Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon will contest upcoming Lok Sabha election from high-profile Lucknow Parliamentary seat. Bhartiya Janata Party today decided to filed Lalji Tandon against Samajwadi Party’s star candidate Sanjay Dutt. The decision was taken after party election committee meet. Former Prime Minister Atl Bihari Vajpayee is sitting MLA from this Lok Sabha seat. [...]

Korea’s Kim Hae Jung brought in her second successive card of two-under 70 to surge into the joint lead with overnight leader and defending champion Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand at the DLF Women’s Indian Open played at the DLF Golf & Country Club. The teenage Thai shot and even par 72. The leaders stand at [...]

Pakistan will keep faith with the team that drew the first test against Sri Lanka, with coach Intikhab Alam saying he was impressed by the performance in the nation’s long-awaited comeback game. Alam confirmed Friday that Pakistan will use the same 12-man squad when the second test begins Sunday in Lahore. Uncapped fast bowler Mohammad [...]

Taking note of several cases of tourists being fleeced and harassed by touts, a parliamentary committee has strongly recommended enactment of a specific law to ensure their safety. Expressing surprise at the absence of any specific law to deal with the tout menace, the parliamentary committee on tourism said safety and security of tourists is [...]

Younis Khan hit 313 and Kamran Akmal chipped in with an unbeaten century to help Pakistan achieve a record total as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw on Wednesday. The hosts declared at 765 for six on the fifth day before Sri Lanka finished on 144 for five, a lead of [...]

The NRI season is now at its fag end. Despite undertaking tours to the US, the UK and Middle East and doling out freebies and discounts, realtors have been unable to catch the attention of this cash-rich community.
The result: NRI investments in India-based properties dropped by over 50% this season, with the four metro cities [...]

The slaps on the pitch may resonate louder than his howzzat! and his emotional antics may be the talking point after every match, but then S Sreesanthone can’t deny the fact that S Sreesanth has often been one of the architects in Team India’s success. So what if he has often been dubbed “eccentric” by [...]

It was Aamir Khan’s flick “Taare Zameen Par”, which, for the first time, brought the pathos and plight of children suffering from dyslexia on the centrestage. But one wonders what it would take to stir government agencies to take up the cause of such children. Taking up the issue, the North Indian Dyslexic Association (NIDA), [...]

17 grapplers and 13 pugilists will receive graded contracts after Sahara India Pariwar on Monday pledged to support wrestling and boxing in the country.
Apart from offering them a four-year contract which would be reviewed every year, Sahara also adopted the famous Bhiwani Boxing Club in Haryana and the Guru Hanuman Akhara in the capital with [...]

The rumor goes that Saurav Ganguly had an extremely filmy marriage to wife Donna. Well, the prince of Kolkata has a different story to tell altogether, as he graces this weekend’s episode of Oye… It’s Friday on NDTV Imagine.
According to our source, “The cricketing legend clears the air by saying that it was media that [...]