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July 23, 2012

‘Sin’ is a religious term. ‘Crime’ is a constitutional term.

Religion forbids certain things. Touching the forbidden thing is called a sin. But every sin need not be a crime.

July 20, 2012

So all the Cricket fans has something to cheer about. Yuvraj Singh who was recently diagnosed with rare germ cell cancer is included in the preliminary 30 member squad for T20 World Cup this September and October in Sri Lanka.

Yuvraj Singh started practicing at Bangalore after he came back from a treatment from Cancer in USA early this year.

July 19, 2012

John McCain lashed out against Michele Bachmann and other republican lawmakers after they claimed Huma Abedin is conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood. McCain called the accusations “an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable woman”.

McCain defends Clinton aide against allegations

July 19, 2012

The electoral college for the July 19 presidential poll comprises 4,896 voters - 776 members of parliament and 4,120 members of the state assemblies. Between them they have 10,97,012 votes and the winning candidate needs at least 50 percent of these.

With the Trinamool Congress now backing UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee he is clearly emerging a winner.

How do numbers stack up?

July 18, 2012

NEW DELHI—Rajesh Khanna, whose success as a romantic lead in scores of Indian movies made him Bollywood's first superstar, died Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 69.

His wife, actress Dimple Kapadia, and two daughters were at his bedside when he died at his home in Mumbai, said his son-in-law, actor Akshay Kumar.

July 18, 2012

The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for steroid doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland as it upheld the IAAF's appeal to impose two-year ban on them.

A NADA panel had handed a lenient one-year ban on the six quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, on the ground that they did not know that the food supplement they have been provided by their coach contain prohibited substance.

July 18, 2012

The USA Cricket Association (USACA) has announced that it has settled its lawsuit with California businessman Ram Varadarajan and the California Cricket Academy (CCA).

Varadarajan and CCA had petitioned to overturn the USACA board's decision to disenfranchise 32 out of the 47 USACA member leagues from voting in the April 14 elections.

July 18, 2012

Karan Johar the prominent film maker and TV host is all on cloud 9 when he gets an official initiation for London Olympics starting July 27.

July 18, 2012

After the big decision for Trinamool Congress declaring their support for UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee the Congress President Sonia Gandhi called Mamata Banerjee and thanked her. Sonia Gandhi also invited Mamata Banerjee for a lunch with other party officials.

July 17, 2012

Twelve Indian doctors from the state of Rajasthan have been suspended for allegedly conducting prenatal sex tests. Although prenatal sex tests and abortion of female fetuses are banned, a study revealed that the law is widely flouted in India.