Author: PTI

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi today started cross examination of complainant and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the National Herald case.

India overcame a disastrous start to earn a hard fought 35-run win over New Zealand in the fifth ODI Sunday to finish the series with a 4-1 scoreline in their favour, proving the heavy loss at Hamilton was an aberration.

The government would start disbursing substantial amount under the income support scheme for small farmers in this month itself as beneficiary data is already in place, a top finance ministry official said. 

At least seven passengers died and 29 others were injured early Sunday when a rail fracture caused 11 bogies of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express to jump the tracks in Bihar’s Vaishali district, railway and police officials said.

The Indian top-order struggled again in testing conditions before Ambati Rayudu and Hardik Pandya powered the visitors to a fighting 252 in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand here on Sunday

Kemar Roach and captain Jason Holder led another rout of the England batting line-up as the West Indies completed a crushing series-clinching 10-wicket victory after tea on the third day of the second Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday.

Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur scored in the first half to put the Indian women’s hockey team ahead before World cup silver medallists Ireland fought back to draw 1-1 in the opening friendly match here.

The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which was allegedly involved in a series of terror acts in the country, has been banned by the government for five more years as it continues to indulge in subversive activities.

A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at the HAL Airport here today killing a pilot on the spot and leaving another critically injured, police said.