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Gatlin cruises to 200m win at US champio...

Gatlin cruises to 200m win at US championships

Justin Gatlin continued his blistering pace of the season as he became the fifth-fastest 200m sprinter in history by winning the final at the American Athletics Championships. The American clocked 19.57 seconds to finish ahead of Isiah Young and Wallace Spearmon and consequently sets up a thrilling... read more »

Ravi Shastri to not travel with Team Ind...

Ravi Shastri to not travel with Team India for Zimbabwe tour?

Shastri is expected to be back with Team India for the remainder of the season. However, BCCI had been informed of this decision by Shastri before the team left for Bangladesh. Since senior players like Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni too are expected to be rested, charge of the team could be given to a... read more »

People running the show shouldn’t ...

People running the show shouldn’t write history books: APJ Abdul Kala...

The controversy over rewriting of history textbooks notwithstanding, former President APJ Abdul Kalam says fair research is needed in this regard and any such rework attempt should not be made by “people running the show” but by people of academic excellence.He is also of the view that... read more »

Fadnavis leaves for official visit to U....

Fadnavis leaves for official visit to U.S.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday left for a week-long official trip to the U.S. He is accompanied by Industry Minister Subhash Desai. Fadnavis is expected to attend a series of meetings with trade, commerce and industry houses which have been lined up. read more »

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Rahul Gandhi knows he is staring at defeat: BJP

Rahul Gandhi launches ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan’

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi threw his weight behind keeping politicians out of sports bodies in the country and said sportspersons themselves should be at the helm of affairs. Congress Vice... read more »

India's growth momentum will revive, says PM Manmohan Singh

Morphine accessibility to improve after Rajya Sabh...

Accessibility to morphine will improve further with the passing of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2011, said city... read more »

Multivitamin supplements may lower cataract risk

Long-term daily multivitamin supplement use may lower cataract risk in men, a new study has claimed. Researchers based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital... read more »

Guru to rival: how Anna may spoil Kejriwal’s part...

Social activist Anna Hazare is set to challenge his onetime protégé Arvind Kejriwal by backing independent candidates in the 2014 general elections, some... read more »

I may be implicated by CBI, repeats Narendra Modi

AHMEDABAD -BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi sharpened his attack on the Congress, saying the ministers in the current UPA government feel... read more »

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Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher's fall

Merkel extremely dismayed over Schumacher’s fall

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was “extremely dismayed” as she heard about the skiing accident of German racing legend Michael Schumacher, her spokesperson said... read more »

'Russian blasts necessitate upgrading anti-terror system'

‘Russian blasts necessitate upgrading anti-t...

Moscow – Russian experts Monday urged an upgrade of the terror prevention system after two suicide bombings hit the Volgograd city within 24... read more »

44 Iraqi lawmakers resign over anti-Sunnis government a...

44 Iraqi lawmakers resign over anti-Sunnis government actions

Baghdad – As many as 44 members of Iraqi parliament announced their resignation Monday to protest against the government’s latest moves on Sunni... read more »

China to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam

China to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam

Beijing – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that the country is willing to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, Xinhua reported. The... read more »

Indian student assaulted in Australia, brother seeks ju...

Indian student assaulted in Australia, brother seeks justice

Melbourne – A 20-year-old Indian student was seriously injured after he was brutally assaulted and robbed in Australia’s Melbourne city, a media... read more »

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee released from jail

Jaycee Chan, the son of actor Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said. The official Xinhua news agency... read more »

New York Times media columnist David Carr dies at 58

Media columnist David Carr, who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction, collapsed at his office and died on Thursday.... read more »

Bengaluru-Ernakulam train derails; 11 killed, more than 60 injured

Anekal: At least 11 passengers were on Friday killed and over 60 injured, some of them critically, when an express train bound for Ernakulam in Kerala from Bengaluru derailed near Anekal,... read more »

Sri Lanka to secure delay of UN war crimes report

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said on Thursday he was optimistic about securing a delay in the release of a UN report on alleged war crimes during his country’s... read more »

South Korean airline boss’ daughter imprisoned for one year...

The daughter of a South Korean national airline’s boss has been imprisoned for a period of one year for hampering aviation safety as she forced a plane to return to the New York gate and... read more »