Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has rejected the allegation that the Muzaffarnagar riots were running parallel to the Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.

Fighting, biting, alleged cheating and an extraordinary on-pitch protest have cast a shadow over China’s National Games and prompted renewed accusations that the quest for medals in the domestic showcase is motivated mainly by greed.

Tiger Woods used a week off to strengthen his sore back and he says he’s ready to make a run at US PGA Tour playoff points leader Henrik Stenson.

Extending losses for the third straight day, gold and silver prices fell further Friday on sustained selling by stockists following sluggish demand coupled with a lower global trend.

A Mumbai court on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against actress Preity Zinta after she failed to appear in court during the hearing of the cheque bounce case filed by scriptwriter Abbas Tyrewala.

As the communal flare-up in Uttar Pradesh claimed 37 lives and injured more than 80 people, the Union home ministry, along with Central agencies dealing with cyber security, are closely examining the fresh threats being posed by the social media as the Muzzafarnagar violence was stoked using such platforms which are routed through cross-border channels.

Heavy rains lashed the course, forcing the stewards of the Mysore Race Club to cancel all but the first three races of the nine-event card here on Thursday. The scheduled feature of Thursday’s races, the Mysore 1000 Guineas, will be raced on Thursday, September 19.

Indian boxers Aditya Maan (66kg) and Ashish (63kg) made their way into the quarter-finals of the Aiba junior world boxing championships with contrasting wins in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday.

Narendra Modi, a staunch proponent of Hinduvta, was on Friday anointed BJP’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, ending months of suspense over his elevation amid stiff opposition by party patriarch L.K. Advani.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday told the Bombay high court that it has conducted an inquiry and found baseless the allegations levelled against actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri of conducting pre-birth sex determination tests of their surrogate son AbRam.