June 29, 2015
MUMBAI: Ajinkya Rahane will lead a second-string Indian team for the short limited-overs series against Zimbabwe, Sandeep Patil, the chairman of selectors, announced on Monday (June 29).
June 29, 2015
Four years after the US reported that its Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden during a raid in Abbottabad, former Pakistan Inter State Intelligence chief Lt General (retd) Hameed Gul claims that the Al Qaeda chief died a "natural death" in 2005.
June 29, 2015
Nobody seems sure why there have been more than the usual number of shark attacks in the Carolinas this summer. But the simple fact is that there are both more sharks and more swimmers, according to tourism experts and shark experts. And that’s a recipe for a cross-species surf war, albeit not one either sharks or most humans seek.
June 29, 2015
Around 30 percent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities – including stealing the bricks to build houses – erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported.
The Great Wall of China was first constructed in the third century BC
June 27, 2015
DUBAI: Significant concerns about the efficiency and governance of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) have led to the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspending the body as an ICC member with immediate effect on Friday (June 26).
June 27, 2015
New Delhi: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday the government will soon come out with its report on the controversial issue of Net Neutrality and the telecom department is waiting for the report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
June 27, 2015
CHENNAI – Polling for Tamil Nadu's Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency, where chief minister J Jayalalithaa is one of the contestants, began at 8am on Saturday amid tight security arrangements.
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa attending the party's executive meeting in Chennai.
June 26, 2015
LAHORE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team's embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi is "not happy" in the manner the Indian ODI skipper was being targeted.
June 26, 2015
Gurgaon: In an unprecedented event, a 30-year-old businessman had a narrow escape when his Apple iPhone 6 exploded while he was using it. The iPhone 6 of restaurant owner Kishan Yadav, a resident of Wazirabad here near sector 52 in Gurgaon, exploded after there was sparking in it.
Representational picture
June 26, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
Supporters of gay marriage rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015.
