Amaravati,  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday met Tokyo Olympics bound state athletes and conveyed his best wishes to them, including announcing cash incentives.

Reddy met international badminton stars P.V. Sindhu, R. Satwiksairaj and women's hockey player Rajani Etima

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Oman Cricket, expected to host the initial matches of the T20 World Cup which will act as qualifier for the main draw, has a task at hand as it looks to upgrade its facilities within three months after the Indian cricket board took its time to announce its inability to host the mega tournament on i

New Delhi,  Even though Euro 2020 tournament has entered only the quarter-final stage, some big nations have already fallen.

IANS looks at the biggest upsets of the tournament, all of which have come in the Round of 16 stage. In fact, half of the eight pre-quarterfinals sprang surprises.

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London,  France's world No. 58 Alize Cornet caused a major upset when she beat world No. 7 Bianca Andreescu of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in their delayed first-round match at Wimbledon in one hour and 22 minutes on Wednesday.

This is the second time in three weeks that Alize has beaten the 21-year-old Bianca,

Tokyo,   International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 8, just over two weeks before the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics.

The IOC announced on its official website that Bach will go to Tokyo fully vaccinated and follow the playbooks' guidelines to en

New Delhi,  World champion in double trap shooting, Ankur Mittal, and World Championships silver medallist in 10m air rifle, Anjum Moudgil, were on Wednesday recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour in India.

The two had also been recommended for the Khel Ratna last year.<

Mumbai,  In its ongoing probe into the multi-crore rupees betel nut smuggling scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) swooped at 19 locations in Mumbai, Nagpur and Ahmedabad and seized incriminating documents, digital devices and other articles, officials said on Wednesday.

The r

Patna,  The work to expand the Darbhanga airport is likely to commence soon after the Indian Air Force (IAF) gave a no objection certificate (NOC) to Bihar government to acquire land adjoining the IAF station there.

Confirming the development, State Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha posted the NO

Hyderabad,  The Telangana government has received 350 applications in response to Expression of Interest (EOI) called by it for setting up food processing zones in the state.

Industry minister K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday directed the officials to extend the last date for submission of EOI

Chennai,  The suspect in the serial State Bank of India ATM thefts case in Chennai, Aamir Arsh Alimuddin who was apprehended by the police, was brought to an ATM in the city and made to demonstrate the modus operandi of his gang.

The thief was arrested from a hideout in Ballabhgarh village near Faridabad