As India celebrated P.V. Sindhu's silver in the women's badminton singles and Sakshi Malik's bronze in wrestling in the Rio Olympics, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday sent out words of support to another Indian woman wrestler who suffered a heart-rending injury in her quest for glory. Known for her active use of social medi...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi paid tribute on Saturday to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 72nd birth anniversary. "Remembering Rajivji today. His vision, his values and his deep commitment to the people remain our inspiration," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. "We pay tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi who help...
Shuttler P.V. Sindhu's silver in the women's singles competition of the Rio Olympics lifted India's spirits as the nation erupted in joy at the 21-year-old's historic feat on Friday. ...
P.V. Sindhu settled for silver at the Rio Olympics after being beaten 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 by World No.1 Carolina Marin in the badminton women's singles event here on Friday in one hour and 20 minutes....
Star shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who on Friday became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in badminton in the Olympics, has had a meteoric rise since she first hit the headlines in 2012....
Congress's women leaders on Friday warned the Kerala government, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, that it will face an all-women agitation if free flow of liquor was allowed in the state, a senior woman Congress leader said. ...
The Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that BJP leaders suffered more after Independence "than what Congress did under the British", saying that he has trivialised the freedom struggle....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the deaths in the current unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also offered his good offices to facilitate dialogue between India and Pakistan to "achieve a negotiated settlement" on all outstanding issues, including Kashmir....
Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army's Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due to the law and order situation....
The police on Friday caned about 100 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists and took 40 of them into preventive custody for attempting to barge into Amnesty International India office here to protest the anti-India slogans raised at a Kashmiri event the organisation held here last week....