Supreme Court to hear petitions of Veerappan's aides
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.
View ArticleCCTV shows 2 planting bombs near blast site: Sources
Even as unconfirmed reports suggested that the cables of the CCTV were cut at the blast site in Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar were cut prior to the attack, the investigating team is examining the footage...
View ArticleB'desh: Jamaat leader gets death in war crimes trial
A top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party was on Thursday sentenced to death for "crimes against humanity", including genocide and religious persecution, during the country's...
View ArticleAnti-rape bill gets Lok Sabha nod
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and other stringent punishment for various offences like stalking, voyeurism and...
View ArticleRahul to India Inc: 'We have to carry the poor with us'
In his first interaction with business leaders after becoming Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi urged India Inc to work together to build this brave, empowered new India. Here's the text of his speech
View ArticleOur strategy worked to perfection: Trivedi
Rajasthan Royals' medium pacer Siddharth Trivedi said that their strategy of playing only the pace bowlers had worked to perfection against Kolkata Knight Riders.
View ArticleWisden Almanack completes 150 years
Readers of The Cricketer's Almanack in 1864 could study the phases of the moon, the dates of the English Civil War and the past winners of the Oaks, the Derby and the St Leger.
View ArticleUS eagle spreads wings, bares claws in northeast Asia
It is a fallacy, which many of our pundits are prone to, to exaggerate the potential for confrontation and conflict between the US and China and to conceive fanciful notions of advantage for India in...
View ArticleBoston games postponed after blasts
The National Hockey League has postponed Monday's game between the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators due to the deadly explosions that hit the Boston Marathon earlier in the day, while the NBA has...
View ArticleCavaliers, Pistons fire coaches, Collins resigns
Pistons head coach Lawrence Frank joined Cleveland Cavaliers' Byron Scott and Philadelphia 76ers' Doug Collins on the unemployment line on Thursday, as heads continued to roll just hours after the NBA...
View ArticleKarunanidhi turns 90; DMK celebrates
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President M Karunanidhi turned 90 on Monday with scores of party cadres celebrating the occasion by bursting crackers and distributing sweets across the state.
View ArticleVerdict on Salman's appeal in hit-and-run case on June 10
A Mumbai sessions court will on June 10 deliver its verdict on actor Salman Khan's appeal against a magistrate's order for his retrial in the 2002 hit-and-run case under stringent charge of culpable...
View ArticleSharapova's support spurs boyfriend to win at Queens
Maria Sharapova showed her encouragement and support to boyfriend Gregor Dimitrov on day 1 of the AEGON Championships in London on Monday.
View ArticleIPL fixing: No trouble with separate probes, says SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is not convinced that separate probes by the Mumbai and Delhi police into the IPL spot-fixing scandal are creating hurdles in the investigation that has 'wide...
View ArticleShikhar Dhawan led the way, Rohit and Virat followed him
A lot of India's success at the ICC Champions Trophy owed to the form of its batsmen. In fact, there were three Indians among the top five run scorers.
View ArticleReaders' agenda for Modi: 'Don't speak of Ram Mandir'
We present the second part of the suggestions from our readers to Narendra Modi. More will follow in the days to come.
View ArticleAs survivors leave, Kedarnath braces for next spell of rains
Search and rescue operations in Kedarnath and surrounding areas is over for all practical purposes, officials said in Son Prayag. No more survivors have been found and defence and paramilitary...
View ArticleU'khand: Preparedness to tackle devastation was almost nil
The catastrophe in Uttarakhand may have been unprecedented, but it is not as if the state government wasn't unaware of the looming threat. Government reports had warned of the unchecked dangers of...
View ArticleVettel cracks Germany but further challenges await
Sebastian Vettel finally got the monkey off his back and triumphed at his home German Grand Prix but more challenges await this month with a tyre test and a race in Hungary he has never won.
View ArticlePakistan Taliban sacks spokesman
The Pakistani Taliban have sacked their official spokesman for issuing threats to Afghan Taliban, signalling internal fissures within the ranks of the terror outfit.
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