160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets: Prayagraj gears up for grand Maha Kumbh

As 2024 draws to a close, the entire state machinery in Uttar Pradesh has converged upon Sangam, the sacred confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati river in Prayagraj, racing......

Daughter lights pyre, Manmohan Singh cremated with full state honours

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who led India to the path of economic liberalisation in the 1990s, was cremated with full state honours in New Delhi on Saturday in the presence of top......

2 Chinese workers killed in Karachi blast, Beijing 'shocked'

Two Chinese nationals were killed and 17 people injured in a suicide attack by a Baloch insurgent group that targeted a convoy of Chinese workers near Pakistan's busiest airport in Karachi late at......

Bodies of 4 victims found 56 years after IAF plane crash

More than 56 years after an ill-fated AN-12 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed over the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, the mortal remains of four more victims were recovered, marking a......

Toilet Break and A Trial: Mukesh's journey from 'khep' to India A

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter It was sometime in 2014 that Cricket Association of Bengal had arranged for 'Open Trials' for its ambitious flagship project 'Vision 2020'. Hundreds had turned......

Mary Kom heads to Italy for training ahead of Olympics

IMAGE: London Olympics bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom is currently training at Pune's Army Sports Institute for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, starting on July 23. Photograph: Kind courtesy MC......

Dronacharya awardee boxing coach O P Bhardwaj dies

India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to......

India's athletics coach found dead in hostel room

IMAGE: Coach Nikolai Snesarev, (Left to Right), Lalita Babar, O P Jaisha and Sudha Singh India's middle and long distance coach Nikolai Snesarev of Belarus was on Friday found dead in his hostel......

Archer Kapil tests positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Archer Kapil was on 18 days leave and was tested on arrival upon his rejoining the national camp at the Army Sports Institute in Pune. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Archer Kapil,......