ew Zealand struggled to reach 106-5 in their first innings at stumps in reply to India’s
438 on the second day of the opening Test in Hyderabad on Friday.

MDMK founder Vaiko and 500 of his supporters were arrested on Tuesday when they tried to stage a picketing at the Poonamallee Special Camp (for Sri Lankan Tamils) demanding release of the inmates.

Defying the Mumbai police, which refused him permission for a rally from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday led his supporters' march against August 11 violence during a demonstration against alleged atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar.

The city police arrested three people for allegedly sending out thousands of inflammatory text messages that led to the exodus of many people from north-eastern states, and are on the look out for six

The panic exodus of Northeast people from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra abated on Sunday and no special trains were operated to Guwahati but security personnel kept a tight vigil with the Id f

V.V.S. Laxman was a rare cricketer in many ways. Sincere, God fearing and humble, the Hyderabadi kept reminding the dressing room of true cricketing value at a time when fancy sunglasses, zinc cream and louder music were on the ascendant. Laxman proved that no amount of drama was a match for performance in the middle.

The exodus of fear-stricken northeasterners in the wake of rumours of retaliatory attacks on them after the Assam violence abated today in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday allegedly forcibly took away the catch netted by fishermen who put to sea from here, while they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, Fisheries Department officials said.

After scoring 11,119 runs in 220 international matches, an emotional V.V.S. Laxman walked off the cricket ground in a dark suit and not the white flannels that had been the dominant dress during his16-year career. It was a poignant moment as Laxman sauntered through the field at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium clasping his son Sarvajit’s hand before he climbed the steps leading to the home dressing room and headed home with his family members.

A security ring has been thrown around Bengaluru, which was home to over 200,000 north-easterners, with three companies of the CRPF deployed at the three key areas of Ashoknagar, K.G.