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Saina Nehwal became the first Indian in 14 years to reach the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships by virtue of a straight games win over China's Sun Yu on Saturday. The third seed became the first Indian woman to enter…

Skipper MS Dhoni became the most successful Indian captain with maximum number of away ODI victories (59), as India beat West Indies by 4 wickets at WACA, Perth to continue to lead Pool B. It was India's 4th straight win in 2015 World Cup.…

YouTube on Thursday began blocking access to the controversial BBC documentary on the December 16, 2012 gang rape, citing court orders, while the government served legal notice to the top news channel after it ignored a court's restraining…

Brushing aside Indian protests, the BBC has telecast a documentary on a brutal gang-rape in Delhi that has been banned in India, "given the intense level of interest" in it. The hour-long documentary was then uploaded on YouTube by an…

Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar arrived in this Afghan capital on Wednesday on the fourth and final leg of his four-nation Saarc Yatra. He is slated to meet President Ashraf Ghani and other senior officials during the visit.…

The Central government has blacklisted 69 NGOs across the country for disrupting development activities. 5 NGOs from Odisha are figured in the list. They include Adima Jati Seva Samiti (Phulbani), Health Education Development Society…

In a bid to further boost people-to-people contact and improve physical connectivity, Nepal and India were all set to launch a direct bus service linking Kathmandu and Vanarasi from Thursday, connecting the two great Hindu religious cities.…

Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary during his visit to Islamabad. Jaishankar, who arrived in Islamabad earlier in the day as part of his SAARC yatra, is also…

The Swine Flu death toll across India has gone up to 1,005 with the death of 40 more people in the last 24 hours. At least 18,105 people have been affected by H1N1 virus so far. The government admitted that it was facing shortage of…

A joint India-Nepal motor rally will be flagged off on February 27 from Puri in Odisha to promote connectivity, people-to-people contact, and spiritual and adventure tourism in both the countries, India's Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae said…