October 19, 2015
Condemning the attack on BCCI headquarters in Mumbai by Shiv Sena workers protesting against the proposed Indo-Pak bilateral cricket series, ICC president Zaheer Abbas on Monday said politics should never be mixed with sports.
Zaheer Abbas, ICC president, said the entire cricketing world is waiting for an Indo-Pak series to take place. (Source: AP)
October 19, 2015
Bengaluru: In a disturbing incident, a group of people harassed an Australian couple at a restaurant in Bengaluru on Saturday.
October 19, 2015
NEW DELHI – Delhi needs more fast track courts to deal with crimes against women, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday.
October 19, 2015
Birbhum: Amidst a wave of rising intolerance, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed serious apprehensions over whether tolerance and acceptance of dissent are on the wane in the country.
October 19, 2015
BIHAR – It is an irony the BJP leaders can't but grimace at. No longer under the compulsion of having to dilute their agenda, because of the party winning a majority in the Lok Sabha last year, they now find the continuous cycle of state elections complicating the implementation of hot-button Hindutva issues.
October 19, 2015
Chennai: The defence relationship between India and US "stands on its own" and the impact of this association from a strategic point of view besides others is to "increase peace and stability and prosperity," a top envoy of that country said on Sunday.
October 18, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 270 for 7 (de Kock 103, Mohit 2-62) beat India 252 for 6 (Kohli 77, Rohit 65, Morkel 4-39) by 18 runs
Morne Morkel exults after picking up a wicket, India v South Africa, 3rd ODI, Rajkot, October 18, 2015 © BCCI
October 18, 2015
Airplane interior
You already know what not to do on a plane if you don't want to be a giant jerk.
October 18, 2015
Raigarh (Chhattisgarh): In a unique example of communal harmony, a Muslim man has been presiding over Durga Puja celebrations in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district for the past 23 years.
Sheikh Salim Niyariya, a 50-year-old Congress Corporator, has been managing 'Handi Chowk Durga Committee' at Handi Chowk area in Raigarh since 1992.
October 18, 2015
New Delhi: Just hours before the Agni missile was to be tested in 1989, its pioneer APJ Abdul Kalam received a hotline phone call from a top government official indicating tremendous pressure by the US and NATO to delay the launch.
The man on the other end was none other than TN Seshan, the then cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
