high-rise residential building in Mumbai's Parel area on Wednesday, officials said.

The blaze erupted on the 12th floor…

India thrash England by 203 runs in 3rd Test

India kept their hopes alive in the five-match Test series against England with a convincing 203-run victory in the third Test at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.

Chasing a daunting target of 521, England resumed their second innings at 311/9 but…

New Kerala has to be built, UAE to give $100 mn: Vijayan

The United Arab Emirates has pledged $100 million to support relief and reconstruction efforts in flood-ravaged Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday, as the state began assessing the enormous task of rebuilding infrastructure destroyed…

Wrestler Vinesh bags historic gold

Vinesh Phogat created history on Monday by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold medal, defeating Japan’s Yuki Irie in the women’s freestyle 50kg final in Jakarta.

Vinesh controlled the final from the…

Rajiv Gandhi remembered on his 74th birth anniversary

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at his memorial in Delhi on Monday, marking his 74th birth anniversary.

Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by his sister…