China set to land robot rover on moon
Washington – China is ready to land a robotic rover on moon’s surface on Saturday, a major step in the country’s ambitious space exploration programme. On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module is going to undergo a powered descent, using thrusters to perform the first soft landing on... read more »
Ashwin says `players to blame` for India’s ODI series loss in South A...
Johannesburg – The Indian team’s poor record away from home in Test cricket is the fault of the players and not the coach, spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin said recently. According to Sport24, Ashwin pointed out that as players they had to accept the failure and admit that they failed as... read more »
A-Rod `optimistic` about favorable ruling in doping case
New York – Alex Rodriguez scored big in court on Friday when a federal judge dealt a huge blow to the 211-game doping suspension Major League Baseball hopes to slap on the embattled Yankees slugger, according to reports. According to the New York Post, Manhattan federal Judge Edgardo Ramos... read more »
Botham says England’s `inability` to `finish off` Oz difference betwe...
London – England cricket legend Ian Botham has said that the team’s bowlers made it too easy for Australian all-rounder Steve Smith on Day 1 of the third Ashes Test in Perth. According to the Mirror, Botham said that England’s inability to finish off Australia when they are down... read more »
Matteo Renzi elected Italian left’s new leader
Rome – Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi won a resounding victory in the race to lead Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, part of the coalition government. The 38-year-old Renzi,... read more »
Nelson Mandela’s daughter saw him losing grip on life
London – Former South African President Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter has said that the doctors already knew his father would die on Thursday night and she saw him losing... read more »
Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in high treason case
Islamabad – The Pakistan government has decided to press five charges against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the ‘high treason’ case. The government plans to... read more »
AAP says it will play role of constructive opposition
Ghaziabad – A day after creating history in Delhi’s election, Aam Aadmi Party today maintained that it will not stake claim to form government and will play the role of a... read more »
Air India asks employees on sabbatical to return to work or quit
Mumbai -: Five years after it had announced a sabbatical scheme for its staff to reduce the bulging salary bill, national air carrier Air India has asked the employees who had availed the scheme to... read more »
