Thousands of birds, fish die in US
Jan. 3: Some 1,00,000 dead fish floated in a river in Arkansas in the US, while reports of 5,000 blackbirds mysteriously falling dead from the sky before New Year eve has left officials baffled. Dead
Kumble hangs up his boots, withdraws from IPL auction
Mumbai: Legendary leg spinner and former India Test captain Anil Kumble has withdrawn from the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Bengaluru later this week, it announced here on Tuesday.
Kumble,
Paes, Bhupathi in dream win
Chennai: Top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi rolled back the years as they rallied brilliantly to overcome the Canadian-Swiss combo of Frank Dancevic and Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 7-6 (8), 10-4 t
CBI can't touch 'Q', plea for quiet burial of Bofors case
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday told a court that it didn't have enough evidence against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi to prosecute him in the Bofors payoff sc
Hawk-Eye debuts Chennai Open
Chennai: Linespersons at the Aircel ATP Chennai Open have come out on top following the introductory implementation of the Hawk-Eye electronic review system, a referral for line call challenges by pla
Woman teacher stabs Bihar MLA who allegedly raped her
Patna: A woman teacher on Tuesday knifed to death Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Raj Kishore Kesri at his home in Bihar's Purnia town, alleging he had raped her for over three years.
As other visi
Sensex ruling drops in noon trade
Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities Tuesday was ruling dull around noon, having dropped from its early highs.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which o
Bihar legislator enters Nepal with his armed bodyguards
As Nepal kicked off its tourism year on Saturday, along with 10 other foreign visitors, a legislator from Bihar became the first Indian to hit the headlines in the Himalayan republic in 2011, but for
DMK's Karunanidhi meets PM, says alliance is intact
Chennai: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Raj Bhavan here on Monday morning and said the 'alliance is intact'.
The meeting at the Raj B
Indian scientists need to think big: PM
Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday urged Indian scientists to 'think big' and 'out of the box' for scientific advancement and innovations in the country.
"The time has come for Indian s