In a bid to regain trust of the grassroots level party workers, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday interacted directly with party workers in Nagpur. Mr Gandhi went on to assure them that they were as important for the party as other big leaders.

Top archer Deepika Kumari on Tuesday said that a “few changes” in her shooting technique have begun to show fruitful results in recent times.

Titans collected their first points in the Champions League T20, shutting out a fighting Brisbane Heat by four runs in a low-scoring thriller at the PCA Stadium here on Tuesday.

After 16 months in judicial custody, YSR Congress president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy walked out of Chanchalguda Central Prison on Tuesday evening at 4 pm after getting bail.

On the eve of the BJP’s “Mahakumbh” rally to be held in Bhopal on Wednesday, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh alleged that the ruling BJP got 10,000 burqas stitched to fake support of the minority Muslim voters during this event. He went on to alleged that a hefty amount had been paid in advance for this purpose by the director of a construction company.

India defeated hosts Malaysia 2-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the 8th women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament on Tuesday.

At the picturesque Gangotri Glades ground here, a steady drizzle was just setting in when India A skipper Cheteshwar Pujara walked in for the press briefing along with coach Lalchand Rajput. But the uncertainty in the weather surely did not reflect in Pujara’s personality. For, he looked confident and even defiant.

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the plea of the Cricket Associ-ation of Bihar seeking to restrain N. Srinivasan from contesting for the post of cricket board president at the BCCI’s annual general meeting on September 29.

Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh on Tuesday intervened to end the ongoing tussle between influential tourism minister Brij Mohan Agrawal and chief secretary Sunil Kumar, which threatened to lead his government to a crisis ahead of Assembly polls in the state.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s never-say-die spirit came to the fore again, with the team posting an exhilarating four-wicket win over a spirited Trinidad & Tobago in their Champions League T20 match here on Tuesday night.