New Delhi: The Election Commission late on Suday night withdrew its show cause notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct, saying the provision under which it was issued is now under review.

“The Commission is of the considered view that due to multi-fold expans

Visakhapatnam: Shikhar Dhawan made an unbeaten 100 as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third one-day international to clinch the series 2-1 in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

Chasing 216 for victory, the hosts depended on a 135-run second-wicket partnership between Shreyas Iyer, who made 65, and Dhawan to ach

Jaipur: Actor-filmmaker-singer Farhan Akhtar said he loves to entertain people, be it with his singing, acting or script-writing.

At a recent event here, the ‘Lucknow Central’ actor said he feels a bit nervous before performing in live concerts.

“I feel nervous before performing in live

Dubai: Top Indian shuttler P V Sindhu suffered yet another final loss, going down fighting against World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a pulsating women’s singles summit clash of the Dubai Super Series Final here today.

In the prestigious season-ending tournament finale, Sindhu played her hearts out befo

Ahmedabad: More than 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the re-polling held today at six polling booths in four Assembly constituencies of Gujarat, said officials.

Following the Election Commission’s (EC) directive yesterday, the polling was held at two booths each in Vadgam and Savli constituencies a

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged the BJP was trying to run governments in opposition-ruled states including Delhi through governors and lieutenant governors.

He alleged that governors and Lt governors were issuing directions bypassing elected governments.

“In all opposition-r

Los Angeles: California is battling its third-largest wildfire since 1932, and winds and dry conditions may help the blaze grow even further, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Saturday.

The so-called Thomas fire has burned 259,000 acres (105,000 hectares) of land, destroyed over 1,000

Tegucigalpa:  Hilda Hernandez, sister of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and five other people were killed in a helicopter crash today on a mountain near the Honduran capital.

Hernandez, 51, was an agronomy engineer who served as communications minister under her brother and as minister of social development dur

Johnnesburg: India won nine gold, seven silver and four bronze medals on the second day of the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in South Africa’s Johannesburg.

The India Women Wrestling Team that represented the nation at the championship won the medals in all 10 weight categories.

The team who

New Delhi: From memoirs to essays, a spate of books written by Indian politicians will be out in 2018, which promises to be the year of political tomes, publishers here said.

On the anvil are books written by parliamentarians and other politicians. The list includes works by former ministers Kapil Sibal and Shashi