May 19, 2013

NEW DELHI: In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, the sports ministry has started holding consultations with the law ministry to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports.

"Yes, I talked to (sports minister) Jitendra Singh.... We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law minister Kapil Sibal said on Sunday.

May 19, 2013

Raha Moharrak, 25, was joined by 34 other foreigners and 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides who made the treacherous climb from the highest camp to the peak of the mountain, at 29,035 feet.

May 19, 2013

SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said.

The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating.

On Saturday the communist state fired three short-range missiles off the east coast, apparently as part of a military drill, at a time when cross-border tensions remain high.

May 19, 2013

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan.

May 19, 2013

The Depsang area in Ladakh region is a very strategic region, and the incursion was a way of signalling its importance to the Chinese