Promising left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc has decided to pull out off the auction race for the sixth edition of Indian Premier League which will feature some of his national teammates like skipper Michael Clarke, opener David Warner and recently retired Mike Hussey.

The BJP today held protests in various parts of the country to demand home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s resignation for alleging that the BJP and the RSS were behind Hindu terror.

A day after becoming a “free man”, Nitin Gadkari today held out a threat to income tax authorities, probing dubious fundings in the Purti group with which he was associated, saying nobody would save them when the BJP came to power at the Centre.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa today demanded that Union fertiliser minister and DMK nominee M.K. Alagiri be sacked in connection with the alleged fertiliser subsidy scam.

Finance minister P. Chidambaram, who has talked about a stable tax regime during his meetings with foreign investors in the last two days, has said that the argument for taxing the very rich “a little more” should be considered.

The Andhra Pradesh high court today dismissed the regular bail petition of YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case involving him.

Actor-director Kamal Hassan today said he will take legal recourse on Tamil Nadu government’s ban on screening of his film Vishwaroopam following protests by Muslim outfits, saying “such cultural terrorism” should stop.

A stunning supercar has smashed the world record for acceleration after hitting nearly 300 kmph in just over 13 seconds. Supercar Hennessey Venom GT created the world’s fastest accelerating motor record by beating the previous record of 0-300 kmph in 14.53 seconds set by Koenigsegg Agera.

Indian director Sarthak Dasgupta and three other directors on Wednesday won the prestigious 2013 Sundance-Mahindra Global filmmaking award, which supports the emerging independent talent from around the world.

Hugging a loved one not only helps you bond with them but also gives you a host of health benefits by lowering blood pressure and even improving memory, according to a new study.