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Hangzhou: India's best hopes in the badminton individual competitions, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy cruised into Round of 16 at the 19th Asian Games, here Tuesday. Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, who got a bye in the first round, needed 42 minutes to defeat Wen-Chi Hsu...

Hangzhou: Indian Women's Hockey Team Tuesday sailed into the semifinals of Hangzhou Asian Games, with a resounding 13-0 win over Hong Kong China in their last Pool A match, here Tuesday. Vandana Katariya (2’, 16’, 48’), Deepika (4’, 54’, 58’) Monika (7’), Deep Grace Ekka...

Hangzhou: World champion Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) locked an Olympic quota for herself by moving to the final while young Indian boxer Preeti Pawar (54kg) signed off with a bronze medal at the Asian Games here Tuesday. Borgohain, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, cleverly managed her...

Hangzhou: Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a blazing hundred but a gritty Nepal stretched Indian bowling unit to its limit before losing in the quarterfinal of the men's cricket event by 23 runs at the Asian Games here Tuesday. Jaiswal, Indian cricket's new pin-up boy, earned the...

Hangzhou: India's Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam clinched a historic bronze medal in men's canoe double 1000m event at the Asian Games here Tuesday. The Indian duo finished with a timing of 3:53.329 seconds to bag third place and the country's only second medal...

Hangzhou: Jyothi Surekha Vennam used all her experience to prevail over her teammate Aditi Swami to advance to the women's compound individual final at the Asian Games here Tuesday. Leading by one-point after four ends, 17-year-old Aditi, the reigning senior world champion, misfired an arrow...

Begusarai: Alleging a large-scale embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh Monday said the Centre is considering a CBI investigation into the issuance of "25 lakh fake job cards" in the state. Singh's statement came on a day TMC...

Thiruvananthapuram: India's star batter Virat Kohli didn't join the team's optional practice session here due to personal reasons but is expected to link up with the squad before the second warm-up game against The Netherlands here Tuesday. Kohli had left for Mumbai from Guwahati for...

Hangzhou: VVS Laxman, the coach of Indian men’s team for the upcoming T20 tournament in the ongoing 19th Asian Games, said participating in the multi-sport event is a great opportunity for the entire team and also gives the players huge pride. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad will...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Asian Games medallists, hailing the country's speed skaters who dazzled with two surprise bronze medals in men's and women's 3,000-metre team relay events. India's speed skaters won two bronze medals in the men's and women's 3,000-metre team...