Anurag Thakur given charge of Sports, I&B ministry

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anurag Singh Thakur was on Wednesday sworn in as a Cabinet minister and been given the charge of Information and Broadcasting Ministry as well as the portfolio of the......

Modi's ministers' average age is now 58, down from 61

The average age of the new Union council of ministers has reduced to 58 years from 61 years previously following Wednesday’s reshuffle.  IMAGE: At 35, Nisith Pramanik, member of......

Don't create artificial controversy: India to China on Dalai Lama's visit

The minister of state for Home said that China should not interfere in India's internal affairs.  India on Tuesday hit out at China over its objection to the Dalai Lama’s trip to......

Hey students, fight for your own minds!

There is going to be no defence of freedom of thought from this government, observes Mitali Saran. Another day, another display of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's thuggishness. The......

Sports Shorts: India assured four medals at boxing WC

IMAGE: Amit Panghal is assured of a medal. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Amit Panghal (52kg) stormed into the final after three other Indian boxers were assured of medals at the World Cup in Cologne,......

Former hockey player Diwan returns to India, in quarantine

'The love and support I got from my countrymen kept me going in the foreign land.' IMAGE: Ashok Diwan here felicitated by Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju in this file photo. The 65-year-old Diwan had......

'Have to plan to make sports more interesting without fans'

"A roadmap is being prepared. If something happens to top athletes it will be a setback and so we are careful and that's why there are no positive coronavirus cases for our athletes till now.......

Hockey veteran Diwan to return from USA post recovery

IMAGE: The 1975 World Cup-winner Ashok Diwan thanked Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and the Indian ambassador to the US -- Taranjit Singh Sandhu -- for their help.. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Kiran......

Top 10 finish in 2028 Olympics ambitious, not impossible: Rijiju

IMAGE: Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju has said that the government has started teams of scouts, who will, post the pandemic, go into the rural areas and look for raw talent. Photograph: SAI......