Delhi Capitals, who reached the Indian Premier League 2020 final, have retained batsman Prithvi Shaw despite the unproductive season he had in 2020 and followed it with an equally poor outing in Australia....
Rumours of alleged reduction of passing marks by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for Class 10 and 12 Board exams in 2021, has been floating on WhatsApp and on social media....
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday said the 2021 Assam assembly polls will be held taking into consideration the Rongali Bihu festival in April and the CBSE board examinations for students of class 10 and 12....
At least 20 Indian Americans are going to be an integral part of Joe Biden's administration. Take a sneak peek into the individuals and their portfolios....
A four-year antitrust investigation into PC games geo-blocking in the European Union by distribution platform Valve and five games publishers has led to fines totalling €7.8 million (~$9.4M) after the Commission confirmed today that the bloc’s rules had been breached. The geo-blocking practic…...
A day before she was to take charge as the 49th Vice-President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris sent out a message of "unity" and "togetherness" to a country still reeling under the twin blows of the Covid-19 pandemic and unprecedented political turmoil....
An emotional President-elect Joe Biden flew to Washington Tuesday on the eve of his inauguration, as his predecessor Donald Trump -- who will snub Biden's swearing-in -- for the first time wished success to the new administration....
US President-elect Joe Biden led a simple but powerful tribute Tuesday to the 400,000-plus Americans lost to the coronavirus, as he arrived in Washington on the eve of his inauguration....
The first two Tests will be held in Chennai, beginning on February 5, while the next two will be played at the renovated stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad...
India, following their historic series win in Australia, now return home after a nearly three-month-long tour and get ready to face England in four Tests starting February 5....
Kevin Pietersen's tweet in Hindi language had the netizens in splits as the former England skipper asked India to celebrate their monumental Test series-win over Australia but also warned that the...
In her maternal grandfather’s hometown of Thulasendrapuram, about 350 kilometers (215 miles) from the southern coastal city of Chennai, people were jubilant and gearing up for celebrations....
Hours before Kamala Harris's historic inauguration as US Vice President, her ancestral village in Tamil Nadu celebrated with firecrackers, sweets and customized calendars of their most famous face....
Thulasenthirapuram in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, the ancestral village of United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's maternal family, is all decked up for a celebration ahead of her swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday....
The Aadhaar Bill was certified as a money bill which enabled the government to get it cleared without getting the assent of a majority in the Rajya Sabha....
The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its 2018 verdict upholding the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions....
While the BJP counts on Savarkar's contribution to India's freedom movement and calls him a "great patriot", the Congress and other opposition parties have long shunned him for his alleged link to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin....
A portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar in the picture gallery of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has sparked a row, with Congress MLC Deepak Singh raising an objection and writing a letter to the Chairman seeking its removal....
Actor Kangana Ranaut's Twitter account was briefly switched to "read-only" mode after her controversial post on the web series "Tandav", which is facing a backlash over scenes that allegedly hurt Hindu sentiments....
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress continues to lose its leaders to the BJP as the Bengal election draws closer. Today, party MLA Arindam Bhattacharya crossed over to the BJP in Delhi....
On Monday, Adhikari had said at a roadshow in Kolkata that if fielded from Nandigram he would defeat Banerjee by at least 50,000 votes or quit politics....
President-elect Joe Biden plans to begin immediately unwinding President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, climate and other issues on Wednesday with at least 15 executive actions, including moves to reverse U.S. withdrawals from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization, and stop construction of a border wall....
Less than 24 hours before Joe Biden swears in as the 46th President of the United States, Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken bluntly said that outgoing President Donald Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China, even though he does not agree with the Trump administration’s tactics....
The makers of Amazon Prime Video series "Tandav" deciding to implement changes to the political drama is only "one step forward", local BJP MP Manoj Kotak said on Tuesday, adding he will "strive" for regulation of content on OTT platforms....
The makers of Tandav, a Hindi language political show now streaming on Amazon Prime, will face tough legal action for hurting Hindu sentiments, the Uttar Pradesh government has said. A police case has reportedly been filed against various persons involved in the show at a Lucknow police station....
A 42-year-old healthcare worker in Nirmal district of Telangana, who received COVID-19 vaccination, died early Wednesday after complaining of chest pain, with preliminary findings suggesting the death is unrelated to the vaccination, a health official said....
A 42-year-old healthcare worker in Nirmal district of Telangana, who received COVID-19 vaccination, died early this morning after complaining of chest pain, with preliminary findings suggesting the death is unrelated to the vaccination, a health official said....
"Preliminary findings suggest that the dead seems to be unrelated to the vaccination. As per the guidelines, postmortem will be conducted by a team of doctors," a statement issued by the Director of Public Health and Welfare read....
Since the last few months, reports of the production giant Yash Raj Film announcing several mega-projects as a part of Project 50, has been rife in the media....
Pathan is Shah Rukh Khan's first starring role after the 2018 movie Zero. The film is also said to feature Deepika Padukone and Dimple Kapadia in significant parts....
Bhutan and Maldives on Wednesday became the first two countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines sent by India in sync with its 'neighbourhood first' policy....
Bhutan and Maldives on Wednesday became the first two countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines sent by India in sync with its "neighbourhood first" policy....
India dispatched the first consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Male in the Maldives on January 20....
LONDON: More than 100 British musicians, from pop and rock idols including Ed Sheeran, Sting and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to classical stars such as conductor Simon Rattle, have said tours of Europe by British artists are in danger because of Brexit....
The CA officials said that the BCCI's cooperation was crucial to making the tour a hit. The series gave the financially struggling CA a major boost with an expected revenue of 300 million Australian dollars...
BRISBANE, Australia: Against all odds, interim captain Ajinkya Rahane managed to lead an injury-affected India to victory in the fourth cricket test and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy....
Warne was, however, effusive in his praise for the Indian team which braved injuries to its key players and absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli after the first Test on paternity leave to emerge triumphant...
Clarke, however, refused to blame team leader Tim Paine for the unthinkable Test series defeat at home. An injury-ravaged India beat Australia by three wickets in the final game in Brisbane on Tuesday to win the series 2-1 and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy....
India became the first team to beat Australia at The Gabba in over 32 years when they defeated the hosts by three wickets in the fourth and final Test and clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 on Tuesday (January 19)....
Joe Biden Inauguration Live Updates: Joe Biden will take oath as the 46th president of the United States tonight. Weeks after the Capitol Hill siege, there are extraordinary levels of security in place for the inauguration ceremony....
Biden Inauguration LIVE Updates: Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday, amidst heightened security concerns after a mob of pro-Trump extremists violently breached the Capitol two weeks ago....
Stock market today: The 30-share Sensex advanced by 393.83 or 0.80 per cent to close at its fresh record of 49,792.12. The broader NSE Nifty jumped 123.55 points or 0.85 per cent to settle at a lifetime high of 14,644.70....
Benchmark BSE Sensex rose by over 170 points in early trade on Wednesday as IT, energy and pharma stocks advanced amid gains in global equities on hopes of fresh US stimulus measures....
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, while interacting with the media on Tuesday, said that the government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to 'Kamalam'....
A nasal COVID-19 vaccine will be easy to be give to school-going children who bear a "very mild" load of the disease but they are infectious, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said on Wednesday....
A nasal COVID-19 vaccine will be easy to be give to school-going children who bear a "very mild" load of the disease but they are infectious, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said on Wednesday....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hit the campaign trail on Saturday in Tamil Nadu where assembly elections are likely to be held in April-May, party state unit chief KS Azhagiri said on Wednesday....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hit the campaign trail on Saturday in Tamil Nadu where assembly elections are likely to be held in April-May, party state unit chief K S Azhagiri said on Wednesday....
A sessions court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected the bail application of former CEO of ratings agency BARC, Partho Dasgupta, an accused in the alleged fake Television Ratings Point (TRP) case....
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who had been sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of stealing trade secrets, has received a pardon from President Donald Trump. The full pardon, which was one of 73 issued late Tuesday evening, means Levandowski will a…...
Divya Dutta said that she is looking forward to working with Kangana Ranaut and Arjun Rampal, and she is "truly exhilarated" to be a part of a woman-oriented action film, that will set a trend....
Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday said his contract with IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings has ended, bringing to a conclusion his "wonderful" two-year stint with the s...
Raina had left the CSK bubble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the start of the last year's IPL that moved out of India because of the pandemic. The nature of his departure had irked the franchise hierarchy, although CSK chief N Srinivasan chose to be considerate.
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Guru Gobind Singh birth anniversary 2021: The 10th Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh - spent around 10 years at Hemkund Sahib for meditation. Know about the great Sikh pilgrimage dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh at Chamoli in Uttarakhand...
Happy Guru Gobind Singh Birth Anniversary: The 'Prakash Purab' of Guru Gobind Singh is being celebrated today. Here are 'Happy Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti' wishes, messages, images, SMS, status for WhatsApp and Facebook to share on the auspicious occasion....
Leaking of official secret of military operations is treason and those involved must be punished, Congress leader AK Antony said today referring to the alleged WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media....
Guru Gobind Singh birth anniversary 2021: The Prakash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru was celebrated with great enthusiasm on Wednesday. See in pics Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti celebrations from different gurudwaras...
'Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid homage to Guru Gobind Singh on his birth anniversary and said the world is witnessing live example of the 10th Sikh Guru's teachings as farmers continue their "satyagraha"....
China’s most recognizable entrepreneur addressed scores of teachers on an online conference Wednesday, part of an annual event the billionaire hosts to recognize the achievements of rural educators. His appearance, first reported in a local blog, was confirmed by people familiar with the matter....
Alibaba and Ant co-founder Jack Ma has resurfaced after months out of public view, quashing intense speculation about the plight of the billionaire grappling with escalating scrutiny over his internet empire....
India's Rishabh Pant became the top-ranked wicket-keeper batsman in the world after his sensational series-winning 89-run knock in the Brisbane match pushed him to a career-best 13th spot in the I...
The Supreme Court also expressed "serious reservations" on aspersions cast on members of the panel appointed by it to resolve impasse over farm laws, saying they have not been conferred with any adjudicatory power....
The BJP-led government in Gujarat has inspired a bizarre new trend on Twitter after Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Tuesday that dragonfruit will henceforth be called 'Kamalam' in the state....
"The State government has decided rename Dragon Fruit. As the outer shape of the fruit resembles a lotus, hence Dragon Fruit shall be renamed as Kamalam," the Chief Minister was quoted by news agency ANI as saying....
Bannon was indicted and arrested in August by federal prosecutors in Manhattan on charges related to the money raised to promote the construction of the wall long sought by Trump....
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon, the White House said, just before he was due to leave office....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on January 30 during which the government will put forth its legislative agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said today....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on January 30 during which the government will put forth its legislative agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday....
The Supreme Court today said it will not pass orders on the planned tractor rally on Republic Day in New Delhi since it is the police that must decide these matters. Thousands of farmers were scheduled to hold such a parade in the national capital in the event of the failure of talks with the Central government over the three new contentions agricultural laws....
Farmers' Protest Live News Updates: The farmers, meanwhile, are firm on their demand to repeal the three farm laws. Preparations are underway for the proposed tractor rally on Republic Day....
Farmers’ Protest LIVE Updates: Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally on Republic Day, farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws have said their preparations are in full gear and authorities should facilitate the "peaceful march", instead of stopping it....
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today congratulated the Indian cricket team for the spectacular win in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday as messages from across the country continue to pour in....
India's cricketers were hailed as 'Immortals' on Wednesday following their record-breaking win in Brisbane, but some former greats called for chastened Australia to make changes....
Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth, who was sharing the room with Praneeth, was also forced to withdraw as per protocols laid down by the Badminton World Federation (BWF)....
Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth, one of the frontrunners to represent country at the Tokyo Olympics, has pulled out of the ongoing Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament after testing positive for...
A group of farm union leaders will meet top officials of Delhi, Haryana and UP police on Wednesday to discuss the route and arrangements for their scheduled tractor rally on January 26 to protests against the three farm laws, a farmer union leader said....
As part of their protest, on January 26, thousands of farmers from Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders are set to take out a tractor march on Delhi’s Outer Ring Road....
324 runs from 98 overs in the final day’s play at the Gabba looked like a mountain to climb. Instead, they seized the momentum at crucial junctures to pull off an improbable win on an emotionally-charged, roller-coaster day....
Taking a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over commenting on the Capitol Hill violence in the US and maintaining "silence" on the farmers'' protest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the former has a "lack of understanding of fundamentals"....
“Today Congress leader Rahul Gandhi inaugurated a book called 'Kheti ka Khoon' ...I want to remind that you are saying kheti ka khoon but you have played a bloodsport," said BJP leader Prakash Javadekar....
With the farmers’ protests not spreading outside Punjab and Haryana and failing to create enough ripples among other sections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi perhaps was trying to nuance the Congress strategy....
India, one of the world's leading drugmakers, on Tuesday said it will provide COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday, and that shipments will be sent to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius as well on receipt of necessary regulatory clearances....
Bhutan and Maldives will be the first to get the vaccines from Wednesday, followed by Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles. Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will also get doses once they give necessary regulatory approvals....
