In a massive setback for the country, world football governing body FIFA suspended India for "undue influence from third parties" and said the U-17 Women's World Cup "cannot currently be held in India as planned"....
The suspension also means that the Under-17 women's World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in India from Oct. 11-30, cannot be held in the country as planned....
Centre sought urgent hearing in the Supreme Court on the All India Football Federation matter in the wake of FIFA suspending India for "undue influence from third parties" and stripping the country of the right to host the Under-17 Women's World Cup....
Sentenced to life imprisonment, they were released on Monday under the Gujarat government's remission policy after completing more than 15 years in jail....
Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was raped while fleeing the violence that broke out in the aftermath of the Sabarmati Express train burning incident at Godhra in 2002...
Bilkis Bano has been "in acute shock" since 11 men convicted for raping her were released by the Gujarat government, her lawyer Shobha Gupta told NDTV today....
The release of 11 men serving life term for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, is "appeasement politics" ahead of the state elections in Gujarat, Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of AIMIIM (All India Ma...
The ruling BJP on Tuesday faced the Opposition fire over the release of 11 people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 post-Godhra riots, while its government in Gujarat defended the move....
Convicts in Bilkis Bano rape, family's murder released: In special policy on 75 years of Independence, Centre listed rapists among those not covered...
Laal Singh Chaddha box office collection day 5: Aamir Khan's large-scale remake of Forrest Gump actually witnessed a drop in collections on Independence Day, a rarity for a film designed to capitalise on national holidays....
From Karan Johar talking about Brahmastra's future to Aamir Khan's reported reaction to Laal Singh Chaddha's underwhelming box office collection, here are the biggest headlines today....
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover have announced that they are expecting their first child together. A much-pregnant Bipasha is seen posing with Karan in photos....
Anita Hassanandani shared a throwback picture of her baby bump after celebrities like Bipasha Basu, and Debina Bonnerjee announced their pregnancies....
Kareena Kapoor took to Instagram to wish husband Saif Ali Khan on his birthday. Sharing his goofy photos, the actor wrote how she loves the crazy ride with him....
Kareena Kapoor Khan took to Instagram to drop a photo of her 'gang of boys' Saif Ali Khan, Ibrahim Ali Khan, Taimur, and Jeh and the internet is loving it....
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s love story has been one of the most talked-about romances in Bollywood. On Saif’s birthday, here’s a recap of their relationship over the years...
In light of an incident in Rajasthan, where a Dalit boy was killed for allegedly drinking water from a pot meant for his upper caste teacher, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has recalled how her father, a former deputy prime minister, faced discrimination....
A 45-year-old vegetable vendor was allegedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of stealing a tractor in Rajasthan's Alwar, police said on Tuesday. The incident comes close on the heels of the death of a Dalit boy who was beaten up by his teacher for allegedly touching a drinking water pot....
A Dalit boy's death in Rajasthan after his teacher allegedly assaulted him for drinking water from a pot meant for "upper castes" threatens to turn into a political crisis for the ruling Congress....
The National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the Rajasthan government and the state's police chief over the death of a Dalit boy after he was beaten up by his teacher for allegedly touching a drinking water pot....
Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan....
A vegetable vendor in Rajasthan's Alwar who was allegedly thrashed by a mob on Monday succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Jaipur....
In other matches in the second round, Firouzja bounced back after the defeat to Praggnanandhaa by beating Quang Liem Le of China 2.5-1.5 and Lev Aronian outlasted Poland's Jan-Krzyztof Duda 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break. ...
The 17-year old, who was part of the bronze medal-winning India 'B' team at the recent chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram near Chennai, opened with a win in the first of the four-game match....
ActorJacqueline Fernandez has been named as an accused in a chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in a Rs 200 crore extortion case....
Last Saturday, Sri Lanka, which had deferred the visit of the Chinese military vessel following concerns raised by India, made a U-turn and allowed the ship to dock at the Hambantota port from August 16 to 22....
The ship, Yuan Wang 5, arrived at the strategically located port on Tuesday morning for a replenishment stay for a week, Sri Lankan officials said in Colombo....
The vessel was earlier scheduled to dock at the China-backed Hambantota port on August 11 for “replenishment”, according to officials. Its arrival was postponed by five days....
Amid India's security concerns and some back-and-forth, a Chinese ship finally docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port today. Sri Lanka had earlier asked China to postpone the visit.
But what do India's worries about the ship stem from?...
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had earlier lauded the Centre’s decision to shift Rohingya refugees to EWS flats. Puri also said that India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country ...
MHA says "illegal foreigners” will stay at the present location as the matter of their deportation has been taken up. Directs the Delhi government to declare the present location as detention centre.
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The settlement of Rohingya Muslims has been a polarising subject in India, where politicians have targeted them frequently to shore up votes from the Hindu majority....
Sima Taparia has opened up about her favourite celebrity couple, in her recent interview. She said Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli is a perfectly matched couple....
US-based Indian lawyer Aparna Shewakramani was recently seen on the second season of Indian Matchmaking. Aparna had first appeared on Season 1 of the show. ...
The PMO statement also said PM Modi and France President Emmanuel Macron reviewed ongoing bilateral initiatives, including defence cooperation projects and cooperation in civil nuclear energy...
India and France have been expressing concern about the risk to global food security and nutrition in light of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday reviewed ongoing bilateral initiatives, including defence collaboration projects and cooperation in civil nuclear energy....
CM's man Dostara too lands in Jalore; a day earlier, Gehlot had launched a veiled attack on Pilot for saying “workers should be respected and honoured”....
In a veiled attack on his former deputy Sachin Pilot, Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, said some leaders are instigating party workers by telling them they are not being treated with respect....
On September 1, the Trinamool Congress government will organise a big thanksgiving rally for UNESCO, and chief minister Mamata Banerjee will participate...
Posters claiming that a "new and reformed Trinamool Congress will come into being in six months", with photographs of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee but not of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have been put up in Kolkata....
West Bengal Congress has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for excluding Jawaharlal Nehru on her Twitter display picture, which features prominent freedom fighters with the exception of India's first Prime Minister....
Police said the incident took place Monday when the girl, 6, was playing in a park near her home in Panipat's Sector 29, with her brother two years younger than her...
Alluding to the substandard condition of government schools, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said about 17 crore children across the country rely on them and that all governments and 130 crore people together can fix this
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The Chief Minister of Delhi and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party appealed to the BJP-led Union government to not term free education and health-care facilities as "freebies"....
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the Centre to use the Delhi government's expertise in improving school education and healthcare facilities across India to make it the number one country in the world....
Most of the England test squad have been playing white-ball formats since their last victory over India in early July and Stokes hopes they can quickly slip back into gear in the longer format....
The Sri Lankan superstar shared a post with the movie legend, captioned, "It was an honour to meet Senior Malayalam actor
@mammukka. Sir you are a true super star. Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka."...
After Cadbury chocolate bars worth Rs 17 lakh were stolen from a godown in the Chinhat area near Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh police have registered a First Information Report in connection with the theft....
“The woman’s style of dressing is sexually provocative and the court found it hard to believe that a 74-year-old amputee accused (Chandran) could forcibly hold the complainant, pin her to his lap and press her breasts," says the Kerala court order
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A district sessions court in Kozhikode made the observation while granting anticipatory bail to writer and social activist Civic Chandran in an alleged sexual harassment case....
The Nuh police said that the girl was being treated at a hospital. The 14-year-old boy will be produced before the juvenile justice board for further legal proceedings....
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan were dropped from the BJP's highest decision-making body today in an organisational shake-up that saw Devendra Fadnavis and BS Yediyurappa score after recent setbacks....
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had endorsed now estranged aide RCP Singh as the Janata Dal United face in Union cabinet, Home Minister Amit Shah said at the BJP's meeting on Bihar yesterday, sources said....
Allu Arjun's Pushpa, Dhanush's Karnan, Tovino Thomas' Minnal Murali, Darshan's Roberrt lead the nominations for the latest edition of SIIMA awards. ...
Lauren Gottlieb took to Instagram and posted a couple of love-filled pics with video creator Tobias Jones, and made her relationship Instagram official....
Actors Disha Patani and Tiger Shroff are said to be dating for a long time now. However, lately, the buzz about their break-up has been getting louder....
Along with senior party leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Haji Abdul Rashid, a two-time MLA from Sopore, Mohammad Amin Bhat and Gulzar Ahmed Wani have also resigned from the Congress' newly formed committees....
I have a country with a per capita income of $2000, these are not people who can afford higher energy prices, Jaishankar said, adding that it's his moral duty to ensure the best deal...
‘I have a country that has a per capita income of two thousand dollars. These are not people who can afford higher energy prices,’ says External Affairs Minister...
The Gokulam Kerala FC women's team, currently in Tashkent Uzbekistan, have been declared ineligible to participate in the AFC Women's Club Championship 2022 following FIFA's suspension of AIFF on Tuesday, August 16....
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, following which several Russian industries faced sanctions from the West, India has come under criticism for continuing to buy oil from Moscow....
Tackling criticism over India buying Russian oil amid the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday put out a strong statement justifying the move....
The 40-year-old Williams fell to 0-2 in matches since announcing "the countdown has begun" on her career, losing 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night....
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said the fact that the woman was given child care leave cannot be used to disentitle her rights under Central Civil Services Rules (CCS Rules)...
The Special Relief Commissioner said that breaches have been reported at two places in the Mahanadi river system one in Makara river in Puri district and the other at Rajua Raiki in Khurda district...
The flood situation in Odisha's Mahanadi river system remained grim as it continues to swell, with around 1.5 lakh people in 237 villages being marooned, a senior official said on Wednesday....
Actors Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar share their birthdays, although ten years apart. The couple got married in 1985 and theirs is an epic love story....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SACHIN PILGAONKAR AND SUPRIYA PILGAONKAR: There are many popular couples in the Marathi film industry which gives us serious couple goals. One such couple who has made everyone fall in love with their on-screen and off-screen chemistry is Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar....
The start-up has been founded by Shantanu Naidu, a close mentee of Tata and a general manager in his office. Tata has even provided seed capital for the start-up....
Ratan Tata, the octogenarian industrialist who steered the $128 billion Tata Group for decades, has backed a startup that connects senior citizens with young graduates for meaningful friendships....
More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday. Emphasizing on the importance of limited water resources, Shekhawat said the very beginning of economic development is "our water resource and energy"....
More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday....
The Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police has busted a mephedrone manufacturing unit in Gujarat and seized drugs worth Rs 1,026 crore, an official said here on Tuesday. The owner of the unit, who holds a master's degree in chemistry, was also arrested, he said. It was one of the biggest drug seizures by the city police in recent times, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (ANC) Datta Nalawade....
"It's very good news that KL Rahul is back and leading the team. He is one of the main players of the team and with the Asia Cup coming up, it is good for him and I hope he will gain a lot from this tour," Shikhar said....
The title track of Main Khiladi Tu Anari is being recreated for Akshay Kumar's next film Selfiee. The actor shared a video from his dance rehearsal to wish Saif Ali Khan on his birthday....
Akshay Kumar took to Instagram and shared a video dancing to Main Khiladi Tu Anari, as he recalled fondest memories with birthday boy Saif Ali Khan....
Arjun Kapoor, who was last seen in Ek Villain Returns, said that the film industry has a lot of problems to solve but the only way to start is by making good films....
Rajeev Kumar Sub Inspector at Agra Cantt GRP Police Station said, on Monday, a man made a hoax call to a passenger regarding a bomb in Taj Express' D2 coach...
Passengers were asked to get off the Delhi-bound Taj Express at Mathura and the train was searched for two hours after a false bomb scare on Independence Day, officials said on Tuesday....
The Indian Railways tested India's longest and heaviest freight train called 'Super Vasuki' on Independence Day and its video is now going viral. The train was operated as part of central government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations....
The ICC on Tuesday announced the the structured calender that includes a total of 301 matches (seven Tests, 135 ODIs and 159 T20Is) over a period of three years....
