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Hockey Olympic qualifier: Indian men close to reaching final; women in tight spot IANS The Indian men's hockey team brightened their chances of a place in the final of the 2012 London Olympic Qualifiers with a hard fought 3-2 win over Ca ... More Saif Ali Khan arrested, released on bail  IANS Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was arrested Wednesday evening for assau ... More Kingfisher cuts flights to fend off debt, banks plan lifeline IANS Kingfisher Airlines, battling for survival, Wednesday submitted a new ... MoreItaly regrets fishermen killing, row persists IANS India and Italy Wednesday failed to resolve their row over the killing of two Indian fishermen, with Rome regretting the deaths but insisting they too ... More | Sensex closes 283 points lower on profit booking IANS A benchmark index for Indian equities closed 283 points lower Wednesday as investors booked profits after recent rallies. Realty, consumer durables an ... More 48 killed, hundreds injured in Argentinian train crash IANS At least 48 people were killed and hundreds wounded Wednesday in a commuter train crash at one of the three busiest stations in Argentine capital Buen ... More India must win next two games to reach tri-series final IANS India have to win their next two games if they are to reach the finals of the tri-series involving Australia and Sri Lanka.India play Australia in ... More Mumbai Congress chief resigns IANS Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh Wednesday resigned from his post following a Bombay High Court order to prosecute him in corruption cases, a ... MoreOther Top News
| Saif Ali Khan arrested, released on bailBollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was arrested Wednesday… [more]  One lakh devotees at Odisha’s Lingaraj templeThe 11th century Lingaraj temple here saw a crowd of… [more]   More Kingfisher flights hit, government rules out bailoutAround 35 flights of Kingfisher Airlines were cancelled… [more]  Privileged to work with Bipasha: MadhavanLauding Bipasha Basu as one of the most outstanding… [more]   | ||
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Sports NewsPoor finishing a worry for India: NobbsIndian hockey coach Michael Nobbs is concerned about poor finishing as the men’s team scraped past Canada 3-2 in their fourth match of the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers at the Ma ...Read More Delhi Daredevils appoint Jayawardene vice-captainIndian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils have appointed Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene as the side’s deputy for the 2012 edition. Jayawardene led Sri Lanka to the ...Read More Ganguly moots multiple captaincy for each formatFormer Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has criticised Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership and asked the selectors to consider appointing different captains for the three formats of the ...Read More | National NewsBangalore whizkid Sachin Kukke wins YouTube science contestEighteen-year-old engineering student Sachin Kukke of Bangalore is the only Indian to win the global YouTube Space Lab science competition from the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s leading online vide ...Read More State NewsTripura CPI-M to protest Bengal leaders killingTripura’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will organise a massive protest rally Thursday to protest the killing of two party leaders in West Bengal Wednesday, the p ...Read More | International NewsFive killed in US spa shootingFive people have been killed in a shooting at a suburban Atlanta spa, police were quoted as saying by the US media.Murder-suicide seemed to be the motive of Tuesday’s shooting at t ...Read More | ||
Entertainment NewsAsin’s ‘Housefull’ diariesActress Asin Thottumkal would have been a part of “Housefull”, but date issues kept her away. However, she is glad to associate with filmmaker Sajid Khan ultimately for “ ...Read More You know film’s fate while shooting: Vidya BalanActress Vidya Balan, riding high on the success of “The Dirty Picture”, and awaiting the release of “Kahaani” says one can sense the fate of a movie while filming it. ...Read More Sonakshi Sinha’s role cooler in ‘Joker’ than ‘Dabangg’: Shirish Kunder Shirish Kunder has uninhibitedly admitted that actress Sonakshi Sinha’s role in his next directorial “Joker” is “cooler” than her part in her debut film “Dabangg”, which ...Read More | Business NewsWhy bail-out Kingfisher Airlines?There seems to be scandalous affair in efforts of bailing out Kingfisher Airlines through public-sector banks or working out a compromise-formula ...Read More Bihar’s economy registers over 11 percent annual growthBihar’s economy has registered an annual growth rate of 11.36 percent from 2004-05 to 2010-11, says Bihar’s economic survey for 2011-12, tabled i ...Read More Indian economy may grow at 8 percent in 2012-13: RangarajanIndia’s economy may grow at 7.1 percent this financial year and inch up to 8 percent next fiscal if the global environment turns favourable, chai ...Read More | City NewsNo proof of allegations against Baba Ramdev: PoliceNew Delhi : Baba Ramdev did not promote enmity between religious groups at a press conference here in January or provoke his supporters to assaul ...Read More Another hot day in Delhi, mercury may dip FridayDelhi residents sweated it out Wednesday as the maximum temperature was recorded five notches above average at 30.1 degrees Celsius making it the ...Read More Elders recall partition through playIt was an emotional experience for hundreds of senior citizens of the city as they witnessed a musical play on the Partition of India and recalle ...Read More | ||
Blog/Opinion/Featured NewsUS assures India help in bringing 26/11 culprits to bookThe United States has assured India all possible assistance as provided within the framework of US law to help bring the main culprits of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to ...Read More Want biopic to inspire the youth: Milkha SinghLegendary Indian sportsman Milkha Singh Tuesday gifted the spikes he wore in 1960 Rome Olympics to actor Farhan Akhtar, hoping that his film “Bhag Milkha Bhag” will be an inspirati ...Read More Poll panel should be harsh nowElection Commission should take strict-most action against Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma despite later calling his controversial remarks as ‘slip of tongue’. It has become a ...Read More | Sci-Tech NewsAIIMS favours Swedish surgical machinesA Swedish machine that does minimally invasive surgery should be used all over India, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said Tuesday. “There are eight Gamma Kn ...Read More Health NewsFirst vaccine against kala azar ready for trialThe first ever vaccine to prevent kala azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the world’s second largest parasitic killer after malaria, is entering dual clinical trials in the US a ...Read More | Education NewsGovernment seeks states’ help on engineering entrance testTaking another step on its proposal to introduce a common entrance test for engineering courses, the government Wednesday held talks with state education ministers and said that th ...Read More LifeStyle NewsSex worker’s life lights up the Fashion Week rampA sex worker’s life was the inspiration for leading designers of India to make a strong plea against human trafficking through their fashionwear at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle Indi ...Read More | ||
