Underdogs West Indies stunned five-time champions Australia by eight runs in a thrilling low-scoring Super Six stage match to storm into the final of the ICC women’s Cricket World Cup against the same opponents at the MIG Club ground here today.

The arrest of Dandapani Mohanty, a known Maoist mediator and president of Orissa-based human rights forum Jana Adhikar Manch, has sparked off a major controversy with leading social activists dubbing

The convict in the Suryanelli case, Dharmarajan, has said he had taken P.J. Kurien in his car to Kumily to meet the Suryanelli girl on Februay 19, 1996.

The news of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on health grounds was received with shock and disbelief in Kerala, home to 55 lakh Catholics of which two will themselves be candidates when the proces

Determined to make an impression against mighty Australia, Board president’s XI skipper Abhinav Mukund today said that he and his teammates are looking forward to put up a good fight when they take on the visitors in a two-day warm-up match, starting here tomorrow.

The rupee today fell by 24 paise to 53.74 in early trade, continuing its downward march for the fourth straight session at the Interbank Foreign Exchange, due to continued dollar demand from importers.

Under-performing opener Gautam Gambhir was shown the door with Shikhar Dhawan being his surprise replacement in the 15-member Indian cricket squad, announced today for the first two Tests against Australia starting February 22 in Chennai.

The Indian hotel industry is likely to witness only a marginal revenue growth of about seven per cent in 2012-13 with uncertain economy impacting demand, according to a study by rating agency ICRA.

Dragged down by selling in last 30 minutes, the BSE benchmark Sensex today fell by nearly 96 points to close at the year’s lowest level of 19,484.77 on renewed worries over economic growth and tepid corporate earnings, extending the losing string to the seventh day.

Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar today equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s record number of first class hundreds by cracking a superb century against Rest of India on day three of the Irani Cup here.