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New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Centre on Friday rejected the Global Hunger Index saying it was shocking that the rank of India was lowered, adding that the methodology used by FAO is 'unscientific'. A statement issued by the Ministry of Women…

MS Dhoni’s face hardly betrays emotion. Else, it would have had the mea culpa of a dropped catch writ large on it. Dropping Venkatesh Iyer, the man behind Kolkata Knight Riders’ upsurge in UAE, on nought threatened to be a very costly…

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played his part to perfection in an extraordinary script as he led Chennai Super Kings to their fourth Indian Premier League title, outwitting Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in a one-sided final on Friday. Dhoni, who…

Male, Oct 15 (PTI) Having endured a topsy-turvy beginning to their campaign before a fine turnaround, seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF…

Pakistan emerged as “one of the best teams in the world” playing in UAE and Babar Azam and his men will fare well in the men’s T20 World Cup due to familiarity with the conditions, says the country’s former women’s skipper Sana Mir. The…

Last month, Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Tirop, 25, set a world record of 30 minutes and 1 second in a 10K run to continue her steady rise in track and field. Earlier this week though, her body was discovered at her home in Iten, in West Kenya, with…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is set to meet in the national capital on Saturday amid demand from senior party leaders for electing a new president to the party, and at a time when a generational shift is…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The body of a man with a hand chopped off, and found tied to a barricade in Kundli, close to the main stage at the farmers' protest site along the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border on Friday, is the works of a group Nihang…

Mumbai, Oct 15 (UNI) Providing a safe, secure, and stable maritime system is an imperative to all of mankind and not just for the navies of the US and India, said Chief of US Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday on Friday during his…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday night withdrew his resignation and assured party leader Rahul Gandhi that he would resume his duties as the Punjab Congress chief. Sidhu, who had met party leaders over his…