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Gilchrist brands de Villiers most valuab...

Gilchrist brands de Villiers most valuable cricketer on planet

Former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist has lavished praise on South Africa’s swashbuckling skipper AB de Villiers, describing him as the most valuable cricketer on the planet ahead of the World Cup next month. In an exclusive TV interviews with the ICC, which is available for free... read more »

Victoria Azarenka unseeded for Australia...

Victoria Azarenka unseeded for Australian Open

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka faces the prospect of drawing a top player in the first round at the Australian Open after missing out on a seeding Wednesday. Last year was one to forget for Azarenka — injuries to her left foot, then right knee and right foot restricted her to only 24... read more »

Warner says has finally understood how he almost wasted valuable Baggy Green opportunity
Cummins backs Warner to explode in World...

Cummins backs Warner to explode in World Cup

Australian fast bowler Patrick Cummins has backed teammate David Warner to prove his one-day doubters wrong in the upcoming cricket World Cup, tipping the explosive opening batsman to be the man to bring Australia their fifth title. Warner’s scintillating form in the Test arena over the past... read more »

Tri-series: India, Australia, England be...

Tri-series: India, Australia, England begin World Cup preps

We have almost had everything in the last month and half, starting with the untimely demise of Phillip Hughes to Mahendra Singh Dhoni calling it a day in the longer format of the game. Cricket completed a full circle of life as the Test series ended with emergence of a new born star, KL Rahul,... read more »

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Jagan, N Srinivasan appear in CBI court over investments case

Jaganmohan Reddy, N Srinivasan appear in CBI court over investmen...

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Major Industries J Geetha Reddy, BCCI chief and India Cements MD N Srinivasan and YSR Congress chief and Kadappa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused appeared before... read more »

Google marks Carlos Juan Finlay’s 180th birt...

New Delhi – Google on Tuesday paid tribute to Carlos Juan Finlay, a Cuban physician and scientist, on his 180th birthday by dedicating a doodle... read more »

India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile fro...

India on Tuesday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile from a military base in Odisha for the third time within two... read more »

BJP : Congress has thrown in towel, eyes on Aam Aadmi P...

BJP : Congress has thrown in towel, eyes on Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP)BJP : Congress has thrown in towel, eyes on Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP)

New Delhi – As campaigning drew to a close on Monday, senior BJP leaders targeted Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP), insisting surveys showing Kejriwal’s... read more »

Coal India set to miss output target this fiscal

Coal India set to miss output target this fiscal

Coal India Ltd (CIL) is set to miss its production target for the current fiscal set at 492 million tonne (mt) even as the government prepares to sell stake... read more »

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Israel frets on details of proposed agreement with Iran

Israel frets on details of proposed agreement with Iran

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu contradicted a statement given by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday and said he was familiar with the terms of the proposed agreement... read more »

Syria's opposition coalition agrees to participate in Geneva II conference

Syria’s opposition coalition agrees to parti...

DAMASCUS – The Syrian opposition coalition has conditionally agreed to attend Geneva II conference designed to end the country’s bloody... read more »

Nawaz Sharif rejects ‘tough stance’ against...

Nawaz Sharif rejects 'tough stance' against U.S. post Mehsud's death in drone strike

Islamabad – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly rejected suggestions of his cabinet members to take a tough stance against the United... read more »

‘Optimistic’ Kerry says U.S. not ‘bli...

'Optimistic' Kerry says U.S. not 'blind' or 'dumb' to ease sanctions in Iran nuke talks

Washington – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed optimism on finalizing a deal to stop Iran from its domestic nuclear enrichment programme,... read more »

Greek government survives no confidence motion

Greek government survives no confidence motion

Greece’s Conservative-Socialist coalition government survived a no-confidence motion tabled by the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party... read more »

Domestic car sales decline 2.55% in October

NEW DELHI: Domestic passenger car sales declined 2.55 per cent to 1,59,036 units in October from 1,63,199 units in the year-ago month. Motorcycle sales last month also declined 8.73 per... read more »

Angry Arabs march in north Israel after shooting

KFAR KANA, Israel: Angry Arab-Israeli protesters took to the streets across the country on Sunday and police raised alert levels nationwide amid shock waves over the fatal shooting of a... read more »

Obama sees possible resolution to Iran n-issue

Fight against ISIS now in new phase: Obama

WASHINGTON: The deployment of an additional 1,500 American troops to Iraq marks a “new phase” in the campaign against ISIS jihadists, US President Barack Obama said on... read more »

The dawn of nuclear weapons goes viral

It was near midnight when John Coster-Mullen, the author of “Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man,” was scrutinizing one image among hundreds newly... read more »

Osama died afraid, says ex-US Seal Rob O’Neill

WASHINGTON: Osma bin Laden “died afraid”, says a former US Navy SEAL who claims he fired the fatal shot that killed the al-Qaida chief in Pakistan in 2011. “He died afraid, and he... read more »