Sachin, Viru nominated for ‘Cricketer of the Generation’ award
Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag will be amongst the nominees for the ‘ESPNcricinfo@20 Cricketer of the Generation’ award, with the cricket news website announcing two more categories to its seventh annual awards. The two new special awards – Cricketer of... read more »
India retain second position in ICC Test team rankings
India have retained their second position in the ICC Test team rankings following a draw in the second and final Test on Tuesday against New Zealand, which won the series 1-0. A two-Test series loss has resulted in India slipping from 117 ratings points to 112, which means that they are ahead of... read more »
AAP against crony capitalism, not capitalism: Arvind Kejriwal at CII meet
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday addressed industrialists at CII, assuring that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was against crony capitalism, and not capitalism. Kejriwal, who had maintained a confrontational stance against corporates, spoke about his party’s... read more »
Seven Maoists killed in gun battle
Seven Maoists were killed in a two-hour long gun battle with Maharashtra Police on the border the state shares with Chhattisgarh, a top official said Tuesday. This was a major success for Maharashtra Police in their counter-insurgency operations in the Vidarbha region’s Gadchiroli district... read more »
Barrick Gold Corp. posts big loss, slashes gold reserves
Barrick Gold Corp, the world’s largest gold miner, reported a big fourth-quarter loss on Thursday as it took a hefty impairment charge, cut its gold reserve estimate by 26 percent and... read more »
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta to resign
Italy’s prime minister, Enrico Letta, will step down on Friday after the leadership of his centre-left party deserted him for Matteo Renzi – a telegenic and smooth-talking rival... read more »
Book MPs who misbehaved in Parliament: former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Telangana clas...
New Delhi – The lawmakers who vandalised and shamed Parliament on Thursday should be expelled and a criminal complaint can be filed against them, Somnath Chatterjee, a former Speaker... read more »
MPs shame India, vandalise Parliament over Telangana
New Delhi – They streamed out, in quick succession, holding handkerchiefs to their noses. Some emerged with their eyes watering. Others were coughing. The evacuation followed a... read more »
Will Arvind Kejriwal resign? Delhi assembly drama takes Aam Aadmi...
New Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party government has threatened to resign if their anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill is not introduced in the Delhi assembly. The BJP and the... read more »
