After facing severe criticism, the Akhilesh Yadav government has quietly revoked the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who was removed as Greater Noida SDM after taking on the powerful sand mafia.

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.

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.

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.

He has often been painted as a batsman who has failed to realise his potential but Rohit Sharma is not bothered about the criticism, instead he is eagerly waiting to make his Test debut.

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.