October 15, 2012
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee has given the Congress-led UPA government "between two and six months" and wants the Trinamool Congress to become the nucleus of an anti-Congress front which, she thinks, will decimate the Grand Old Party in the next general elections.
October 15, 2012
NEW DELHI: Delhi government is yet to notify the ban on plastic bags due to "technical difficulties", an official said, even as the state cabinet approved it a month ago.
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October 15, 2012
Shanghai — Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek beat India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna for the doubles tennis title at the Shanghai Masters Sunday.
The fourth seeds claimed a 6-7(7-9), 6-3, 10-5 comeback victory over the Indian duo, seeded seventh.
October 14, 2012
Brief Scorecard: Sydney Sixers 185 for 5 (Henriques 49*, Watson 46) beat Chennai Super Kings 171 for 9 (Du Plessis 43, Raina 57, Henriques 3-23) by 14 runs
October 14, 2012
LOS ANGELES: The US space shuttle Endeavour began its final journey Friday, at the less-than rocket-propelled speed of 2 mph (3.2 kmh), in a meticulously planned trip through the streets of Los Angeles.
October 14, 2012
NEW YORK: Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before their diagnosis survive longer than those who continue smoking, according to a new study.
October 14, 2012
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has accused the Obama Administration of contradicting itself and "doubling down on denial" about the true origins of the assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi that killed American envoy to Libya.
October 14, 2012
SINGAPORE: Anyone involved in spot-fixing should be banned for life, former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan told Reuters on Saturday, days after six umpires were provisionally suspended for allegedly agreeing to fix matches.
October 14, 2012
When gun-toting men stopped their school wagon in Mingora last Tuesday around 12.45 p.m. asking for Malala Yousafzai, none of the three girls inside spoke. This, despite the terrorists threatening to shoot all of them if they did not identify Malala.
