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Rio de Janeiro: Three unassuming women became the redeemers for India at the Rio Olympics as the country concluded its campaign with some good, bad and ugly memories. Defying all odds and showing killer instincts, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar became the unlikely heroines and saved the country's pride from returning empty-handed for […]

Day 16 of the Rio Olympics 2016 will have India's wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and marathon runners Thonnakkal Gopi, Kheta Ram and Nitendra Singh Rawat in action

A national level handball player allegedly committed suicide, leaving behind a note addressed to PM Narendra Modi in which she blamed the denial of free accommodation in her college as the reason behind her step.

President of the Indian Olympic Committee N Ramachandran was today awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.

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Britain's Mo Farah sought to distance himself from drugs-tainted Somali coach Jama Aden following victory in the Olympic 5,000m final in Rio.

Premier League giants Liverpool are the target of an 800 million pounds ($1 billion, 924 million euros) takeover bid backed by the Chinese government.

Half-centuries from Aaron Finch and skipper Steve Smith helped Australia pull off a tricky chase to defeat a resilient Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first one-day international in Colombo

Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram put up an inspired show and clocked their personal best timings to finish 25th and 26th respectively in the men's marathon.

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BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday said nationalism was being questioned in the name of freedom of expression and "propaganda".

A delegation of opposition parties from Jammu and Kashmir, led by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, today met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

Yogeshwar Dutt lost in the opening round to Mongolian Ganzorigiina Mandakhnaran whose QF defeat dashed his medal hopes of a repechage at the Rio Games.

With the rise in level of the Ganga, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed apprehension of further rise in water level by Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Sunday expressed concern over alleged harassment of journalists and employees by security forces.

Catch the live updates of the fourth day's play of the fourth India-West Indies Test at Port of Spain here.

A day after Amit Shah addressed a gathering near Panaji, Goa Congress alleged that he seems to be ignorant about the corruption prevailing in the state.

Left red-faced by the four-year ban imposed on Narsingh Yadav by the CAS, the WFI on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the doping scandal that has jeopardised the grappler's entire career.

Hitting out at Amnesty International for hosting an event where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, displaced Kashmiri Pandits demanded a probe.

Alleging that SP, BJP and BSP have destroyed the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh by dividing the society, UP Congress incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said his party would seek votes in 2017 assembly polls on Gandhi's "principle of unity".

In a shocking incident in the US, a father allegedly murdered his four-month-old daughter by punching her 22 times.

London's first night-time Tube train finally took off from the Brixton station, 19 August. It will run all night on parts of the Central and Victoria lines on Friday and Saturday nights.

Ryan Lochte had to cop not to only being the boorish American, but has also become the poster boy for white privilege at these Olympics. Thankfully in this case, that didn't take him very far.

Figuratively and symbolically, the change in personality that Patel brings in to the top job at RBI appears to be very comforting to the industry and bankers who were often at the receiving end of the barbs, mostly in form of policy actions, from Rajan.

Hat-trick hero Luis Suarez was in sensational form as he helped Barcelona start their title defence with a crushing 6-2 win over Real Betis at the Camp Nou.