Mudgal Report: Three more questions Supreme Court should ask BCCI, Srinivas...
The Board for Control of Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) attempts to obfuscate the issues currently before the Supreme Court are not a new tactic. As lawyer Rahul Mehra detailed for ESPNcricinfo in a case before the Delhi High Court in 2004, “the BCCI board argued that it is a private... read more »
Trinamool targets Amit Shah in Parliament, to hold huge counter-rally in Ko...
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her home turf, Trinamool Congress launched a counter-attack in Parliament and will hold a public meeting in Kolkata. Placard-wielding Trinamool MPs held a demonstration... read more »
Pope visits iconic religious sites in Istanbul
ISTANBUL — His head bowed and hands clasped in front of him, Pope Francis on Saturday stood in two minutes of silent prayer facing east inside one Istanbul’s most important religious sites, as he shifted gears toward more religious affairs on the second leg of his three-day visit to the... read more »
Egyptian court dismisses murder charge against Hosni Mubarak
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. The court also cleared Mubarak and a former oil minister of graft... read more »
