Rajgir (Bihar): Skipper Harmanpreet Singh continued to play awe-inspiring hockey, scoring a brace as India defeated a fighting Japan 3-2 to qualify for the Super Four stage of the Hero Men’s Asia Cup here on Sunday. After scoring a hat-trick in the opener against China, Harmanpreet (5th, 46th minutes) converted two penalty corners, while Mandeep…
Tianjin: India is committed to taking forward its ties with China based on mutual trust, respect and sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks on Sunday to reset the bilateral relations. In his televised opening remarks, Modi said the welfare of 2.8 billion people is…
Tianjin: India is committed to taking forward its ties with China based on mutual trust, respect and sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks to reset the bilateral relations. In his televised opening remarks, Modi said the welfare of 2.8 billion people is linked to…
Paris: Top Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty settled for the bronze medal after going down fighting to China’s 11th seeds Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi in the men’s doubles semifinals of the World Championships here. A day after assuring India of a medal, the former world No. 1 duo’s bid to become…
New Delhi: Rahul Dravid’s decision to step down as head coach of the Rajasthan Royals, barely a year after rejoining the franchise on a multi-year deal, has pressed the franchise deeper under the microscope. While the Royals’ official statement described his departure as a personal choice despite being offered a “broader role,” reports suggest a…
Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Saturday objected to an agreement reached between India and China to use Lipulekh as a trade route during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, according to his secretariat. Nepal claims Lipulekh as its own territory, a claim that India has categorically rejected…
Noida: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the state has allocated 12,500 acres of land for defence manufacturing as part of the country’s two upcoming defence industrial corridors, one of which is being developed in the state. Speaking at the inauguration of Raphe mPhibr Pvt Ltd’s private defence equipment and engine-testing facility…
Noida: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated the country’s largest aero engine test bed, manufactured by Raphe mPhibr Pvt Ltd, to the nation in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday. On this occasion, he described the achievement of the institute’s founders, Vishal Mishra and Vivek Mishra, as a symbol of India’s “new technological revolution”. He…
Tianjin (China): (Aug 30) India supports all efforts for the peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a phone conversation on Saturday. Modi is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with Putin on Monday on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in…
New Delhi: India should not be “unfairly targeted” in the context of the Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said after a phone conversation with his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen on Saturday. The remarks are seen as a reference to Washington’s allegations that New Delhi is helping Moscow’s “war machine” by procuring Russian crude oil…
