The Prime Minister Born On February 29

Morarji Desai, India's first non Congress prime minister, was born on February 29, 1896. Mr Desai was 81 when he was elected prime minister and ruled India for two years, from March 1977 to July......

Have heart-to-heart talk to end trust deficit: Rajnath to Meiteis, Kukis

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday appealed to the warring Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur to end "trust deficit" by holding "heart-to-heart" conversation, saying violence is no......

Why No One Will Speak For The Wrestlers

All these male politicians are unlikely to risk their sinecures to speak up in support of a bunch of women wrestlers who have chosen to challenge a politician who appears to have the ruling regime......

SC declines urgent hearing on Joshimath subsidence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused urgent hearing of a plea seeking the court's intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand's Joshimath a national disaster, saying there are......

Draft sports bill could pose problems for IOA

Ministry mulls graded funding for sports federations IMAGE: IOA chief PT Usha. Photograph: PTI from the Rediff.com Archives The sports ministry is considering the introduction of a graded system......

'A huge setback for Indian sports'

IMAGE: All 12 Indian wrestlers won medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with six of them winning gold medals. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters India's leading sportspersons and......

Focus on prep, not medals: Gopichand to shuttlers

Don't do any strange things in preparation ahead of Olympics, Gopichand's advise to shuttlers Photograph: Gopichand/Instagram India's chief national coach Pullela Gopichand on Wednesday advised......

Bring a law to free sports from politicians, bureaucrats: Gopichand

He also called upon the government and other stakeholders to streamline the processes where an athlete could just concentrate on his training and performance without having to bother about other......

Sacrifices reap rewards for parents of Olympic shuttlers

'It was tough financially for the first few years but my friends and family supported me and once he did well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, there was no looking back.' IMAGE: Women's doubles......