Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday launched the revamped 'Khelo India' initiative, which earlier focused on infrastructure development but will now look to ensure all-round growth. The government has approved Rs 1,756 crore for a period of three years for revamping the initiativ

South Africa will play a four-day pink ball Test against neighbours Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth as the traditional Boxing Day fixture before India arrive for a tour in late December, Cricket South Africa has announced. The day-night match has yet to be granted Test status by the International Cric

“Islamophobic” terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatise Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against Islam, official media reported on Thursday. China has over 21 million Muslims mostly the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Hui community in Ningxia province, according to unoffici

New Delhi: Most people are “worried” about what has happened to India’s tradition of tolerance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today following his interactions with students in the US. Mr Gandhi invited non-resident Indians (NRIs) to “work with the Congress”. “I had many conversatio

On the Invitation of Saudi Binladeen Group Chairman, H.E. Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, Consul General of India deputed a Team comprising of some Officers of the Indian Consulate Dr. Md. Nurul Hasan Consul (Commerce), Mr. Anand Kumar Consul (Consular), Mr. Moin Akther, Consul (Community Welfare) & Sau

Facebook said it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a ‘dangerous organisation’ as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media. The social network is a key tool in the information war taking place over vio

LONDON: Britain said it had suspended its ‘educational training courses’ for the Myanmar military due to the ethnic violence in Rakhine state. London said it had “deep concern” about human rights abuses and would not be resuming the military courses unless there was an “acceptable resolution” to

Melbourne :A Sikh family in Australia today won a legal battle against a Christian school which refused to enrol their five-year-old son because of his turban. Sidhak Singh Arora was due to start prepratory at Melton Christian College (MCC) in Melbourne’s north-west, this year. But his patka (

Gwangju, (South Korea): Condemned to death twice for spying, Seo Ok-Ryol spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Now aged 90, the only thing he wants to do before he dies is go home — to North Korea. Born in the South, where he still has relatives, then a soldier and sp

New Delhi :Veteran actor Shabana Azmi is happy that youngsters are taking initiatives to learn Urdu today as she believes the language is not limited to any particular section. Azmi, who launched poet-singer Minu Bakshi’s “Mauj-e- Saraab: Waves of Illusion” here last evening, hopes the language w

New Delhi: The Rohingyas are illegal immigrants and not refugees who have applied for asylum in India, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Addressing a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Singh asked why some people were objecting to the deportation of Rohi

MEHSANA: Violence returned to the state ahead of Gujarat assembly elections that goes to poll in December this year. The latest incident is an altercation over a minor accident that triggered a clash between two communities in Nagalpur area of the city. People from two communities fought pitch

The profile was developed by matching CCTV footage with eyewitness accounts. India Today accessed the footage in which the killer appears, but has decided not to publish it since an investigation is under way. September 21, 2017:The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of senior Kannada

September 21, Tripura: A journalist working with a local television news channel in Tripura was beaten to death while covering a clash between the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) and the Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad (TRUGP) in Mandai, in West Tripura, on Wednesday afternoon.

کیلیفورنیا: وہ دن دور نہیں جب آپ ایئرکنڈیشنڈ اور ہیٹر کو اپنی کلائی پر باندھے ہوں گے جو سردیوں میں آپ کے جسم کو گرم اور گرمیوں میں ٹھنڈا رکھ سکے گا کیوں کہ ماہرین نے ایسی گھڑی کا نمونہ بنالیا ہے جسے ایئرکون واچ کا نام دیا ہے اس حوالے سے ان کا دعویٰ ہے کہ یہ گھڑی کلائی کے ذریعے گرمی اور سردی کا احس

میکسکو سٹی: میکسکو سٹی میں ہولناک زلزلے سے اب تک 226 افراد ہلاک اور سینکڑوں زخمی ہوگئے ہیں جب کہ ریکٹر اسکیل پر زلزلے کی شدت 7.1 ریکارڈ کی گئی ہے۔ غیر ملکی خبررساں ادارے کے مطابق میکسکو سٹی میں 2 ہفتوں کے دوران دوسرے خوفناک زلزلے نے تباہی مچادی، میکسکو سٹی میں ریکٹر اسکیل پر 7.1 شدت کے زلزلے کے بعد

کاراکس: وینزویلا کے صدر نکولس مدورو نے امریکی ہم منصب ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کو ہٹلر قرار دے دیا۔ اقوام متحدہ کی جنرل اسمبلی سے خطاب کے دوران امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے وینزویلا میں انسانی حقوق کی خلاف ورزیوں پر اس کے صدر نکولس مدورو کو کڑی تنقید کا نشانہ بنایا اور نئی پابندیاں عائد کرنے کی دھمکی دی تھی۔ وینزوی

سعودی عرب میں ٹیلی کمیونی کیشن اتھارٹی نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ آج بدھ کی شام سے مملکت میں تمام صارفین آڈیو اور وڈیو کالز کی انٹرنیٹ ایپلی کیشنز کا استعمال کر سکیں گے۔ اتھارٹی نے اپنے اکاؤنٹ پر ایک ٹوئیٹ میں بتایا ہے کہ "صارف کی ضرورت اور عالمی رجحانات کے شانہ بشانہ رہنے کے واسطے ٹیلی کمیونی کیشن ا