Kolkata,  A young national level shooter -- Konica Layak who was supposed to get married in February this year committed suicide at her hostel in Bally in West Bengal's Howrah district on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem.

Earlier this year, Konica

Vientiane, The Laos government announced on Thursday a plan to reopen for visitors starting from January 1, 2022, according to a notice issued by the Prime Minister's Office.

The notice, which was signed by the Head of the Prime Minister's Office, Khamchen Vongphosy, was released on Wednesday, Xinhua news

Tirin Kot,   Two children were confirmed dead and eight injured when a blast ripped through a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, a local official said on Thursday.

The blast took place in Gizab district's Khalach village in Uruzgan province on Wednesday, according to the official who decline

Mumbai, Hyderabad Strikers overturned an early deficit to put it across Bengaluru Spartans 42-38 for their second victory in the league stage of the Tennis Premier League at the Celebration Club, here on Wednesday.

Late on Tuesday, the Hyderabad outfit had outplayed Rajasthan Panthers 49-31. It was also Bengaluru's second defe

Chandigarh,  The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and 3x3 Pro Basketball League Indian Sub-continent (3BL) will hold the 3BL Season III from March 5-27, 2022, in Chandigarh, BFI Secretary General Chander Mukhi Sharma said on Thursday. The league second season of the league was held in 2019.

"The BFI

New Delhi,   World Esports Cup (WEC21), South East Asias premier tri-nation esports championship, has received close to 1.2 million registrations from the gaming community from India, Pakistan and Nepal.

With the registration period ending last month, the stage is set for closing the top 12 teams fr

Kochi, With just five weeks left for the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 to kick start, Indian Women's Football Team captain Ashalata Devi said that the team is trying to iron out the rough edges with the intensive training in the camp here.

"It's not easy maintaining focus ahead of such a big to

Huelva (Spain),  India's PV Sindhu has stormed into the women's singles quarter-finals here on Thursday, beating Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong in straight sets.

Playing an early morning match at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Sindhu emerged 21-14, 21-18 winner to set up a las

London,  Mercedes have decided to drop their appeal against the stewards dismissing their protests against the result of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull-Honda's driver Max Verstappen had secured a stunning victory in the controversial Formula 1 championship decider race. Both Verstappen and Mercedes dri

Sydney,  World No. 4 Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from next month's Australian Open because of a right-hand injury sustained during the training.

"Unfortunately, I hurt my right hand in practice yesterday and I won't be able to play in Adelaide, Sydney, and (the) Australian Open this year