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Odisha FC on Saturday announced that the club has reached a two-year agreement with South African mid-fielder Cole Alexander ahead of the seventh edition of the Hero Indian Super League. Born in Cape Town, Alexander played youth football at Hellenic FC...

Ahead of the third edition of the two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US later this month, Indian Ambassador to Washington Taranjit Singh Sandhu has underlined five broad principles to take the partnership between the two nations to the "next leve...

U.S. President Donald Trump, eager to get back on the election campaign trail after being sidelined by a COVID19 infection, will begin by giving remarks to supporters outdoors at the White House on Saturday then hold a rally in Florida two days later.

Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria and becoming the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the prestigious 112-year-old institution. Datar, an alumnus of...

Deven Bharti, who was till recently Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad chief, has been appointed additional director general of police of Maharashtra State Security Corporation.

The study 'Status and Decadal Trends of Child Marriage in India' was released ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child' on October 11.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday tested negative for COVID-19, days after he shared the stage with Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu who has tested positive for the virus. "Punjab CM@capt_amarinder's RT-PCR & RAT (Rapid Antigen Test) #C...

The police named Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema in the matter. Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had said that the owners of the three channels involved in the alleged scam had been charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating for 'fixin...

In 2018, the crime rate against STs in the state was registered as 12.8%. In the span of just one year the crime rate in UP against STs shot up to a staggering 63.6%.

The Delhi Development Authority has approved a proposal to allot 400 square metres of land for a Guru Ravidas temple in Jahanpanah city forest area here, officials said on Friday. In August last year, huge protests had broken out in Delhi and Punjab by...

Earlier, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to monitor and investigate such cases to put an end to immigration frauds in the case, he said.

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had moved the Rouse Avenue Court seeking a direction to the Delhi Police to register an FIR against Sisodia for intent to cause riot, provoke breach of peace and public mischief under the Indian Penal Code.

Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Friday attacked the Uddhav Thackeray government over its fiscal policies and accused it of not having any "post COVID-19 plan" to rejuvenate Maharashtra's economy. Mungantiwar, finance minister in the previous BJP...

Geneva (AP) Soccer clubs spent nearly USD 1.9 billion less than last year on international player transfers during the European summer trading window, according to FIFA research published on Friday. Disruption to the soccer industry from the coronaviru...

Five persons, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly accepting bets on the ongoing Indian Premier League matches, in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, police said on Friday. Based on a tip-off, a police team on Thursday raided an apartmen...

The Delhi government's decision to do away with the practice of pasting cautionary posters outside the homes of people infected with COVID-19 and isolated inside, will help reduce the stigma attached to the disease, experts said on Friday. However, th...