HD Deve Gowda said he had asked the Congress to make Mallikarjun Kharge the chief minister, but it was the Congress that insisted that his son HD Kumaraswamy should become chief minister. read more

The France international missed Chelsea’s previous two games with a hamstring injury but returned to training last week and manager Maurizio Sarri was confident he would be fit for the club’s season-ending showpiece in the Azerbaijan capital. read more

Cong’s city chief writes to electoral officer, says workers have raised concerns about unidentified people near strongrooms; EC rules out tampering read more

Pink bollworm hit cotton crop on more than 42 lakh hectares belonging to more than 40 lakh farmers in Maharashtra. read more

EVM snags were reported from UP, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In some constituencies, while the machines were immediately replaced, in others, the replacement took some time causing delay in voting, said... read more

Reacting to Naidu leading a campaign along with some other parties against the EVMs, Rao wondered how Naidu, who had won the 2014 elections with EVMs, could now be saying that these can be tampered with. read more

The World Cup winner was put in charge 10 days ago, but local media had speculated that the China Cup amounted to an audition to be fellow Italian Marcello Lippi’s long-term successor. read more

Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said the government should reveal images of the operation carried out by the IAF in Balakot. read more

The injuries could open the door for left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who played the last of his five tests against West Indies at Hyderabad. read more

A slew of Cricket Australia executives have resigned or been axed since the Longstaff report was released last week, shining a spotlight on cultural problems in the game’s administration. read more

Pakistan Hockey Federation had sought a loan from the PCB to send the team to Bhubaneswar for the World Cup and clear the outstanding dues of players. read more