Day Two Preview Dipa Karmakar, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Rio Olympics, will carry a billion hopes when the women gymnastics events unfold here on Sunday. Indian shooter Heena Sidhu will look to bag a surprise medal in Women’s 10m air pistol event. The Tripura girl, who rode on the Produnova, a tough front handspring and two front somersaults, said she is under no pressure and will give... 

Predicting the $1.5 billion Powerball Jackpot or putting your money on the right horse at the Meydan Racecourse during the Dubai World Cup would be slightly easier than pulling out the names of possible medal winners from the 119 Rio Olympics-bound Indian contingent. Of course, there are a few favourites, plus those tipped to finish in the top three; the rest make up what is our ‘representation’ at the Olympic Games. Yogeshwar Dutt, Saina Nehwal,... 

Kingston: Sitting comfortably with a 304-run lead, India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said the plans of batting just once during the match seems to have worked for the team. Ajinkya Rahane celebrates his century. In reply to West Indies‘ 196, India declared at 500 for nine at the end of third day’s play of the second Test at Kingston on Monday. “Initially, in the morning, we wanted to play normal cricket. Unfortunately Wriddhiman... 

That life is full of irony, is an amazing fact. Even so, the KL Rahul narrative has a twist that would probably do a movie script writer proud. KL Rahul celebrates his century. KN Lokesh, Rahul’s father, was a college-level cricketer in Bangalore. His idol was Sunil Gavaskar, India’s legendary, record-breaking opening batsman. Lokesh hero-worshipped Gavaskar to the extent that when Rahul was born, he decided to name him after Gavaskar’s son.... 

Lenovo is all set to launch the Vibe K5 Note in India on Monday. The Chinese company has already confirmed that the Lenovo Vibe K5 Note will be exclusive to its e-commerce retail partner Flipkart, and is expected to go on sale (or registrations) starting Monday itself. Lenovo Vibe K5 Note. The company has been teasing several features of the new Vibe K5 Note, such as 4GB of RAM. Now, Lenovo India in its series of social posts has also confirmed that... 

Virat Kohli finally hit his first ever double hundred in Test cricket. On the other hand, R Ashwin scored a ton for the third time in his career Virat Kohli became the first Indian skipper to score a Test double ton overseas. Antigua: India were in firm control of the first Test against the West Indies after Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin helped the visitors amass 566 for eight on day two of the first Test at Antigua. With India declaring post... 

Zopo Speed 8 Deca-Core Smartphone Launched in India. Zopo, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, has launched its flagship smartphone in India – the Zopo Speed 8. Priced at Rs. 29,999, the Speed 8 will be available via both online and offline channels from Wednesday itself. The highlight of the Zopo’s Speed 8 smartphone is the claim of it being the first to sport MediaTek’s deca-core Helio X20 MT6797 SoC. The smartphone bears 4GB... 

Lava has launched two smartphones in India, the Lava A68 and Lava A32. Both smartphones are listed on the company website with price, and while the company has not mentioned availability details, the handsets should become available via retailers soon. The Lava A68 is priced at Rs. 4,599, while the Lava A32 is priced at Rs. 2,999. The dual-SIM Lava A68 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and sports a 4.5-inch display with WVGA (480×800 pixel) resolution.... 

Kathmandu: In a blunt statement, Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli has blamed India for being behind the CPN (Maoist Centre) pulling out support to his government. “India’s role was primarily behind” the pulling out of support by the Maoists, Oli said on Thursday in a conference on National Security in Kathmandu, adding that the process of government change was “not an automatic process but conducted by remote control”. A file... 

LG Stylus 2 Plus Smartphone Launched in India. LG has officially launched the Stylus 2 Plus in India. To recall, the smartphone was tipped to have already become available in India via offline retail stores earlier this week. The LG Stylus 2 Plus has been priced at Rs. 24,450 in the country. The LG Stylus 2 Plus was first announced in April for Taiwan, but got global availability in June. The Stylus 2 Plus retains the same form factor as the original...