February 9, 2014
As much as 27 centimetres (10.6 inches) of snow was recorded in Tokyo by late Saturday, the heaviest fall in the capital for 45 years, according to meteorologists
Tokyo: The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least eleven dead and more than 1,000 injured across the country, reports said on Sunday.
February 9, 2014
GANGTOK: In a country ranked poorly on the health and environment front, Sikkim has done remarkably well to become India's first state with 100 percent sanitation coverage, according to a report of the drinking water and sanitation ministry.
February 9, 2014
NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra added another gold at the Inter Shoot Tri series Shooting and became the first individual to win three gold medals in the event being held at Hague, Netherlands.
Beijing Olympics gold medalist Bindra was in roaring form as he clinched the yellow metal in the Air Pistol event on Saturday.
February 9, 2014
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal met Anna Hazare here late on Saturday shortly after the Gandhian took a jibe at the Delhi chief minister saying some people take bungalows despite having promised not to do so.
The meeting between Kejriwal and Hazare, lasted for around twenty minutes. AAP leaders described it as a "courtesy call".
February 9, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 503 and 105 beat India 202 and 366 (Dhawan 115, Wagner 4-62, Southee 3-81) by 40 runs
February 9, 2014
As India heads towards a bruising general election, one of the key issues in the minds of both people and political parties is jobs. Big parties and their star campaigners can already be heard harping on the theme. The reason is that the jobs scenario has been decidedly grim for more than a decade.
Jobs scenario has been grim for more than a decade.
February 8, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 587 (Sangakkara 319, Shakib 5-148) and 305 for 4 dec (Sangakkara 105, Chandimal 100*) drew with Bangladesh 271 for 3 (Haque 100*, Perera 2-55) and 426 (Rahman 106, Kayes 115)
Chasing 467 runs to record a series-levelling victory, Bangladesh finished at 271-3 at Stumps on the final day
February 8, 2014
KATRA, J&K: Asserting that establishing a truly representative democracy in a country of 1.2 billion people was a major task that could not be left only to the government, Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said this task needs to begin at the school level.
February 8, 2014
Nasa's Curiosity rover has taken a photograph of Earth from the surface of Mars, showing what our planet looks like from 100 million miles away.
(Curiosity rover posted the photo on Twitter during its 529th Martian day)
February 8, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 503 and 105 (Taylor 41, Ishant 3-28, Shami 3-37) lead India 202 (Rohit 72, Wagner 4-64, Southee 3-38, Boult 3-38) and 87/1 (Dhawan 49*) by 320 runs
Zaheer Khan is ecstatic after a wicket, New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Auckland, 3rd day, February 8, 2014
