The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday went without newspapers as hawkers joined the ongoing general strike for a separate Telangana state.

Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo credited Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his match-winning whirlwind knock against Cape Cobras, saying the CSK skipper "showed him the way how to play" in the slow Chepauk wicket here.

Off-colour Harbhajan Singh was on Thursday dropped while young spinner Rahul Sharma and paceman Sreenath Aravind were the two new faces in India’s depleted 15-member squad for the first two cricket one-dayers in next month’s ODI series against England.

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe against home minister Sabita Indra Reddy and prohibition and excise minister M. Venkata Ramana based on allegations made by their own Cabinet colleague, handlooms and textile minister P. Shankar Rao.

Helicopters hold the hope of survival for thousands of marooned people in the flood-hit villages of Orissa, at least what it seems now. Seven helicopters of the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy deployed in the air-dropping of food packets in the affected pockets had a hectic day on Monday as they made at least 21 sorties.

Mr Sam Balsara, chairman and managing director of Madison World, and Mr T. Venkattram Reddy, chairman of Deccan Chronicle Holdings, were unanimously elected as chairman and vice-chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2011-2012.

Rocked by two consecutive defeats, Kolkata Knight Riders badly need a win as they take on an equally desperate South Australian Redbacks in their next Champions League Twenty20 match, here on Tuesday.

The Tribhuvan airport, the only international airport in Kathmandu, has one of the most difficult runways in terms of terrain, and any deviation from the specifically provided procedures would definit

The weekend holiday mood in Tiruchy turned to gloom on Sunday as news poured in of the death of eight prominent builders of the city, including Builders Association of India Tiruchy Chapter president

Indian scientists working in India do not feature in the list of possible Nobel laureates for 2011 in the field of science.