Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra: Cong to 'wait and watch'

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting on Tuesday didn't discuss the issue of the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly and has decided to take a 'wait and watch' approach amid......

Meet the 24 newly inducted ministers in Siddaramaiah's expanded cabinet

Within a week of assuming power, the Congress government in Karnataka has expanded its cabinet on Saturday, filling all posts. IMAGE: Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot with state CM......

Bengal to deploy paramilitary forces in 3 districts for Hanuman Jayanti

Following the direction of the Calcutta high court, the West Bengal government on Wednesday decided to deploy paramilitary forces in three districts of Hooghly, Barrackpore and Kolkata during......

Chinese economy may be hit harder by war in Ukraine

Amid China's economic slowdown, the country's economic challenges may increase manifold and its economy may be hit harder in the wake of the Ukraine-Russia crisis. IMAGE: An aerial view shows a......

Goldman exits China's ICBC, 7 years, billions later

Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ending a seven-year old investment and handing the Wall Street firm a return......

China wealth fund, Commerce Min to get new heads

China will likely appoint savvy international dealmakers to run its giant sovereign wealth fund and Commerce Ministry in a soft power push to soothe fears over a planned spending spree to boost......

Google stops censoring search results in China

Uncertainty loomed over China operations of the world's leading Internet search engine Google as the company stopped censoring web search results and redirected hunt queries from mainland to an......

China prepares for the handover

On June 1 last year, almost half of Hong Kong's 7m population switched on their televisions to discover who would inherit a HK$600m ($77m) family business at the centre of a popular fictional......

After Hong Kong no-show, Messi plays in Tokyo

IMAGE: Inter Miami's Lionel Messi in action with Vissel Kobe's Yosuke Ideguchi and Ryuho Kikuchi. Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters After leaving fans guessing about whether or not he would take to......

India's Asia Cup 2018 wins over Pakistan are historic

Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the dazzling numbers. Twice India have played Pakistan in Asia Cup 2018 and twice they have thrashed them. In the first game, India registered its biggest win against......

HK Super Series: Sindhu fights way into semis, Saina knocked out

IMAGE: India's P V Sindhu celebrates. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Rio Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu entered the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Super Series after posting a......

Football friendlies: Argentina trounce Hong Kong; Honduras draw with US

Lionel Messi of Argentina in action during the International friendly match against Hong Kong. Photograph: Victor Fraile/Getty Images The Hong Kong Football Association were left red-faced and out......

A champion salutes another champion

Arjuna Award winner Roopa Unnikrishnan's 12-year-old national rifle shooting record was broken by world champion Tejaswini Sawant last fortnight. Now a management strategist living in New York,......