June 22, 2013
KEDARNATH/DEHRADUN/CHENNAI: Hellish rains have turned Kedarnath into a ghost town. Though the outer structure of the temple seems intact, there are bodies piled up outside its gate.
According to reports, rain water gushed into the town from the summit behind the shrine carrying rocks and boulders, destroying everything on its path.
June 21, 2013
MOSCOW: World champion Viswanathan Anand put an end to two straight losses and settled for an easy draw with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the seventh round of Tal Memorial chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand had an easy game as black giving nothing away and comfortably split the point.
June 21, 2013
The meeting was the first between Advani and Bhagwat since the BJP veteran resented Modi's elevation as the campaign committee chief for the next Lok Sabha polls, and slammed his party's leaders for "pursuing personal agenda"
June 20, 2013
The US military has destroyed more than 77,000 metric tons of military equipment worth more than $7 billion as it prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in late 2014. The items being shredded by contract workers from Nepal and other countries will be sold as scrap metal.
June 20, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 182 for 2 (Dhawan 68, Kohli 58*) beat Sri Lanka 181 for 8 (Mathews 51, Ishant 3-33, Ashwin 3-48) by 8 wickets
Ishant Sharma exploited the steep bounce and seam movement well
June 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday made a sensational claim that three Chennai Super Kings players had links with a real estate tycoon, who is also a bookie and has close links with Gurunath Meiyappan and other IPL franchisee owners.
In a series of tweets, Lalit Modi made several claims.
June 20, 2013
According to Pakistani media reports, the deal came about largely because of a personal relationship between Kerry and Kayani.
June 20, 2013
Kedarnath and Badrinath have been so badly devastated that there was nothing "but mud, devastation and death" around the highly revered temples visited by millions.
June 20, 2013
NEW DELHI: India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.
June 19, 2013
Brief Scorecard: England 179 for 3 (Trott 82*, Root 48 ) beat South Africa 175 (Miller 56*, Kleinveldt 43, Tredwell 3-19, Broad 3-50) by seven wickets
Jonathan Trott made sure England had no problems during their chase
