The sports ministry on Tuesday paid heed to the archers’ grievance regarding “outdated equipment” by sanctioning Rs 50 lakhs to get the squad ready for the Commonwealth Games in October.

The sessions court in Kalyan on Tuesday sentenced the son of a former deputy district collector to life imprisonment for killing his wife.

The Indian Olympic Association maintained their defiant stand against the sports ministry on Tuesday, rejecting its tenure limitation guidelines for the office-bearers of the National Sports Federatio

The police has launched a manhunt for four car thieves who, while trying to evade arrest, rammed a stolen car into a police bike, injuring two police constables.

The crackdown has begun, and the cricket board’s unprecedented move to issue showcause notices to the erring Indian players, as it turns out, is only the first step.

It is not just the state political parties that are vying for the 10 legislative council seats in the MLC elections.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday condemned the dastardly attack by Maoists in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in which many innocent citizens lost their lives. HRD minister Kapil Sibal said the Left-wing extremism is a big threat to the country and the government will have to tackle it through a policy framework.
He said handling of security is the second major achievement of the UPA-II which is set to complete one year next week.

For Anil Rai of Begusarai, the tragedy visited him twice in two days as he identified his son, Govind (10), in the mortuary of LNJP hospital on Monday morning. Govind was one of the two persons to have died in the stampede that broke out at New Delhi railway station on Sunday following last minute changes in the platform of Sapt Kranti Express.

The Union home ministry on Monday condemned the Maoist attack in Dantewada in which more than 40 persons, including several special police officers (SPOs), were killed when the bus in which they were travelling was targeted. The Centre, however, made it clear that the Chhattisgarh government was alerted about the possible

Additional revenue generation spree of the Delhi government continues further as the Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to hike the registration fee of properties from the existing Rs 100 to one per cent of the total value, which will boost the state exchequer with another Rs 100 crores annually.