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Britain also won team gold in dressage earlier this week, beating Germany and the Netherlands.

A stoppage-time goal from Diana Matheson gave Canada their first Olympic women's football medal.

Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the quarter-finals at the London Olympics, rose two places to a career-best 19th.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought his reply to a plea for his prosecution for allegedly beating some Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) workers in 2010.

Only a small fraction of the phone calls received by the national helpline are converted to formal complaints.

A Mumbai court issued summons to a Dharavi resident for having an affair with his stepbrother's wife.

Sikh MPs said the shooting should be treated as a case of terror against minorities and not just a hate crime.

The Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing for its 100th mission next month.

The response came in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour after CPI-M members referred to Wednesday's incident.

A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America.

Incessant rains in Wayanad region of Kerala has brought smiles to the farmers in Karnataka.

Karnataka has been hit by incessant rains for the past eight days after battling a drought for two months.

The Sensex shuts shop at 17560.87 down 39.69 points or 0.23 per cent at 17560.87, and the Nifty closed at 5322.95 down 15.05 points or 0.28 per cent.

The Russian posted a personal best of 52.70 seconds for gold.

The diminutive Indian boxer lost 23-18 to bow out of the 51kg quarter-finals.

Dhir quit in less than eight months of London-based mining group Vedanta taking over the firm.