Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will lead a strong Indian challenge at the Denmark Open badminton tournament which gets underway here on Tuesday.

A two-wheeler rider died when a car and scooter collided each other at Thingaladi of Kedambadi village in Puttur taluk on Sunday night.

Remembering former President A P J Abdul Kalam on his 87th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday described him as a "wonderful motivator" and a great president.

The Indian men's and women's hockey teams went down in their respective finals but managed to script history by picking up their maiden silver medals in the five-a-side competition of the Youth Olympic Games here.

At least 14 labourers were injured, three of them seriously, when an under-construction bridge collapsed at Bonai in Sundargarh district, the police said.

 Four persons have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a television journalist near his house in south Mumbai, police said Monday.

 Disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha criticised the BJP government at the Centre over the Rafale deal.

He said a French publication had quoted former French president Francois Hollande as saying that the Indian government had proposed Reliance Defence as a partner for the French aerospace major Dassault Aviation for the deal.

The Kerala High Court Monday granted conditional bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun.