India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu entered the semi-finals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament, defeating Soniia Cheah of Malaysia in the quarter-finals here on Friday.

India on Friday told China that it is for free and open Indo-Pacific region and does not believe in ganging up against Beijing in the area as the two countries held their second maritime affairs dialogue.

For the first time, scientists have found the source of a high-energy ghostly particle, known as neutrino, that travelled 3.7 billion years at almost the speed of light to reach Earth.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s following on Twitter has declined by around 2,70,000 in just a matter of two days following a crackdown by the social media company against fake accounts. On 11 July, PM Modi’s Twitter account @narendramodi had 43.3 million followers but now it has fallen down to 43.3 million. This is PM Modi’s personal Twitter account, which is the third most followed Twitter handle globally after those of US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis.

Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ravindra Chavan on Friday assured the state legislature that "there is no ban on patrons carrying outside food to multiplexes but if the multiplex authorities prohibit it, they could face action".

One of the four accused Kerala priests, Father Johnson V. Mathew, named in a sexual abuse case of a parishioner, was arrested from a place near here, said police on Friday.

Putturu: Noted gold businessman of Puttur GL Acharya (94) passed away today after a brief illness.