Actor-producer Aamir Khan Thursday said he will be glad to be a brand ambassador for the Clean India campaign and appealed to people to join it. “I would be very happy if I am given this responsibility,” Aamir Khan said. The actor was present on Rajpath where Prime Minister NarendraRead More

Incheon: A spirited Indian men’s hockey team defeated arch-rivals and defending champions Pakistan 4-2 in a nerve-wracking shoot-out to end its 16-year gold medal draught in the Asian Games and earn a direct berth to the 2016 Rio Olympics, here on Thursday. It turned out to be a humdinger ofRead More

Incheon: India continued their stranglehold in women’s 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition on Thursday. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, MandeepRead More

Several leading women football players have filed a lawsuit claiming sex discrimination over the decision to use synthetic pitches at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Legal proceedings have begun against the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and football’s world governing body Fifa at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, reportsRead More

Mumbai: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Thursday said that BCCI should think of appointing young Virat Kohli as the Test captain after India’s drubbing in the longest format in the recently concluded series in England. The 51-year-old came down heavily on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and said,”You don’t surviveRead More

Combat sports are a whole other animal, we all know this. Fighters train their whole lives to never make an emotional decision, to always stay calm and rational. They have to; otherwise they lose—best case scenario—or far worse. In combat sports, the one who gets angry first is the oneRead More

According to ESPN Cricinfo, Rohit Sharma, already out of the Champions League Twenty20 due to finger and shoulder injuries, will be unavailable for the limited-overs’ leg of India’s home series against the West Indies. Rohit is likely to be available for the three-Test series, starting October 30, that follows theRead More

Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at the White House after Washington criticised Israeli plans to build thousands more settler homes in east Jerusalem, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Israeli public radio quoted Netanyahu as telling US President Barack Obama in talks in Washington yesterday to “study the factsRead More

Ramadi: The Islamic State group launched attacks on Iraqi bases in two western towns that left at least 17 members of the security forces and 40 jihadists dead, security and medical sources said today. Seven policemen and four soldiers were killed when IS fighters attacked the police headquarters in theRead More

London: Prince William and his wife Kate have warned two paparazzi photographers against pursuing their 14-month-old son Prince George and his nanny, saying their behaviour amounted to “harassment”. Lawyers for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have sent a legal warning letter to the photographers to “cease harassing” Prince George,Read More