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Ravi Shastri to Continue as Team India D...

Ravi Shastri to Continue as Team India Director

It was on the cards and the script folded as expected. The BCCI working committee on Friday extended Ravi Shastri’s tenure as Team India director till the end of the 2015 ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Shastri was appointed as director for the ODI series in England last... read more »

Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap crash ou...

Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap crash out of Asian Games

In what came as a shock for the Indian fans, star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap fell by the wayside as the two lost their respective women’s and men’s singles matches to bow out of the 17th Asian Games on Friday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap failed to pass the Asiad... read more »

Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal and his fam...

Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal and his family to donate 75% of their wealth t...

Anil Agarwal, the billionaire controller of Vedanta Resources Plc, announced late on Thursday that he and his family had agreed to give 75 percent of their wealth to charity. Agarwal, a one-time scrap metal dealer, made the announcement at an event in London to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of... read more »

Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand R...

Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi

Emami biotech on 25 September 2014 acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi. Emami biotech is the edible oil and bio-diesel arm of the Emami Group of Companies. The deal is estimated to be worth around 20 crore rupees. This is Emami’s second acquisition in three months and with this deal Emami makes... read more »

San Diego Padres – TeamReport

ST. LOUIS — San Diego manager Bud Black finished his postgame briefing with the press Thursday night and then asked the departing horde a question. “What did you guys... read more »

Red Sox miss tag, lose to Astros 5-3 in 10 innings

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox lost two leads, two challenges and eventually the game. Houston ended Boston’s four-game winning streak by rallying past the Red Sox 5-3 in 10 innings on... read more »

No Russian troops in humanitarian convoy, Moscow tells US

Russian defence minister assured US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel on Friday that the humanitarian convoy Moscow sent to Ukraine is not carrying any Russian troops, the Pentagon said. Mr.... read more »

Perry indictment exposes Texas’ political divide

AUSTIN — A grand jury has indicted Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts of abuse of power for making good on a veto threat — a case the possible 2016 presidential... read more »

Devil in the detail as Yazidis look to Kurds in withstanding Isla...

Whether you approach it from the west, across the dry steppe of northern Iraq, or from the east, through the bare mountains of Kurdistan, Lalish shocks you with its sudden lush beauty. There, in the... read more »