Asian champion Amit Kumar assured India of at least a silver by storming into the finals of the 55kg category on the opening day of World Wrestling Championships here on Monday.

Under their new Brazilian coach Marcos Falopa, East Bengal will face their first real test when they take on a spirited Semen Padang of Indonesia in the first leg of the AFC Cup quarter-finals here on Tuesday.

The response among the people to his anointment as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate has been positive and Gujarat chief minister Narendra should now ensure that he did not give up “hardline” Hindutva, old ally Shiv Sena said here Monday.

Shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories today nosedived by over 30 per cent, making investors poorer by Rs 5,855 crore, after the US Food and Drug Administration issued an import alert on drugs produced by the company at its Mohali plant in Punjab.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today erased a strong early start to close just 10 points up after inflation soared to a six-month high, leaving investors concerned the RBI has little room to cut interest rates.

BJP Monday termed the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to riot-hit Muzaffarnagar as “secular tourism” and insisted that the government take appropriate action instead of doing votebank politics on the issue.

Costlier onion and other vegetables pushed up inflation for the third month in a row to 6.1 per cent in August, making it difficult for the RBI to cut rate in the monetary policy review due later this week.

Australia today assured India that there will be no change in the decision by the previous government on supplying uranium to India.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee at Raj Bhavan here for the second time during the head of state’s 3 day visit and they were understood to have discussed the state’s financial situation.

Britain’s biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home.