May 16, 2014
In a setback to beleaguered N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today directed a probe against him and 12 prominent players in IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.

Supreme Court on Friday asked Justice Mukul Mudgal committee to probe against N. Srinivasan and 12 players on charges of IPL betting and spot-fixing.
May 16, 2014
WASHINGTON: Vice President Joe Biden is conveying America's objections about China's behavior in a territorial dispute with Vietnam to the top brass of the Chinese military.

US Vice President Joe Biden
May 16, 2014
Modi wave uproots Congress' decade old government

May 16, 2014
The next government must do everything to revive the investment cycle

The broad contours of the next government should be clear by the end of this week. It will take charge of a weak economy that has lost momentum while being ravaged by high inflation.
May 16, 2014
From a boy who sold tea to the country’s next Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s family savours the massive victory he has led the BJP to

As she savored the prospect of her brother Narendra becoming India's prime minister, Vasantiben Modi chortled at the idea that a one-time tea boy would soon be calling the shots over Delhi's traditional elite.
May 15, 2014
Draped in his characteristic white shirt and veshti (Dhoti), Chidambaram reached his office at 8.15 am, cleared pending files and met senior officials on his last day as Finance Minister

May 15, 2014
Publicity over abductions has cast spotlight on Nigerian military efforts to secure girls' release and quash the insurgency

May 15, 2014
More than 700 million women across the world are subject to physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners, says a World Bank report

May 15, 2014
Party statement says removal from primary membership was for violating party discipline and bringing disrepute to image

Chennai: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa today expelled party leader and former Rajya Sabha MP K Malaichamy, who had recently said that Narendra Modi was her "good friend".
May 15, 2014
As Manmohan Singh makes way for the new PM, he is remembered by many as a good man who carried his wisdom and intellectual brilliance with rare modesty










































































































