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Viswanathan Anand gets `quick chance` to fight back from losing world crown
World Chess Championship: Carlsen tears ...

World Chess Championship: Carlsen tears into ‘Berlin’, deflates...

You give him an inch, he takes a yard. Even if it’s Berlin defence. Magnus Carlsen tore into Viswanathan Anand’s ‘wall’ with white pieces, scored a win in 34 moves in a game lasting almost four hours and opened a new wound in the Indian’s heart. The Norwegian world No.... read more »

Boy dies as teacher ‘bangs his hea...

Boy dies as teacher ‘bangs his head against wall’

NALGONDA: A six-year-old boy studying in Class I of a private school died on Sunday after he was allegedly beaten up by his class teacher on Saturday for not speaking in English. The incident took place at Tirumalagiri village of Anumula mandal in Nalgonda district. A heavy posse of policemen was... read more »

Bengaluru has 27% of top 30 Indian IT pr...

Bengaluru has 27% of top 30 Indian IT product firms

MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Away from the e-commerce euphoria, there’s a bunch of Indian software product companies that is bolstering the domestic startup ecosystem with impressive valuations of their own. The top 30 software product companies – catering largely to businesses (B2B) – have... read more »

Can’t rule out privatization of Ai...

Can’t rule out privatization of Air India in future, civil aviation m...

NEW DELHI: Privatization of national carrier Air India will not happen immediately, but cannot be ruled out in future and there have been suggestions from various quarters in this regard, civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Monday. The minister also said that state-owned Airports... read more »

Hockey: Indian men eye big win over Sri Lanka in Asiad opener

After the islanders, the Sardar Singh-led side will face Oman on September 23 before more tough encounters against arch-rival Pakistan (September 25) and China (September 27). Two-time gold... read more »

North Korea says imprisoned American tried to become ‘second Snowden’

Korean prison, state media said on Saturday. Matthew Miller, 25, of Bakersfield, California, had prepared his story in advance and written in a notebook that he was seeking refuge after... read more »

Malaysia to seek justice for MH17 via UNGA

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein Saturday said that Malaysia will use the platform of the ongoing 69th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, to seek justice... read more »

Turkey secures release of hostages held by Islamic State

Turkish intelligence agents brought 46 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President... read more »

I will take back entire Kashmir from India: Bilawal Bhutto Zardar...

ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen Next’ politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India. Bilawal, in his... read more »