National football chief coach Wim Koevermans’ role has come in for a sharp criticsm as India lost their stronghold in the Saff Championships after being beaten by Afghanistan in the final.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today fell 216 points in step with a weakening rupee ahead of industrial production and retail inflation data, registering the first drop in the six sessions since Raghuram Rajan took over as Reserve Bank of India governor.

The rupee surrendered initial gains Thursday and fell for the first time in six days, dropping 12 paise to close at 63.50 against the dollar on fresh demand for the US currency from importers.

BJP leadership Thursday appeared to be in a clear mood to announce Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, with its president Rajnath Singh seeking to downplay party veteran L.K. Advani’s reservations saying “nobody is unhappy.”

Japan Thursday made it clear that there were “outstanding issues” which need to be addressed before the Indo-Japan civil nuclear pact could be inked.

The Bombay high court has directed the police to register an FIR and launch a probe against a candidate who contested elections for the post of councillor in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Observing that it was not right to confine a foreign national, who is without a valid passport and visa, in a police station for a long period, the Bombay high court directed the Satara police to arra

Amid hectic efforts to convince L.K. Advani to give up his Opposition to Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday said there was no rift in the party over the issue.

With normalcy returning to riot-hit areas of the district, curfew was relaxed for seven hours Thursday.

James Bond star Daniel Craig says one successful marriage rule that he and wife Rachel Weisz follow is to ban technology from the bedroom.