Miami: Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams exacted revenge on reigning Miami Open champion Johanna Konta on Monday with a superlative display to book her place in the quarter-finals.

In a repeat of last year’s semi-final -- which was won by the British number one Konta -- it was the 37-year-old Ameri

Miami: Sloane Stephens powered past world number three Garbine Muguruza as the seeds continued to fall at the Miami Open on Monday.

US Open champion Stephens dominated Spain's reigning Wimbledon champion Muguruza to record a 6-3, 6-4 win and advance to the quarter-finals.

Stephens, the world number 1

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for an all-party meeting at the state assembly on Tuesday, over the non-issuance of 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh.

Earlier last week, Naidu had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not only doing injustice

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry today cleared a 325-member Indian contingent, including 221 athletes, for the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast next month, but dropped two contingent staff named by the Indian Olympic Association.

The contingent has 58 coaches, 7 managers, 17 doctors and physiotherapists and 22 other

Shimla: The work on the country's first high speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on in full swing with the designing of bridges and tunnels progressing well, a senior official has said.

A process has also been initiated to acquire land for the project, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra

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Several EU countries, along with US, are following Britain in expelling Russian diplomats in a deepening crisis over the nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy in England on Monday. Britain has blamed Russia, but Moscow denies responsibility. The diplomatic fallout is due to the nerve agent attack on for

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday instructed the state administration to take "strong action" against those who took out rallies with arms here on occasion of Ram Navami, defying the state's directive.

Stating that rallying with arms is not a part of Bengal's culture,

New Delhi: India plans to borrow 2.88 trillion rupees ($44.40 billion) in the first half of the 2018/19 financial year that begins in April, the government said on Monday.

In the federal budget unveiled in February, the government said it envisages a gross market borrowing of 6.06 trillion rupees in 2018/19 and a

Amaravati: All MPs of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) will resign immediately if Parliament is adjourned sine die without an announcement over the issue of special status to Andhra Pradesh, a party leader said on Monday.

This decision was taken at a meeting that YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy had with the

Beijing: China today asserted that Dokalam belongs to it and India should have "learnt lessons" from the stand-off last year, days after India's envoy blamed China for the face-off, saying it happened because Beijing tried to alter the "status quo" in the disputed area.

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