Snehasish Dutta scored a brace as Bhawanipur FC pipped Air India 4-3 in a thrilling quarter-final league match (Group II) of the Durand Cup football tournament here on Sunday.

To make it easier to do business in India, a committee led by former Sebi chairman M. Damodaran has recommended disincentivising use of civil courts in contractual disputes, weeding out unwanted regulations and proper due diligence before setting up new regulatory authorities, among others.

A day after 14 Maoists were killed by the Orissa police near Padia in Malkangiri district, a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and personnel from special investigation wings of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday arrived in the state to probe into the alleged links of the slain rebels in the May 25 Darbha Ghati attack and many other ambushes on security personnel.

Yuvraj Singh may be currently out of favour but the hugely confident southpaw made a strong statement to the selectors as well as his peers that he’s still a big contender for a slot in the Indian middle order which is quite open.

Buoyed by wrestling’s re-inclusion in the Olympic Games, a 22-strong Indian team of grapplers will fight it out against a solid international field in the World Championships beginning here on Monday.

The Gujarat government has refused permission to the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to file an appeal in a higher court seeking death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya riot case.

After proving a handy boon for the JD(U) on the day of Narendra Modi’s prime ministerial nomination by the BJP, a massive statewide power outage in Bihar caused by agitating employees has now signalled trouble for the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government.

Calling the life ban imposed on S. Sreesanth “bizarre”, his lawyer Rebecca John said the tainted pacer will challenge the BCCI’s decision in court as it is “completely against the principles of natural justice”.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav faced black flags and a hostile crowd when he visited the riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.

The jal satyagraha of Indira Sagar dam-affected people on a call given by Narmada Bachao Ando-lan ended on Sunday with the announcement that the struggle would now be further intensified.