Melbourne,   Rafael Nadal on Tuesday started off his chase for a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam in an emphatic manner, registering a straight-sets win against Serbia's Laslo Djere in the opening round contest of the men's singles event of the Australian Open.

The World No.

Chennai,   In-form England on Tuesday thrashed India by 227 runs in the first Test here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here, and took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.

After setting India a 420-run target, England bowled India out for 192 in 58.1 overs, with left-arm spinner Jack Leach taking four

Patna,  Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal United (JDU) have set the caste equations right in Bihar, as Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet on Tuesday after he became the Chief Minister again in November last year. Seventeen legislators were sworn in as Ministers by Governor Fagu Chauhan

Kolkata,   A bus carrying BJP activists was attacked by unidentified miscreants in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Tuesday. The BJP supporters were going to join the rally of BJP President J.P. Nadda at Lalgarh, a place once known as a dreaded Maoist hotbed.

The incident took place near

Panaji, Feb 9 (IANS) A hastily typed Whatsapp message, peppered with typos, canvassing a contest between 'Rocky' and 'Tyson' near Goa's Siridao beach, isn't an invite to a boxing match.

More likely, it is a hush-hush call to witness an illegal bullfight between two wel

New Delhi,  The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is not in favour of one-time relaxation to UPSC exam aspirants who are age-barred, as it will be discriminatory to other candidates.

Scores of petitioners, who had exhausted their attempt in October 2020 exam amid Covid-19,

Hyderabad,  A city court on Tuesday handed down a death sentence to a man found guilty of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl.

The Metropolitan Sessions Judge sentenced Dinesh Kumar Dharne to death for the ghastly crime committed in 2017.

The 23-year-old, a migrant labourer from Madh

Chandigarh,  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday virtually launched 56 services available at Sewa Kendras as he committed to bring in greater transparency in governance by taking the total number of citizen-centric services to 500 in three months.

With this launch, the number of services at

New Delhi,  A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in the Republic Day violence case, to seven days' police custody.

Sidhu was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Prigya Gupta at Tis Hazari court. Police had sought 10 days' custody of the accused, which w

New Delhi,   Indian Army has trained canines to detect Covid-19 virus for a quick and a real time situation for easier movements of troops. These canines -- 'Chippiparai' and 'Cocker Spaniel' -- have been deployed at transit camps of the force in Delhi and Chandigarh.

The Cocker Span