Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday sent a stern warning to Pakistan stating that it must do more to counter terrorism and extremism, especially on its borders with Afghanistan.

Ayaz Memon

India has been on tenterhooks for Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th century for the past five months, but over the past few days the Little Master has been upstaged for newsworthiness, as it were, by his long forgotten school friend.
Vinod Kambli’s disclosure that the 1996 World Cup semi-final could have been fixed has predictably thrown the cat amongst the pigeon. The media has been sent in a tizzy, the cricket establishment looks at a loss for words — never mind the dismissive sounds made by senior functionaries — and sports minister Ajay Maken, not to be left out when it comes to taking on the BCCI, has asked for a probe.

A resolution by chief minister Mayawati to split up Uttar Pradesh into four smaller states was passed by voice vote in the Assembly on Monday amid uproar.

Actress Rachel Weisz, who wed James Bond star Daniel Craig in June, says she is not comfortable talking about their relationship.

In a setback to the Narender Modi government, the special investigation team probing the 2004 Ishrat Jehan case has concluded that the college girl was killed in a fake encounter, prompting the Gujarat high court to order a fresh FIR against accused policemen in the case.

Saad Bin Jung

Has cricket lost its glory? Has match-fixing sullied the game for the cricket-loving public to such an extent that they boycott going to the stadiums, and like bookies and punters, sit at home and bet through the day, caring a hoot for the purity of sport or its result? Or has something else evolved which is bringing the game down to its knees, keeping traditional fanatics from bothering to go to stadiums?

In a new twist to the inquest into Peter Roebuck's death, forensic experts will investigate whether the DNA samples taken from a bedsheet match that of the celebrated cricket writer who was facing allegations of sexual assault before committing suicide.

A helicopter carrying Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday made an emergency landing near Pilani after it developed a technical problem on its way from here to Churu.

Video images have surfaced online showing a police officer at a California University calmly pepper-spraying a line of several sitting protesters, who flinch and cover their faces but remain passive with their arms interlocked as onlookers shriek and scream out for the officer to stop.

The long-awaited trial of top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide and other atrocities finally gets under way in Cambodia on Monday, but one of the four accused will be notably absent.