New Delhi: Asian Games gold medal-winning woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus. She was tested by the Indian government as per the protocol as she was to receive Rajiv Gandhi...
Bengaluru: The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will engage with fans through skill challenges to celebrate the National Sports Day on Saturday which marks the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Hockey...
New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI has decided to intensify its crackdown against the sale of adulterated edible oil with pan-India surveillance. A quality survey has been conducted across the country between August 25-27 across...
New Delhi: Through its in-house mobile app ‘Pension Corner’, the CISF will, from Friday, be in touch with all its retired personnel to cater to their needs. With the help of this new digital initiative,...
Chennai: Congress MP from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari H. Vasanthakumar died here on Friday evening due to Covid-19, officials said. He was 70. Vasanthakumar, who was also the promoter of Vasanth & Co consumer durable retail...
Mumbai: Sabir Ahmed, former personal assistant of Sushant Singh Rajput, says the actor never consumed drugs till at least the time he worked and stayed with him. Sabir’s claim comes at a time when the...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has received two awards for application of technologies in the public services. The Integrated Legal Monitoring System of the government and the state’s COVID Dashboard were awarded by the ‘Tech Sabha’,...
New Delhi: The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry will soon come up with the “VISHVAS (Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargo Ke Liye Arthik Sahayta Yojana)” scheme, whereby people from underprivileged sections who have taken...
Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 24.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 835,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases...
Mumbai: Shweta Singh Kirti, sister of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Friday night shared screenshots of several WhatsApp chats from last year where actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik are seen ordering someone...
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday questioned Rhea Chakraborty here in connection with the mysterious death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput for over 10 hours and she has been asked to appear...
Srinagar: Three militants and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Zadoora area of Pulwama...
Los Angeles: American actor Cadwick Boseman, best known for his role in “Black Panther”, has died after a four-year-long secret battle with colon cancer. He was 43. In a statement posted on his official Twitter...
New Delhi: India has received the highest rainfall in August this year since 1976 — 25 per cent more than the average, after recording 10 per cent less downpour than the average in July, thus...
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 34 lakh with a single-day spike of 76,472 cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 26,48,998, pushing the recovery rate to 76.47 per cent on Saturday, according...
Mumbai: Actress Alia Bhatt is garnering more dislikes than likes in cyber space for her latest attempt at singing. Alia’s latest film “Sadak 2” released digitally on Friday, and her reprised version of the song...
Aurangabad: Students of a Zilla Parishad-run school in a remote village of Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, who have been learning Japanese language, have received help straight from the Land of the Rising Sun. A professor based...
New Delhi: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced an enhancement in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports Awards. Rijiju made this announcement on the occasion of...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday paid tributes to legendary sportsperson Major Dhyan Chand on the occasion of his 115th birth anniversary. This day is also commemorated...
New Delhi: In a major blow to Chennai Super Kings, veteran batsman Suresh Raina will not be available for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) slated to be played in the UAE...