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India vs Australia, 4th Test: India’s Ra...

India vs Australia, 4th Test: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has a ball, and b...

Cricket is often all about aesthetics. The dainty stance, the exquisite drive, the elegant pull, the pristine flick, the gazelle-like sprint on the outfield and a bowling action that can win you the moniker of Whispering Death like Michael Holding. Yes, you’ll have those who are ungainly yet... read more »

Virat Kohli comfortably placed at No.2 s...

Virat Kohli comfortably placed at No.2 spot in ICC ODI ranking

Virat Kohli is the best-placed Indian at the second spot in the latest ICC ODI ranking list, which also has out-of-form opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the top 10. Kohli, who is currently leading India against Australia in the fourth and final Test in Sydney, has 862... read more »

US court jails radical imam Abu Hamza fo...

US court jails radical imam Abu Hamza for life for terrorism

The radical imam Abu Hamza has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in New York on terrorism charges. He had been convicted last May of helping Yemeni militants kidnap Western tourists in 1998, leading to the deaths of three British hostages and one Australian. Jurors found him guilty of... read more »

Militant group Boko Haram killed around ...

Militant group Boko Haram killed around 2000 people in an attack in Norther...

A small city on the northern border of Nigeria witnessed an Islamic extremist attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram on January 9, 2015. The attack killed as many as 2000 people. The attack is said to be the deadliest in the history of Boko Haram in its ongoing five-year long insurgency in... read more »

Indian fisherman died a month ago in Karachi jail

One more Indian fisherman Bala Naran Singad from Sonari village, Una taluka of Gujarat died in Karachi jail on the night of July 24, according to information given by local activists who... read more »

I used the word Hindi not Hindu, says Najma

Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Friday attempted to quash the controversy triggered by her remark that all citizens could be called Hindu, clarifying that her reference... read more »

Special entrance exam to fill large number of vacant seats

In a breather to promoters of engineering colleges, a special joint entrance examination will be held on September 7 . According to Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA),... read more »

IIT for Palakkad, Chandy assures MPs

Ending speculations that Palakkad may lose out in the race to set up the campus of the proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) allotted to Kerala because of hectic lobbying from... read more »

Poor start for Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana in Manipur

The Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana to provide banking facilities to every household got off to a poor start in Manipur on Thursday. While over 1.50 crore persons opened accounts in the country, just... read more »