NEW YORK: A US judge sentenced two British men to a combined total of 20.5 years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to provide and for providing equipment and personnel to the Taliban.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil and invited him to visit the Kudankulam nuclear power plant during his forthcoming visit in December.

PUNE: Much depends on the course typhoon Rammasun takes in the coming days, though India Meteorological Department officials are concerned that it will affect the monsoon in India. If Rammasun becomes very intense and moves towards Japan, it may weaken the monsoon here further. However, on a brighter note, if the typhoon is less intense and moves more westward, it may even trigger another monsoon spell after around seven days.

 NEW DELHI: The government's allocation of Rs 200 crore for Sardar Patel's statue as against Rs 150 crore for women's safety may have led to social media outrage but that did not stop TMC and BJP MPs on Wednesday from demanding a similar statue for Swami Vivekananda.

Four years back, in New Delhi, shooters basked in glory after helping India cross the 100-medal mark for the first time in the Commonwealth Games history.

BANGALORE: The promising career of one of India's most promising athletes -Dutee Chand -has come to a grinding halt after medical tests conducted by the Sports Authority of India South Centre revealed that the Odisha girl was not eligible to compete in the female category due to high testosterone levels in her body.

 NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded a rollback of the pre-budget hike in rail fares as well as the proposal to allow FDI in railway projects

NEW DELHI: The Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on Monday sparred over IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram in the Supreme Court with the J Jayalalithaa government accusing her of insubordination and the Centre claiming the right to transfer the officer from the state to the CBI as additional director

 NEW DELHI: The Congress demanded a white paper on the BJP government's order to weed out old files, citing some reports that some files related to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination were destroyed.

NEW DELHI: For years during Kashmir insurgency, commentators and politicians would never miss a chance to claim that no Indian from outside the Valley was fighting there despite two decades of insurgency that claimed to be a jihad. In fact, it was always pointed out that Indian Muslim community was insulated from the global churnings.