Haryana girls dominate wrestling trials
Veteran Geeta Phogat and youngster Vinesh qualified for the World Wrestling Championships for women even as an injured Babita Kumari missed the selection trials, held at the SAI Training Centre, Lucknow. Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist Vinesh got the better of Ritu Phogat in the 48kg... read more »
Shahid Kapoor’s Vivah: Actor Marries Mira Rajput; First Pic of the We...
Actor Shahid Kapoor, 34, married fiancee Mira Rajput, 21, in an intimate ceremony in Delhi on Tuesday. The wedding, with rituals in traditional Punjabi style, is believed to to have been attended only by close friends and family. An after-party will reportedly be held later this evening at The... read more »
Younis Khan’s unbeaten 171 helps Pakistan chase record total, seal series 2...
Younis Khan remained unbeaten after a brilliant 171 as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final Test to win the three-match series 2-1 at Pallekele on Tuesday. Chasing a daunting 377-run victory target, skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (57) sealed the win hitting Jehan Mubarak for a six. Shan... read more »
Murray, Federer, Wawrinka, Gasquet enter quarters
2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray outlasted the big serving of Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic to reach the quarter-finals, while seven-time champion Roger Federer beat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut to also advance at The Championships on Monday. France’s Richard Gasquet defeated Nick... read more »
IPOs IndiGo, Infibeam, Teamlease looking to raise over Rs 3000 cr
In a big day for Initial Public Offers, at least three companies — low-cost carrier IndiGo, staffing firm Teamlease and e-retailer Infibeam — have lined up public offers to... read more »
Relief for Nestle India as Bombay HC allows it to export Maggi
Nestle India’s senior counsel Iqbal Chagla informed the division bench of justice VM Kanade and justice BP Colabawala that 40,000 crore packets were to be recalled from across the... read more »
Jayalalithaa wins big in RK Nagar by-poll, defeats CPI’s Mahendran by over 1.5 lakh ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa trounced her nearest rival and CPI candidate C Mahendran with a huge margin of over 1.5 lakh votes as the results for Radha... read more »
Over 100 students fall ill after consuming mid-day meal
More than 100 students of a government school in Bihar fell ill on Monday after consuming a mid-day meal in the state’s Jhanjharpur town. Students started fainting, vomiting and... read more »
Vijender is a natural, can go a long way
Nearly two decades ago, when the famous British boxing promoter Frank Maloney (now Kellie Maloney since his sex change in 2014) came calling, looking for an Asian fighter who could fight Mike Tyson,... read more »
