Melbourne, World No.1 and former champion Ashleigh Barty was ousted from the 2021 Australian Open in the quarter-final stage on Wednesday after being stunned by Czech world No.25 Karolina Muchova over three sets at the Rod Laver Arena.

Barty lost the match 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 as Muchova continued taking down higher

Johannesburg,   Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket, thus ending a nine-year career that started in November 2012. He clarified he is not retiring from ODI cricket yet and focussing on T20s.

du Plessis said that with two cons

Hyderabad,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various states greeted Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on his 67th birthday on Wednesday.

"Greetings to Telangana CM KCR Garu on his birthday. Praying for his long and healthy life," tweeted Modi.

KCR,

Thiruvananthapuram,  Over the past nearly two decades, whenever there is an election in Kerala, be it Assembly, Lok Sabha and even Rajya Sabha, one question which surfaces first is, will superstar Mammootty contest, as a Left candidate.

And naturally his name has once again surfaced as Kerala readies for

Indore,  The Madhya Pradesh government has accelerated the efforts to make its business capital Indore a 'beggar-free' city. Initiatives have also been adopted to ensure the rehabilitation of beggars and how people can contribute to the cause.

Indore District Magistrate Manish Si

ucknow,In a bizarre case of land grab in Uttar Pradesh, the deity of a temple was 'declared dead' in the mutation documents of the land deed title of a temple in Lucknow.

The temple is said to be 100 years old, its land is spread over 7,000 sq metre and run by a trust registered in the name of Lord Krishna

New Delhi, Envoys of at least 24 countries are visiting Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the security situation and developments since the nullification of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. This is the third such visit in one and a half years.

Top official sources told IANS that envoys of C

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh),  After Bareilly got its famous 'jhumka', it is now Pilibhit that has got its 'Bansuri Chowk' that showcases the district's connection with the manufacturing of flutes.

The Bansuri Chowk was dedicated to the public on Tuesday on the occasion of Basant Panchami

New Delhi, Delhi Police special Cell has arrested Maninder Singh, a wanted in the Red Fort violence case, who was seen swinging swords with both hands on January 26 when violence broke out.

Two swords ('khandas') of 4.3 feet size used in swinging at the Red Fort by Singh have also been recovered from his h

Lucknow, The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is all set to cross the target of generating 40 crore mandays of jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) by the end of current financial year.

According to the government spokesman, the state has already genera