CHENNAI, Aug. 21 -- A special court on Thursday handed over four capital sentences to a 47-year-old pastor, S. Abraham, for sexually assaulting four minor girls in Tirunelveli district, police said. A... Read More
NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 -- Badminton World Federation (BWF) secretary general Thomas Lund has appealed for understanding and support from players as the governing body continues to grapple with the schedul... Read More
NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 -- The Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium was a roaring cauldron of emotion on Thursday as the BWF World Championships delivered a rollercoaster of breathtaking badminton. It was a day wh... Read More
Mumbai, Aug. 21 -- With seconds left on the clock, Tessa Howard found some space inside the circle. If there was a player England wanted in that position, it was her. Howard is a 27-year-old who was p... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Nozomi Okuhara may be in the twilight of her career, but even then picking her slices and drops requires special skill. Ishika Jaiswal not only sent everything back to Okuhara bu... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday said framing a nationwide policy to ban social media access for children below 13 was a matter for the Centre and not the courts, while directing... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- In another attempt to contain surging sugar prices, the Centre on Thursday allowed 1 million tonnes of raw sugar to be imported duty-free under a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) until Oc... Read More
Mumbai, Aug. 21 -- Pirates hijacked two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indians in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, officials said Thursday. Six armed pirates hijacked the Eritrea-f... Read More
Mumbai, Aug. 21 -- Pirates hijacked two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indians in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, officials said Thursday. Six armed pirates hijacked the Eritrea-f... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, by a 5:4 majority, refined the expansive test laid down nearly five decades ago to determine what constitutes an "industry" under the now-repealed ... Read More