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Tokyo: The Indian men's hockey team clinched an Olympic medal after 41 years after beating Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in a thrilling play-off match in the ongoing Tokyo Games 2020, here on Thursday.It's India's first Olympic hockey...

Tokyo: India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the Tokyo Olympics men's 57kg freestyle wrestling event’s final after beating Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals, here on Wednesday.With this win, Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler in history to...

New Delhi: India's Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday went down in the semi-final of the women's welterweight (64-69kg) category to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli to settle for a bronze medal. This is India's third medal of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Hindustan...

Washington: The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq is no longer needed to protect Americans from terrorism and to maintain a strong relationship with Iraq, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in a...

Imphal: “A world-class player, a third-class road”. This is what Naorem Rabi told us when asked about the condition of roads in Nongpok Kakching, the birthplace of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, and its surrounding villages. Yes, Nongpok Kakching, only some...

New Delhi: Mary Kom, the face of India’s boxing contingent, defeated Hernandez Garcia of the Dominican Republic by a split decision 4-1 to advance into the last 16 round of the women’s 51kg category event in Tokyo on Sunday.In...

New Delhi: India's star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday as she became the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games. Chanu also became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal...

New Delhi: Xi Jinping, who once said that "to govern a country, it's necessary to govern the border and to govern the border, it's required to stabilise Tibet first", visited this week the strategic Tibet Autonomous Region bordering India...

Moscow: The US Department of State has denounced Turkey's plans to convert the Varosha quarter of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus, which is currently a military zone, to civilian use, saying it runs contrary to UN Security Council...

Beirut: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in during a solemn ceremony in Damascus on Saturday, almost two months after winning the May election by a landslide."Liberating what has remained of our land is a priority, its liberation from...