Covering of mosque, mazaar on yatra route triggers row

Haridwar/Dehradun, July 27 -- The covering of a mosque and "mazaar" (tomb) along a Kanwar Yatra route in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand sparked a controversy on Friday, even as the state police said... Read More

'Reforms made armed forces more capable'

New Delhi, July 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said reforms have been the first priority in the defence sector over the last 10 years, which have made the armed forces more capable and s... Read More

Playing the violin, staying off social media: How athletes find their zone

New Delhi/Paris, July 27 -- It's a well-worn story but worth a quick retelling. The night before his Olympic final in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra, nervous and unable to sleep, gulped down some whiskey and... Read More

Noida woman found dead at home, husband absconding

Noida, July 27 -- A 30-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Garhi Chaukhandi village of Noida on Thursday evening, officers said on Friday, adding that her husband is absconding along with his... Read More

ex-pwd official among 3 held for Rs.200-crore covid-era racket

New Delhi, July 27 -- A retired senior Public Works Department (PWD) officer along with owners of two private firms were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in Delhi for allegedly running a racket ... Read More

gzb: 50-year-old man shot dead, son injured over rivalry

Ghaziabad, July 27 -- A 50-year-old man was shot dead and his 34-year-old son sustained two bullet injuries after a group of men fired at them indiscriminately due to personal enmity, near Sikri railw... Read More

This way to Kucha Baqaullah Khan

India, July 27 -- As part of our 'Walled City dictionary' series, that is chronicling every significant Old Delhi place. Once upon a time there were "do bhai"- Rohilla Khan and Baqaullah Khan. Both b... Read More

'If a medal is written in my stars, no one can snatch that away from me'

Paris, July 27 -- Those Olympic rings. Athletes ink it to their bodies, paste it on room walls, turn it into mobile wallpapers. Nikhat Zareen sees flashes of it. When pushing every ounce of the physi... Read More

With Seine blitz in Paris, the Games are wide open

India, July 27 -- Paris woke up shadowy, went through the day subdued. But as the evening descended, it sprang to life. River Seine, hot topic of much discussion for months, lay chill and still for a... Read More

Satwik and Chirag go in as contenders; Sindhu eyes a third

NEW DELHI, July 27 -- PV Sindhu in Saarbrucken. Lakshya Sen in Marseille. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in Mumbai. HS Prannoy and the women's pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in... Read More

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