With an aim to attract talented sports persons from all over the country, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) through Sports Authority of India (SAI) launched the National Talent Search Portal (NTSP) on 28.08.2017. It has been so designed that any sports persons from across the country can submit online application for admission in any of the SAI Training ...

A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also framed charges against Sengar’s accomplice Shashi Singh for allegedly kidnapping the minor girl, who is presently admitted in AIIMS, Delhi. The court has framed charges under Sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), ...

A day after touching an all-time-high level, gold prices on Friday slipped Rs 140 but traded above the Rs 38,000-mark at Rs 38,330 per 10 gram, on easing in demand from jewellers despite the precious metal gaining overseas and sustaining above the psychological level of USD 1,500 an ounce. Silver also declined Rs 290 to Rs 44,010 per kg in ...

Restrictions will be eased to allow people in Kashmir to offer Friday prayers in local mosques, officials said on Friday as security forces were put on high alert across the Valley in an apparent move to prevent possible protests. The decision on easing of restrictions comes after National Security Advisor Ajit Doval directed authorities to ensure that no Kashmiris were ...

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new-generation Galaxy Note large-screen handset starting at USD 950 and said it will work closer with Microsoft so that services function better across its array of devices. The Note 10 “phablet” which is set for release on August 23, comes in two sizes, with the larger beginning at USD 1,100. The price puts the model ...

Amid rising diplomatic tensions with Pakistan, India’s national tennis federation is likely to approach the sport’s world governing body ITF, seeking a neutral venue for the Davis Cup tie against the neighbours which was originally planned in Islamabad. Following the revocation of the provisions of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir by the union government, which took away the state’s ...

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani will preside over a function in New Delhi on Wednesday to mark the 5th National Handloom Day, which will be celebrated across the country. The main event will be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. “Bhubaneswar has been chosen as the venue for the main event due to its rich tradition of Handlooms. More than fifty per ...

Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night, AIIMS sources said. She was 67. The senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS around 9:30pm and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. AIIMS doctors said she died of a cardiac arrest. “A glorious chapter in Indian politics comes to an end. India ...

Six people, most of them pilgrims returning from Badrinath shrine in Garhwal Himalayas, were killed and eight injured on Tuesday as boulders from a landslide hit a bus they were travelling in at Lambagad in Chamoli district. The body of 20-year-old Raju Kumar, a pilgrim from Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh, was the first to be recovered while the remaining five ...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has started filming the 11th season of popular reality game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. The 76-year-old actor on Saturday took to Twitter to share the news. “It has begun… another ‘KBC’ … 19 years since it started… 11 seasons… and the love of all the viewers,” Bachchan tweeted along with some photographs from the sets. The “Badla” ...