Farmer leaders detained in Punjab, protesters evicted from border

Several farmer leaders including Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal were detained in Mohali while returning from a meeting with a central delegation, as the Punjab police also began......

Farmers suspend 'Dilli Chalo' march after cops open tear gas, water cannon

Protesting farmers suspended their foot march to Delhi after some of them were injured on Saturday in teargas shelling and use of water cannons by Haryana security personnel, who foiled the......

Seeing no headway in talks with govt: Farmer Unions

As the farmers' protest entered 25th day on Sunday, the unions have stated that they are not seeing any pragmatic changes from government's side. IMAGE: Farmers gather at Singhu border during......

Farmers stir: SC indicates panel to resolve deadlock

The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may form a committee having representatives of the government and farmer unions across the country to resolve the deadlock over farmers protesting......

ISSF Worlds: Mitharwal strikes gold; Manu, Sidhu fail to make final

In the junior competition, the duo of Asian Games gold-medallist Saurabh Chanudhary and Abhidnya Patil brought India the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze. Indian shooter Om Prakash Mitharwal picked......

Sikkim edge out Orissa

Inspired by the presence of Indian captain Baichung Bhutia on the team bench, Sikkim scored a superb 4-3 win over Orissa in a preliminaryleague match in the Santosh Trophy even as Punjab went on a......

Arjuna award for Viren, Narang

Ace Indian hockey midfielder Viren Rasquinha and shooter Gagan Narang are among the Arjuna award winners for 2005.Women's cricketer Anju Jain is among the awardees, while none of her popular male......

78-member team for Athens

Yet to make an impact in the over 100-year history of the Olympics, India is sending its "best-ever" 78-member contingent to Athens for next month's mega event with the hope of clinching a few......

Pinki claims golden double

Teenager Pinki Pramanik stole the show with her second consecutive golden double in the 400 and 800 metres, while Anju Bobby George was again forced to settle for silver in the women's long jump,......