Kalmadi's aide in jail
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi's aide Shekhar Deorukhkar and businessman Binu Nanu to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till
AIADMK, CPI-M in talks on seat sharing
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is hopeful of striking a seat-sharing deal with the AIADMK for the ensuing assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, said a party official here on Saturday. Representatives of the AIADMK, the main opposition party in the state, and the CPI-M held their second round of talks on the electoral pact.
Olympian Suresh Babu dies
Ranchi: Former ace national athelete Suresh Babu, current manager of the Kerala team at the 34th National Games, died in a hospital here Saturday.
Babu (58) was admitted to the Rajendra Institute of
Fielding big area of concern: Dhoni
Dhaka: India may have got off to a rousing start in the World Cup, crushing Bangladesh by 87 runs on Saturday, but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is far from being satisfied and pointed at fielding as a
Yemen protesters storm govt buildings
Sanaa: About 7,000 protesters stormed into two government buildings and a police station in Yemen's southern port city of Aden and set them on fire, an official said.
The protesters gathered in the n
US asks India, Pak to support Afghan political process
Washington: The United States has urged India and Pakistan to support a political process in Afghanistan, saying reconciliation in Afghanistan will depend on the participation and support of its neigh
Narain ninth quickest in Barca test
Barcelona: India's Narain Karthikeyan put in 116 laps, clocking a best of one minute, 28.393 seconds at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Friday, the first day of the Formule One pre-season tes
66 injured as troops fire at protesters in Bahrain
Manama/London: Troops fired at anti-government protesters in Manama, wounding at least 66 as Bahrain's king Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa asked his eldest son to start a national dialogue to resolve the wo
CBI raids DMK channel office
The CBI on Friday raided the office of Kalaignar TV, floated by the family members of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, here in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
No WC threat info, but be cautious: US
The United States has warned its citizens that while it has no specific threat information about the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Indian subcontinent, such large, high-profile events can be targets fo