These Indian-Americans would vie for top positions in the final of 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee scheduled for Friday (India time). For several years now, Indian-Americans have put up formidable challenges to their competitors and won most of the prestigious spe ....

Students can check their results on the CBSE website cbse.nic.in. The pass overall pass percentage is 97.33 this year as against the 98.87 per cent last year. Girls have done better than boys in terms of getting qualified for admissions in higher classes. While 97 ....

The meeting held at Bachat Bhawan in Rae Bareli was presided over by the local MP and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, who was on a day-long visit to her constituency on Thursday. The progress of the development schemes was reviewed by Ms. Gandhi. She was accompanied b ....

The bee hadn’t ended in a tie for 52 years until 2014. Now it’s happened for an unprecedented two years running. Ms. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Kansas, is the first sibling of a past champion to win. Her sister, Kavya, won in 2009. Ms. Vanya Shivashankar& ....

Indian men’s hockey coach Paul van Ass repeatedly stressed that tightening the team’s defence was one of his priorities since he took charge. Almost the entire training session on Wednesday evening was devoted to trying out every possible combination, concentrat ....

As FIFA faced the worst crisis in its 111-year history, Michel Platini, the former French international who now heads UEFA, Europe’s football confederation, said he had told Blatter to go, but the 79-year-old had refused. “I said, I’m asking you to ....

De Villiers, who has been granted leave for the birth of his first child with wife Danielle will, however, be back for the ODIs, reports espncricinfo. The wicketkeeper-batsman’s absence in the five-day format will end a run of 98 Tests, the fifth-longest stretc ....

Judicial officer Ibrahim Ali said Mr. Warner complained of exhaustion and was not able to face questions from reporters gathered for several hours outside the jail in this twin-island Caribbean nation. But a short while later, Mr. Warner donned a cap and a garland of ....

World No. 1 Saina continued her rampaging run and staved off Yu’s challenge at 21-19, 19-21, 21-14 in a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes. The Olympic bronze medallist will next take on two-time All England champion Shixian Wang, ag ....

More than 5,45,000 tech jobs remain vacant in the US which is having a deep impact on Silicon Valley-based firms, American IT industry has said while arguing in favour of raising the cap on H-1B visas to attract the brightest minds from across the globe. "Silicon Va ....