Celebrated Indian motorsport personality Musa Sherif was nominated for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the country’s highest sporting honor. Musa, who is based out of Kasargod, Kerala, is India’s most successful co-driver and has won the national title seven times with Gaurav Gill. Gaurav, incidentally, is a recipient of the Arjuna Award, the only person from motorsports to have been bestowed with this prestigious award.

Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants and an Army jawan were killed during an encounter between the ultras and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said.

India saw a single-day rise of 46,617 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,04,58,251, while the national recovery rate has crossed 97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday opened fire on a suspected Pakistani surveillance drone after it tried to venture into the Indian territory on the International Border here, officials said.

Thane: A 55-year-old school teacher here got a shock of his life when he received a call earlier this week from the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) that his death certificate was ready and he should come and collect it.

Chennai: An assistant professor of the IIT-Madras on Thursday said he was quitting the institute and alleged caste discrimination as one of the primary reasons for his move.

New Delhi: The Congress accused the government on Thursday of rubbing salt into the common man's injury by hiking the price of LPG cylinders and demanded its immediate withdrawal.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the pleasant experience Afghanistan's ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay had with a doctor here carries the "fragrance" of the ties between the two countries.