China blocks blacklisting of Lashkar terrorist at UN

China has put a hold on a proposal by India and the United States at the United Nations to list Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist, the fourth instance in as many months......

89 arrested for Sunday's violence in Hubbali over social media post

Peace prevailed in Karnataka's Hubbali town on Monday, a day after a mob went on the rampage over a social media post that saw a police station and a Hanuman temple coming under attack, even as the......

Advocacy against CAA not crime, Umar Khalid tells court

Advocacy against the law like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not a crime, former JNU student leader Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Monday, asserting that the police pressured the......

Umar Khalid gets bail, installing Aarogya Setu among terms

A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February last year, saying that he......

Ministries face cash crunch as winter session scrapped

The health and family welfare ministry spent 70 per cent of its allocation till October.The ministry may need additional funds for the vaccination drive which is expected to be kicked off from......

Markets end in red dragged by heavyweights; HDFC dips 3%

Benchmark shares indices ended lower on Thursday as investors booked profits ahead of the fourth quarter earnings dragged by index heavyweights with HDFC declining the most. The S&P BSE Sensex......

US Fed rate hike boosts Sensex by 309 points; Nifty ends near 7,850

Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers. Benchmark share indices gained for the fourth straight session tracking a rally in global......

PIX: Lajovic upsets Murray; Andreescu downs Raducanu

IMAGE: Serbian Dusan Lajovic registered his first hardcourt win of the season. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5 at the Miami Open on......

US Open PIX: Raducanu, Rybakina, Osaka crash out

IMAGES from Day 2 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows in New York, on Tuesday. IMAGE: France's Alize Cornet celebrates defeating Great Britain's Emma Raducanu in the first round of the 2022 US......

Nadal to skip Miami; Thiem looks to reset

Recovering Nadal to skip Miami and focus on clay court swing IMAGE: Rafael Nadal at a practice session. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Rafael Nadal will skip the Miami Open that......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

Ranji Trophy: Karnataka thrash Mumbai

IMAGE: Karnataka all-rounder Shreyas Gopal. Photograph: PTI Putting up an all-round show, Karnataka defeated Mumbai by 5 wickets in their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy game in Mumbai on Sunday,......