Spot-fixing: Danish Kaneria found guilty by ECB
Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and seamer Mervyn Westfield have both been found guilty of offences by an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) disciplinary panel, a statement said Friday.
People cash in as ATM in UK pays out double by mistake
Any time double money! An ATM here started paying twice the amount asked for, due to a human error, and hordes of people benefited from the unexpected windfall till it lasted.
There was a run on a c
Olympics: Syrian chief denied London Games visa - Reports
Britain has refused to grant the head of the Syrian Olympic Committee a visa to travel to London for the Games, the BBC reported on Friday.
General Mowaffak Joumaa's application was refused due to hi
Spot-fixing: Danish Kaneria given life ban from English cricket
Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was given a life ban from English cricket on Friday for his involvement in the Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) s
Cambridge professor endorses Indian jugaad for driving innovation
Jugaad, or the Indian way of innovation and of creating a flexible solution to problems, is the right path to economic growth, says Indian-born Prof.
Ukrainian and Swedish women named `world’s most beautiful'
A list of cities with the most beautiful women in the world has revealed that men in Russia and Ukraine still have plenty to cheer about.
Travelers Digest’s ‘Top Ten Cities With The Most Beautiful Wo
Excited to be playing together, says relieved Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna heaved a sigh of relief as the All India Tennis Association on Thursday allowed the duo to team up for the upcoming London Olympics after both of them adamantly refus
Disgraced Salman Butt released from jail
Just seven months into his three-and-a-half-year jail sentence for involvement in spot-fixing, disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt was on Thursday released under the British governme
Oil falls to 18-month low on global growth worries
Brent crude oil hit an 18-month low of $91 per barrel on Thursday as the outlook for economic growth darkened, pointing to lower-than-expected energy consumption worldwide.
China's factory sector shr
Psychic gets women to strip to contact dead relatives
A psychic has been charged for persuading two women to strip naked at seances to enhance their spiritual powers.
The women in their 20s wanted to contact dead relatives and it was said that Karl Lang