Ipoh (Australia): India’s hockey team was overpowered by reigning world champions Australia 1-3 despite starting strongly and suffered the first loss in three matches of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Tuesday. In the match pitting last edition’s finalists, India kept the Australian attackers at bay before taking the lead through Harmanpreet Singh, who […]
Dubai: Inaugural T20 World Champions India dropped six points to slip to the fourth spot in the ICC T20 International rankings in the annual update released here on Tuesday. The Virat Kohli-led side is now on 118 points, three points behind ICC World Twenty20 2009 winner Pakistan, which has joined second-placed England on 121 points […]
We all love trains. All of us have some fond memories of train journeys – even those among us who are unfortunate enough to live in areas yet to be covered under the Railway map. All of us know that Railways is the lifeline of India. But little do we know that away from the […]
Dubai: India have risen to the No.3 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-day International (ODI) rankings with South Africa and Australia taking the top two spots in the latest annual update on Monday. India have gained five points to swap positions with 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand, who have dropped to fourth […]
Ipoh: India recorded a facile 3-0 victory over New Zealand in their second match of the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday. Defender Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners. With this win, India now have four points from two outings. Mandeep Singh opened the Indian account with a fine deflection in […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the central government plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) on a mass scale within the next three years. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines was speaking at the 2017 annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry […]
Hyderabad: Global retail giant Walmart will set up 50 new stores across India over the next three to four years, a top company official said on Saturday. The new stores would include 10 in Telangana, for which the US retailer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government. It will invest $10 to […]
Los Angeles: Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber, who will perform in India in May, spent whopping $15,000 on a new mouthpiece – a pink sapphire grill. The “Company” singer got the mouthpiece from Los Angeles-based jeweller Gold Teeth God – who created the grill in five days, reports tmz.com. According to sources, Bieber flew to […]
New Delhi: US tech giant Google on Friday announced a new “Solve for India” initiative that aims to expand and energise the start-up ecosystem in tier 2 cities across the country. The programme will inspire new wave of entrepreneurs and startups in emerging cities like Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Indore, Nagpur, Nashik, Madurai, Kanpur […]
New Delhi: The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades was accorded a ceremonial welcome on Friday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Anastasiades. He was then accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at the forecourt. Later during the day, Anastasiades will participate in delegation-level talks with Modi. The […]
Srinagar: Five, including three soldiers and two militants, were killed in a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on an army camp on Thursday in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Fidayeen terrorists attacked the Panzgam army camp close to the Line of Control (LoC) around 4.30 a.m.” Defence Ministry Spokesman, Colonel Rajesh Kalia told IANS. “The three soldiers killed, included […]
Islamabad: India on Wednesday filed an appeal with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua over the case of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale met Janjua to file the appeal. “Appeal, in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, filed by […]
New Delhi: The Union sports ministry will soon launch a web portal for identifying and selecting promising sportspersons in the country and help them financially to excel in their fields. “The ministry will offer financial help of Rs 5 lakh to 1,000 sports talents who will be selected every year through a transparent and open […]
New Delhi: To discuss the future of the India-US energy partnership, one of the first Trump administration officials to visit India from the Department of Energy (DOE) held a roundtable meet here with the think tank CEEW on Tuesday. The Council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is an advisor the the Indian government. Beth […]
New Delhi: At least 10 official websites including those of premier educational institutions like Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, IIT Delhi and IIT BHU – were hacked on Tuesday with “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans displayed on them. The hacker group, which identified itself as “Pakistan Haxors Crew (PHC)”, said, “nothing deleted or stolen. Just here to […]
New Delhi: India is set to host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) on November 13, the International Road Federation (IRF) said on Tuesday. The WRM, the biggest global platform for road engineers, safety and transport experts and companies engaged in road safety products, will be attended by over 4,000 delegates from across the […]
Bhubaneswar: In a decision that could shock many students as much as the parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has come up with its decision that marksheets provided to class 12 students will henceforth clearly state the extra marks or grace marks given to them to clear a paper. Grace marks are usually […]
Mumbai: After singer-composer Kailash Kher voiced his disagreement on Sonakshi Sinha’s performing at Justin Bieber’s maiden concert in India, the actress says she is not performing at the pop star’s concert. “Firstly, I am not performing at the Bieber concert. It was speculated because I was approached and carried forward by publications and portals even […]
Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur has, on Monday, clinched gold in the ongoing Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Jinhua, China. Breaking her earlier national record of 17.96m, Manpreet came up with her best throw of 18.86m at the event. It also helped her become No 1 in shot put in world rankings The 26-year-old […]
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said “Gau Rakshaks” (cow vigilantes) are committing acts of terror against innocent people and warned that continued attacks will stoke anarchy in the country. The Member of Parliament alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its government did not want to stop Gau Rakshaks as they had […]