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Race for BCCI president gathers pace

Race for BCCI president gathers pace

The race for the post of president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has begun to gather pace with opposition growing to a possible bid from N. Srinivasan, who had stepped aside, to hang on to the position. The Supreme Court’s judgment on Thursday has put a question mark on... read more »

BCCI issues fresh ultimatum for damages ...

BCCI issues fresh ultimatum for damages to WICB

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), demanding that it furnish the $41.97 million damages caused by the Caribbean team’s infamous mid-tour pull-out last year. In a fresh letter to WICB President Dave Cameron and the... read more »

SBI Q2 profit falls 33%
SBI signs loan pact with EIB

SBI signs loan pact with EIB

State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s long-term lending institution, signed a loan agreement for Euro 100 million to be utilised for on-lending to private businesses in the country. “This is third tranche of a total loan... read more »

Air India brings back passengers strande...

Air India brings back passengers stranded at Budapest

Air India on Friday pressed into service two of its India bound international flights to bring back passengers stranded at Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The flights arrived in Mumbai and Delhi late in the afternoon, Air India officials said. Last night Air India flight AI 130 from London to... read more »

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Lal Thanhawla stakes claim to form next government in Mizoram

Lal Thanhawla to re-assume office in Mizoram Saturday

Aizawl – The Congress government led by incumbent Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla will re-assume office for the second successive term Saturday, officials said in the Mizoram capital... read more »

Narayan Sai confessed to Gujarat police of having Physical relation with 8 women, Including Surat girl.

Narayan Sai confessed to Gujarat police of having ...

Self-styled godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, accused in a rape case has confessed to Gujarat police officials of having relation with eight women... read more »

Baba Ramdev welcomes SC’s verdict on Section 377

Baba Ramdev welcomes SC's verdict on Section 377

New Delhi – Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict holding consensual sex between adults of the same gender an offence, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on... read more »

Cause of Sindhurakshak fire yet to be ascertained: Anto...

Cause of Sindhurakshak fire yet to be ascertained: Antony

Indian Navy’s inability to salvage INS Sindhurakshak, which exploded and subsequently sank off the Mumbai coast on August 13-14 night this year, has made it... read more »

SC says gay sex a crime, activists dejected

Centre files review petition against Supreme Court verdict on gay sex

New Delhi – The Supreme Court Wednesday held consensual sex between adults of the same gender a criminal offence, leaving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and... read more »

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Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghanistan wants to delay US security deal

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told his countrymen that a vital security pact with the US should not come into effect until after next year’s election and conceded there was little trust... read more »

No double standards on drone strikes: Sharif

No double standards on drone strikes: Sharif

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said the government has no double standards in condemning the drone strikes by the... read more »

US can’t be trusted on drones issue: Pakistan min...

US can't be trusted on drones issue: Pakistan minister

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Friday said US assurances over the drone attacks issue could not be trusted, a... read more »

China Mobile’s ex-vice president gets life senten...

China Mobile's ex-vice president gets life sentence

Beijing – The former vice president of China Mobile, the country’s largest telecom operator, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes,... read more »

22 killed in China oil pipeline blast

Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

Beijing – At least 22 people were killed Friday morning when a leaking petroleum pipeline caught fire and exploded in the coastal city of Qingdao in... read more »

Cabinet nod to judicial appointments panel

Coal Scam: Why former PM Manmohan Singh was not examined, Special Court asks CBI

The CBI was on Tuesday asked by a Special Court as to whether it has examined former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was then holding coal portfolio, during its probe in the coal blocks... read more »

Ferguson Police Officer Not Charged in Black Teen’s Shooting

CLAYTON, Mo.— A grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager whose death in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson became a national flash... read more »

Shilpa Shetty meets Arnold Schwarzenegger at a boxing match

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty struck up a pose with Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger in Macau, where the duo were present to watch a boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Chris... read more »

Farhan goes through rigorous training for his new look in Wazir

Farhan Akhtar had mesmerized the audience with his 360 degree transformation during Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The actor not only gave an outstanding performance but the kind of physique the actor... read more »

JD(U) may oust Manjhi as Bihar chief minister

PATNA: Speculation is rife in Bihar’s political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said his days in the office are numbered. The speculation... read more »