March 2, 2012
Scorecard: Sri Lanka 238 (Chandimal 75, Sangakkara 64, Thirimanne 51, Christian 5-31, Pattinson 4-51) beat Australia 229 (D Hussey 74, Watson 65, Malinga 4-49) by nine runs
Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian's hat-trick in a dramatic one-day international on Friday to book their place in the final of the Commonwelath Bank Tri-series against the hosts and send India home.
March 2, 2012
The Siang (Brahmaputra) river originating from Tibet was suddenly found to have almost dried up at a town in Arunachal Pradesh, a state government spokesman said on Thursday night.
March 2, 2012
Taking exception to the clubbing of Microsoft India with other social networking websites in a suit for action against them for allegedly hosting offensive contents, a Delhi court today dropped the software giant's name out of the suit calling it an "odd man out".
The court also imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on plaintiff Mufti Aijas Arshad Quasmi for impleading Microsoft as a party without disclosing any cause of action against it.
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON: TransCanada has been asked by yet another top US Senator not to use steel made in other countries, including India, in the construction of the controversial, multi-billion Keystone XL pipeline.
"In the past, TransCanada has chosen to buy their steel from India. When it comes to the Keystone Pipeline, the steel should be stamped with 'made in America," Senator Tom Casey said.
March 1, 2012
A wealthy New York woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as an indentured servant and forcing her to live in a closet for nearly six years.
March 1, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee termed the third quarter GDP number of 6.1 percent as "disappointing" but expressed the hope that economy is expected to register a growth of 7 percent for the entire fiscal. "No doubt, it is disappointing 6.1 percent... but not unexpected," he said.
March 1, 2012
The non-inclusion of Virender Sehwag in the team for Asia Cup took a curious turn on Thursday with a media report claiming that the opener had asked the BCCI for rest because of back spasms.
February 29, 2012
Chairman of selection committee Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that the squad for the Asia cup has been selected purely on fitness grounds.Speaking to the reporters after announcing the 15-member squad, Srikkanth said that nobody has been dropped from the team and the players have been selected after receiving fitness reports from the physiotherapist.
February, 29, 2012
The maverick moviemaker Gautham Menon entered Bollywood again with the film Ekk Deewana Tha and it turned out to be a dud. Speaking about it,
February 29, 2012
Indian citizens with permission to settle in the UK permanently will need to apply for a biometric residence permit (BRP) as part of changes in immigration rules intended to make it harder for non-European Union (EU) nationals to work illegally and abuse the benefit system.
