Suresh Raina says ‘honoured’ by PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat A...
New Delhi: Cricketer Suresh Raina today said he was honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to join the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The left-hander posted tweets confirming his participation in PM’s cleanliness initiative from his official account on micro-blogging site... read more »
I wanted to play till 2014: Sachin Tendulkar
…But the West Indies series made Sachin Tendulkar rethink his retirement plans, as Nalin Mehta found out in this exclusive interview. When did you first entertain thoughts of retirement? I was looking forward to the tours to South Africa in Dec 2013 and New Zealand in early 2014. But when the... read more »
World Chess Championship: In-form Anand ready to take on defending champ Ca...
Anand has got the monkey off his back. But can he bring to the table a cerebral version of the guerrilla warfare to rattle Magnus Carlsen? The next fortnight promises to come up with some answers as the Indian challenger takes on the reigning king from Norway in Sochi from Saturday over a 12-game... read more »
Mexico Says Guerrero Evidence Shows Mass Student Murder
Forty-three college students kidnapped by police in southern Mexico in September were probably killed by a drug gang that tried to destroy all the evidence of the crime, according to investigators. Criminal suspects rounded up in the probe said police in Iguala, Guerrero, less than three hours’... read more »
Merkel Condemns Cameron’s Plans to Limit Immigration From Other EU Countries: Reports
MOSCOW – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has strongly condemned Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to establish limits on immigration from other European Union... read more »
Australian man drives light plane down main street for a drink at the pub
A man who taxied his light plane down a key street in Western Australia’s Pilbara region and parked it outdoors a pub is expected to be charged. Newman police sergeant Mark McKenzie... read more »
RSS cancels VK Singh’s speech after his late arrival
AGRA: Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh was not allowed to address a session at the ongoing three-day camp — “Yuva Sankalp Shivir” of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh... read more »
North Korea develops own ballistic missile-carrying submarine
North Korea has reportedly developed its own submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles. According to News.com.au, South Korean government sources were reported in local media as saying... read more »
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander... read more »
