Hamburger SV have fired Thorsten Fink as coach following a disappointing start to the Bundesliga. Hamburg chairman Carl Jarchow announced the club’s decision on Tuesday, saying the 45-year-old Fink was informed late on Monday.

The Gujarat BJP minority cell on Tuesday launched a drive to woo Muslims on the birthday of the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and claimed to have received “good response” with nearly 40,000 members from the community expressing willingness to join the party.

The body of a 13-year-old girl, working as a domestic help, was found at the residence of UP Power Corporation Limited (UUPCL) executive engineer, R.K. Srivastava in the posh Gomti Nagar locality.

Top seed Sorana Cirstea crashed out of the Guangzhou Open in the first round on Tuesday, but British no. 1 Laura Robson powered through as she looks to repeat last year’s final appearance.

With the Assembly elections due in five states in the coming months, the Centre is expected to deploy nearly 60,000 paramilitary personnel, in addition to police forces, for the smooth conduct of the polls.

There has been public outcry linked with Singur, Bhatta Parsaul and Tappal as the state governments have been acquiring land under the outdated Land Acquisition Act of 1894 but under the new Land Acquisition Act, only the public interest will be served.

Goals by Mikel San Jose, Andoni Iraola and Benat Etxebarria gave Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win over Celta Vigo at the inaugural match in their new San Mames Stadium in the Spanish league on Monday.

The BJP in Bihar on Tuesday celebrated Narendra Modi’s birthday with excitement by organising a yajna and cutting several cakes even as chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar refrained from wishing his Gujarat counterpart.

The Army on Tuesday began pulling out of Muzaffarnagar after it was deployed there for almost eight days. Curfew had been completely lifted from Muzaffarnagar on Monday night.

The CBI on Monday received a fresh set of files and documents from the coal ministry as a part of its probe in the coal block allocation scam.