Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Centre plans to construct over 15 lakh houses for the urban poor. Inaugurating a `2,400-crore housing project for slum-dwellers on the outskirts of the city, he said he hopes Chandigarh would soon become India’s “first slum-free city”, as he handed over keys to newly-built flats to slum-dwellers.

Fast bowler Tendai Chatara took five wickets as Zimbabwe pulled off a dramatic 24-run win on the fifth day of the second and final Test against Pakistan at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

Nikhil Beniwal’s all-round show (69, 5/22) guided Apex School into the semi-finals of the 9th Parmarth U-16 cricket tournament on Saturday with an eight-run win over Vidya Jain School on Saturday.

Japan began switching off the nation’s last working nuclear reactor Sunday for a routine inspection, with no immediate plan to restart it due to to public hostility towards atomic power.

The four-day Uttar Pradesh Assembly session, beginning on Monday will give a gruelling time to the Samajwadi government in general and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, in particular.

On a news intensive Friday — what with Narendra Modi being officially named BJP’s prime ministerial candidate amidst much melodrama and death sentences being pronounced for the four guilty of raping the Delhi ‘Braveheart’ — punishments doled out to those involved in match-fixing in the IPL last season became an also-ran story.

Delhi U-16 wicketkeeper Vasu Sharma scored a sparkling 117 to guide Star Eleven into the quarter-finals of the 2nd Mayur Cup U-17 cricket tournament on Saturday against Standford Academy, who posted a competitive 242/5 riding on Karamvir’s 85-run knock.

The first ever study on the income-tax returns and statements filed by six major national political parties — Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Bahujan Samaj Party and Nationalist Congress Party — with the Election Commission, has brought forth startling revelations regarding the massive income of these parties from unknown sources.

“No reports of any injury from the side of the rebels are yet available. However, there was no casualty from our side as the assault plan was quite meticulously executed,” Orissa director-general of police Prakash Mishra said, after at least 14 Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Orissa’s Malkangiri district late on Friday night, the police said on Saturday.

The upcoming Champions League T20 is all set to be Sachin Tendulkar’s last appearance for the Mumbai Indians but chief mentor Anil Kumble feels the emotions related to the veteran’s swansong should be kept in check to ensure that the side’s performance is not affected.