Mumbai: Singer Angarag Mahanta, also known as Papon, has been barred from Essel Group after the singer "inappropriately kissed" a minor contestant of one of the group's shows.

Earlier on Saturday, Papon had tweeted that following the controversy, he was in "no mental state to fulfil most of my p

Cape Town: The International Cricket Council (ICC) presented the ICC Test championship mace to India captain Virat Kohli in the Newlands Stadium here at the conclusion of the South Africa tour on Saturday.

On behalf of the ICC, Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Graeme Pollock of South Africa made

Paris: Former Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo scored a late equaliser as Toulouse staged a late comeback to snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw with second-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

The point drags relegation-threatened Toulouse two points clear of the bottom three, while reigning champions Monaco remain 11 points

(Online Desk)

In a major jolt to Bollywood industry, actress Sridevi passed away on Sunday.

The 54-year-old actress reportedly died of cardiac arrest in Dubai, according to filmfare.

The actress was in Dubai along with her husband Boney Kapoor and her younger daughter Khushi to attend the wedding ceremony of Mohit M

Sonipapt (Haryana): Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said while other countries have set a target to eliminate Tuberculosis by 2030, India was looking forward to eradicating the disease by 2025.

Nadda was speaking at a national conference of the National Medicos Organization organised here today, accordi

Bhubaneshwar: An estimated 72 per cent of voters today exercised their franchise in the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly seat in Odisha that passed off peacefully, a top election official said.

"Around 72 per cent of the electorate cast their votes by 5 pm in the by-poll," state Chief Electoral Office

New Delhi: A joint forum of employees and officers of the Delhi government today met Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to raise the issue of alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash and apprised him about the "difficult working condition" prevailing in the AAP dispensation.

In the meeting, the episode

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme here on the birth anniversary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

The scheme, which aims at providing 50 percent subsidy to all the working women to buy two-wheelers, was a pet project of Jayalalithaa.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection of his fundamental rights, including the right to privacy, amid summons to his son Karti Chidambaram and raids by the CBI and the ED in connection with cases related to Aircel-Maxis and INX Media.

Chidambaram,

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today ruled out privatisation of public sector banks as a response to the Rs 11,400-crore fraud hitting Punjab National Bank, saying the move may not be politically acceptable.

Speaking at the Economic Times' Global Business Summit, he said a lot of people have started