In the run-up to the International Yoga Day on June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in a series of tweets appreciated the practice of yoga, calling it an "integrating" force.


Modi calls on people to make 3rd Yoga Day memorable


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Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida in the US on Monday, police said.


Tiger Woods arrested on drink-driving charge


India on Monday said it won't play a bilateral cricket series with Pakistan as long as Islamabad continues to support and sponsor cross-border terrorism.


India rules out cricket series with Pakistan (Third Lead)


India on Monday said it won't play bilateral cricket series with Pakistan as long as Islamabad continues to support and sponsor cross-border terrorism.


India rules out cricket series with Pakistan


Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday ruled out a bilateral cricket series with Pakistan even as top officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were scheduled to meet in Dubai later in the day to discuss possibilities of a bilateral series.


Sports Minister rules out India-Pakistan cricket series


Rahul Jarngal, an engineer belonging to Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, has scaled the Mount Everest.


Jammu engineer scales Mount Everest


Actor Ranveer Singh, who is recuperating from an injury he suffered on the sets of "Padmavati", will be flying out next week to Cardiff to watch the finale of the UEFA Champions League live. He is kicked about it.


Going for UEFA Champions League finale dream come true: Ranveer


UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is using FA Cup Final day on Saturday to launch a plan to woo football fans with a "flexible ticket" to help more people attend matches.


UK opposition to launch plan to woo football fans


Former football star David Beckham says he got a new perspective on life after spending time with underprivileged children.


Meeting underprivileged kids gave Beckham new perspective


Film: "Sachin: A Billion Dreams"; Director: James Erskine; Cast: Sachin Tendulkar, Anjali Tendulkar, Ajit Tendulkar, Sara Tendulkar, Mayuresh Pem, Mayur More; Rating: ***


'Sachin: A Billion Dreams': Informative, inspirational (IANS Review, Rating: ***)


Bollywood action superstar and local boy Suniel Shetty was on Thursday named the event ambassador for the second edition of the Indian Open of Surfing that starts at the Sasihithlu beach here on Friday.


Actor Suniel Shetty named event ambassador of Indian Open of Surfing


Over 120 million people joined the Indian Premier League (IPL) conversation on Facebook and the company recorded 350 million interactions related to the season on the platform.


Facebook records 350 mn IPL 10-related interactions


Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar says through his documentary drama "Sachin: A Billion Dreams", he wants to share a very pertinent message that his parents taught him -- of giving children the freedom to pursue their dreams.


Want to give my kids freedom to be what they want: Sachin Tendulkar


Ahead of the release of "Sachin: A Billion Dreams", actress Priyanka Chopra has hailed legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for his ability to bring the entire nation together.


Sachin Tendulkar brings entire nation together: Priyanka


A top Indian athlete was handed a provisional suspension by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Wednesday after testing positive for banned performance enhancing substance meldonium.


NADA bans top Indian athlete


The Indian cricket team will be coming together to watch the special screening of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's biography "Sachin: A Billion Dreams".


Indian cricket team to watch 'Sachin...' together


The upcoming biopic on cricket legend and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar -- "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" -- has been declared tax-free by the Odisha government.


'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' declared tax-free in Odisha


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his lawyer Ram Jethmalani using the word "crook".


HC notice to Kejriwal on Jaitley's fresh defamation suit


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a fresh defamation suit of Rs 10 crore filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his lawyer Ram Jethmalani using the word "crook".


HC serves notice to Kejriwal on Jaitley's fresh defamation suit


Actress Pooja Batra of "Virasat" fame, says she would love to do a biopic on former Indian athlete and Olympian P.T. Usha as she herself has been an athlete in her school days.


Would love to do biopic on P.T. Usha, says Pooja Batra


Rome, May 22 (IANS/AKI) American motorcycling champion Nicky Hayden has died from injuries he sustained in an accident on his road bike last week, the Maurizio Bufalini hospital in eastern Italian city of Cesena tweeted on Monday.

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