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Geoff Lawson: The 10 players to watch in...

Geoff Lawson: The 10 players to watch in cricket’s World Cup

This 11th edition of the world Cup could be the most open since India surprised all in 1983. The home teams will appreciate being at home, knowing the pitches and having the best of the crowd’s support. Australia have begun the Tri-Series with an impressive victory against England. The new... read more »

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Sharapova wants to play her top tennis i...

Sharapova wants to play her top tennis in New Year

Maria Sharapova says her target for 2015 is playing her best tennis rather than wrestling the World No.1 ranking back from Serena Williams. Should World No.2 Sharapova win the Brisbane International, she will cut the ranking points margin between her and Serena to 685 points where the American... read more »

BUTT-ASIF-AAMER CASE TO BE RE-EXAMINED

BUTT-ASIF-AAMER CASE TO BE RE-EXAMINED

Prosecutors are re-examining the criminal convictions of three Pakistan players jailed in 2011 over spotfixing allegations, according to a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, The Guardian said the convictions in a London court of then Pakistan captain Salman Butt, paceman Mohammad Asif... read more »

RSS wants Modi government to ban Flipkar...

RSS wants Modi government to ban Flipkart, Amazon and eBay?

Claiming that foreign e-commerce firms such as Amazon and eBay are ‘killing domestic players in the Indian market’, the economic wing of the RSS has asked the government to ban them. However, that is not the end of the story. The RSS reportedly wants Indian e-retailers such as Flipkart... read more »

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Congress, BJP lock horns over Lata Mangeshkar’s support for Modi

Congress, BJP lock horns over Lata Mangeshkar’s support for Modi...

New Delhi – The Congress Party on Saturday said legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar’s support for Narendra Modi, who is leading the BJP’s campaign as its prime ministerial candidate, has... read more »

Employee can't escape recovery of excess payments: SC

Employee can’t escape recovery of excess pay...

New Delhi – The Supreme Court has said that even after retirement from service, an employee can’t escape the recovery of the excess... read more »

‘KPS Gill has not given a clean chit to Modi’: Digvijay...

Digvijaya Singh lauds shift in Modi's thought process

New Delhi – Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said former Punjab DGP KPS Gill has not given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister... read more »

‘Decision yet to be taken on PM’s visit to Lanka’: Chid...

‘Decision yet to be taken on PM’s visit to Lanka’: Chidambaram

Chennai – Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who met Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M. Karunanidhi here on Saturday, said a final decision is yet... read more »

Modi consoles Raj Narain Singh’s family, BJP hands over...

Modi consoles Raj Narain Singh’s family, BJP hands over cheque of Rs. 5 lakh

Gaurichak (Bihar) – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi consoled the family members of Raj Narain Singh, who was... read more »

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US rejects Sharif's call to get involved on Kashmir

US rejects Sharif’s call to get involved on Kashmir

Washington – Even before Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed here for a four-day visit, the US rejected out of hand his call for Washington to get involved to resolve the Kashmir... read more »

39 killed, 51 wounded in Iraq bombings

39 killed, 51 wounded in Iraq bombings

Baghdad – At least 39 people were killed and 51 wounded in three bombing attacks in the Iraqi capital city Sunday, police said. The deadliest... read more »

Syrian government not to negotiate with ‘terroris...

Syrian government not to negotiate with 'terrorists'

Damascus – Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has stressed on his country’s readiness to participate in the planned Geneva II conference... read more »

New anti-terror force needed in Pakistan: PM Sharif

New anti-terror force needed in Pakistan: PM Sharif

Lahore – Emphasising that his government is firm on establishing its writ, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said a new anti-terrorism force... read more »

Saudi Arabia rejects UN seat

Saudi Arabia rejects UN seat

Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. The move came just hours... read more »

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Frustrated Airtel snaps Loop deal

NEW DELHI: Disappointed at the lack of clearance to its bid to acquire the assets of Mumbai-based telecom operator Loop Telecom, Bharti Airtel pulled out of the deal, just weeks before the... read more »

Finance minister signals lower rate, cheaper funds

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday told industry captains that he expects the cost of capital to come down, a statement which CEOs read as a signal to a rate cut in the... read more »

Air Astana signs code-share agreement with Air India

NEW DELHI: Kazakhstan’s largest airline Air Astana has signed a free flow code-share agreement with state-run airline and Star Alliance member Air India. “As a state-run airline... read more »

India needs $250bn over 5 years to meet energy needs

NEW DELHI: Power minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday $250 billion of investment was needed over the next five years if the country was to meet an expected doubling of energy consumption... read more »

Beijing to punish Dalai supporters

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have pledged to punish officials who follow Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and “support activities of splitting the country”, the official media... read more »