BJP mulls damage control plan for Karnataka
With its former Karnataka chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa saying he will quit the party soon, the BJP on Monday summoned the state unit chief K.S. Eshwarappa to New Delhi to chalk out plan for damage
Brian Lara named Chittagong Kings brand ambassador
Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has been named brand ambassador of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Chittagong Kings.
Lara has signed a three-year contract with Kings and is ex
Nerves are a tough opponent: Ivanovic
Former World No.1 Ana Ivanovic's career has struggled at times since she won her only Grand Slam title in Paris in 2008.
Participating in the Kremlin Cup here, she said that her own nerves have been
Chinese octogenarian becomes nude model
An 84-year-old man in China's Chengdu city has a new secret pastime. He has started posing as a nude model for art students at local universities.
The man, who uses a pseudonym 'Li Jun', lives alone
Passenger train catches fire in Gulbarga
Two people were killed on Tuesday when a coach of the Hyderabad-Solapur Falaknuma express caught fire at Gulbarga station in Karnataka, an official said here. The cause of the fire is not known.
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Kapur aims to end title drought at Indian Open
Indian golfer Shiv Kapur is determined to end a seven-year title drought at the Hero Indian Open beginning here Thursday.
Kapur is in fine form ahead of the $1.25 million Asian Tour event as he finis
Twitter uproar over Tendulkar's Order of Australia award
There was an uproar on the social microblogging site Twitter after Australian Primer Minister Julia Gillard announced Tuesday that Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar would be conferred with the Member of
Apex court lifts ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its ban and permitted tourist activities in 20 per cent of the core areas of India's 42 tiger reserves.
The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Sw
Americans prefer Barack Obama as babysitter: Poll
Americans would prefer President Barack Obama as a babysitter for their children but rate him and his Republican rival Mitt Romney equally as hypothetical employees, according to some off-beat questio
Sachin Pilot's uncle shot in UP
An uncle of union minister Sachin Pilot was on Tuesday shot at in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur town, leaving him critically injured and on life support, police said.
Ashok Kasana, 60, was sleeping in his ca