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New Delhi: India's football campaign ended in the asian Games after Sunil Chhetri led side went down 0-2 to Saudi Arabia in their pre-quarter final match at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China on Thursday.

New Delhi: Riding on striker Abhishek's brace India overpowered defending champion 4-2 to record their third straight win in Pool A hockey match at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday.

New Delhi: India was assured of two medals as its women's and men’s teams made the semi-finals of their respective squash competitions at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Thursday.

New Delhi: India overwhelmed Germany 4-1 to top the Pool D and entered the quarter-finals in the mixed team of the BWF World Junior Championships in Spokane, USA.

New Delhi: Aditi Ashok carded error free 5-under 67, while Anirban Lahiri returned 7 under 65 to be in the Top-10 after the first round of the golf competition at the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.

New Delhi: Anush Agarwalla earned India its first-ever individual dressage medal -a bronze- in equestrian at Hangzhou, China on Thursday.

New Delhi: Seher Atwal fired her second straight under par round- (one under 71), to extend her lead to five shots at the end of the second round of the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Delhi Golf Club.

Hate speech against Muslims, which has become rampant in society, has now invaded parliament. On the last day of the special session, which was held in the new parliament building, the BJP member of parliament from Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri, used the most foul and crude anti-Muslim epithets against Danish Ali, who represents the Bahujan Samaj Party in the Lok Sabha. Words such as `Mullah terrorist’ and worse never heard before in parliament, were heard from Bidhuri repeatedly targeting Danish Ali. The video of Bidhuri’s rant has been seen by tens of thousands across the country causing widespread dismay and outrage.

In the five-day session of the Parliament, which was unusual, the themes taken up were certainly not manageable in just five days, but they were all clinched in both the houses. The last session of the Parliament had concluded only on August 11 and coming session is also not very far, as it is in November/December. Obviously, the step was meant to bask in a glory yet to be earned, meant for pre-election days. Despite the growing discontent over the parliamentary processes in the massively populous democracy, leading to boycott by the opposition, the proceedings started. But most shocking was the statement made by a central minister, when he said that the first session was to be the last in the building of British era, the old Parliament House, and the rest of the session would continue in the new building as part of the Hindu nationalist project to reject all colonial legacies.

A recent report by Bloomberg indicates that the ruling party in India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and associated organizations were responsible for a significant portion of hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in the first half of the year.