Bhupendra Singh ChundawatThey have won 14 Grand Slam doubles as a team but since their last win together in Paris they have only featured on two further occasions at the tournament, losing in the first round in 2013 and the third round in 2016. Serena, a three-time singles champion at the French Open, will be playing in … Read more
MUMBAI: A mid-air disaster was averted last week when an IndiGo plane and an Indian Air Force (IAF) jet were on a “collision course” in Chennai airspace, setting off an RA warning for IndiGo pilot to steer the aircraft to a safer distance, a source said. The two aircraft were just “300 feet” away from each … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Congress today said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was playing a “major role” in many ways within the party and would continue to do so, but asserted that this should not be seen as an indication that she would contest elections. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi made the remarks while responding to former minister Salman Khurshid’s … Read more
“The abrupt announcement of the cancellation of the meeting is unexpected for us and we cannot but find it extremely regrettable,” Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister, said in a statement carried by the state-run KCNA news agency. “We again state to the US our willingness to sit face-to-face at any time … Read more
THANE: Accusing the ally Shiv Sena of dividing a family by giving ticket to Shrinivas Wanaga, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the Sena founder Bal Thackeray never stabbed anybody in the back. “Balasaheb Thackeray never stabbed anyone in the back. He faced attacks by staying in the front,” Mr Fadnavis said in a veiled attack … Read more
NEW DELHI: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has cut short his India visit and is returning to the Netherlands tonight, official sources said. The Ministry of External Affairs has been informed about this sudden decision which had to be taken due to certain domestic issues, they said. The sources said only the Dutch Prime Minister and … Read more
NEW DELHI: In the wake of Nipah virus cases in Kerala, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has written to the Queensland government in Australia asking it to provide an antibody developed there to test if it can “neutralise” the virus in humans. The antibody has not been tested on humans so far. “We have … Read more
