New Delhi,   In a shocking revelation at a time when there is vaccine shortage in the country, only 17.05 per cent of the total vaccines received from the Centre were used by the private hospitals in May, says government data.

As per the Health Ministry's June 4 data, the Central government prov

Chandigarh,  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday formed an alliance to contest the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections together.

An announcement in this regard was made jointly by SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal and BSP national General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra

Warsaw,  Tokyo Olympic Games bound wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the women's 53kg freestyle gold with an 8-0 win over Khrystyna Bereza of Ukraine at the Poland Ranking Series here on Friday.

With less than 50 days to go for the Olympic Games to begin, Vinesh looked strong in defence and

Lahore,  Pakistani great Wasim Akram took to twitter to rekindle memories of his team's 1992 World Cup league match against the West Indies when he sent West Indies batting legend Brian Lara retired hurt with a toe-crusher.

Left-arm fast bowler Akram, known for his deadly yorkers, posted a picture of

Paris,  Novak Djokovic dashed Rafael Nadal's hopes of winning a record 21st Grand Slam title and his 14th French Open after the world No. 1 overcame the Spaniard 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 in a four-hour-22-minute semi-final that was replete with moments of brilliance as well as errors.

Nadal, who went in

Doha,  Ace India football striker Sunil Chhetri said on Saturday that the hype around him surpassing Argentina legend Lionel Messi's tally of 72 goals for his country is misplaced and "the truth is that there is absolutely no comparison between me and him".

Chhetri scored a brace in India&#

Canberra,  Swimming Australia (SA) said on Friday the allegations by star swimmer Maddie Groves were "very concerning" after she withdrew from the Olympic trials saying she wants to send a message to "all misogynistic perverts in sport."

Groves, a two-time silver medallist at the 2016

New Delhi, The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Saturday said it is not losing sleep over ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's modest performances in warm-up competitions ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"The Lisbon competition on Thursday was low key, but more important was to start at some le

Paris,  World No. 3 Rafael Nadal, whose unbeaten streak at French Open spread over last six years was broken in Friday's semi-finals, said world No. 1 Novak Djokovic got used to cooler Paris conditions at night better even as he himself could not produce the top level tennis expected of him.

"Th

Congaree Maintenance (USA),  India's Anirban Lahiri slipped to tied 44 after carding two-over 73 in the second round but still managed to make cut at Palmetto Championship.

Lahiri, who was tied in 31st place after round one and slipped 13 places on Friday, is now even par after the first two rounds.<