Srinagar: Authorities on Monday imposed curfew in four South Kashmir districts to prevent separatists called protest march. Police said strict curfew will remain in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama districts while restrictions will continue in parts of Srinagar, Kupwara, Sopore, and Baramulla. Separatists have called for the protest march in Anantnag. All senior separatist leaders […]

Moscow, July 23: Former Soviet president and Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev has appealed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to punish clean Russian athletes. “I support the struggle against banned substances in sports. This is an evil that has to be eradicated. Athletes whose doping abuse has been proven must be barred from […]

Segovia (Spain), July 23: Atletico Madrid captain Gabi has stressed the importance of maintaining the basis of the capital club for the new football season, adding that signing a good scorer will make things easier for his team. Gabi on Friday said that the base of the team is the same and this is what […]

London, July 23: Kendra Harrison broke the 28-year-old 100m hurdles world record at the London Diamond League meeting but she won’t be able to run at the Rio Olympics. The United States athlete on Friday clocked 12.20 seconds to beat the old mark of 12.21 set by Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova on August 20, 1988, reports […]

Moscow, July 22: Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent doping allegations to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Friday. Moscow considers that athletes who have not been caught doping or are not suspected of doing so should have a right to […]

Mexico City, July 23: Mexican men’s volleyball players are eager to make the country’s first appearance at the Olympic Games 2016 in 48 years during next month in Rio. Player Jorge Quinones on Friday said that the team has high expectations for the Olympic Games 2016 which open on August 5 and run through to […]

Patna, July 23: As a part of Swach Bharat Abhiyan started by the Central Government of India, many in the country have become a part of it. In a rare move, a poverty-stricken woman chose to sell her four goats for financing the construction of a toilet at her house in a village in Bihar’s Rohtas […]

Manila, July 23: Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia is all set to make a smartphone comeback with two new Android 7.0 Nougat devices by the end of this year, a media report said on Saturday. The two unnamed devices will have premium metal designs complete with IP68 certification, which means they will be as water resistant as […]

New Delhi, July 23: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday flagged off here a three-day bus yatra to Uttar Pradesh which is intended to inform the people about the failures of successive non-Congress governments in the state. The bus yatra, with a message ’27 saal, UP behal’, will travel through Ghaziabad, Hapur, Amroha and Moradabad on […]

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday flagged off here a three-day bus yatra to Uttar Pradesh which is intended to inform the people about the failures of successive non-Congress governments in the state. The bus yatra, with a message ’27 saal, UP behal’, will travel through Ghaziabad, Hapur, Amroha and Moradabad on the […]