The Congress and NCP on Friday tried to scotch rumours that agriculture, food and consumer affairs minister Sharad Pawar’s wings would be clipped in a Cabinet reshuffle after he took over as ICC presi

Angelfire, prepared by Jagdish Singh Dhariwal, looks set to record an encore with yet another fine display in the sprint race, the Gundappa Gowda Memorial Cup, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.

At least 45 people were killed in two back-to-back suicide attacks at Data Darbar in Lahore late on Thursday night.
“Thirty-five people died on the spot and 10 more lost the battle for life today (Friday). We have confirmation of 45 deaths,” a senior police official told this newspaper, a

Hammer thrower Harinder Singh gave India a golden start in the 14th Asian Junior Athletics championships which is currently underway at the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday.

The Union tourism ministry has decided to extend financial assistance to the states and the Union Territories (UTs) for international quality production of promotional materials that could be used in domestic and international markets to showcase various tourism-related themes.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s stepping up the pace in its bid to seal suspended IPL chairman Lait Modi’s fate and Saturday will be be the first big step towards that end.

On day two of the annual Amarnath Yatra, as many as 11,209 devotees paid obeisance at the 12,729 ft. high cave-temple nestled in Kashmir Himalayas on Friday. Meanwhile, a third batch of 3,217 pilgrims left Jammu for Pahalgam and Baltal earlier during the day to embark on the otherwise ardous journey through rugged hills.

The immense popularity of cricket in India is giving the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee sleepless nights. OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Friday sought the intervention on the sports ministry to convince the Board of Control for Cricket in India to reschedule India’s two-match Tests series against Australia to avoid a clash with the 11-day extravaganza.

Chief minister Omar Abdullah who keeps blowing hot and cold ever since faced with Kashmiri unrest which often finds expression on the streets of the Valley has, once again, softened his position and tried to reach out the people by promising them the Kashmir imbroglio will be addressed politically.

In a freak incident, a Delhi police head constable died at the Connaught Place police station here when the service revolver of another cop went off accidentally on Friday at around 11.15 am, the police said. The deceased has been identified as T.P. Illyas, 49, a native of Kerala, residing in Malviya Nagar. He was posted with the armorial team of New Delhi police district and looked after the training of new recruits and maintenance of arms.