Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat took everyone by surprise when he opened a seven-day national convention of the organisation here with exclusive focus on corruption, steering clear of the traditional Hindutva-related issues.

The glaring absence of Chris Gayle stood out as the West Indies prepared to open their Bangladesh tour with a Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Ayaz Memon

Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet, was utterly disdainful of cricket. “It requires one to adopt such indecent postures,” he is reported to have said. Remember, Wilde never saw the more frenetic limited overs formats. What would he say of the ‘Dilscoop’?

Rail traffic was disrupted on the busy Lucknow-Dehradun route after a goods train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district on Saturday, the police said. No casualty was reported.

The Indian Air Force is in the “last lap” of finalising its multi-billion dollar combat aircraft deal for which commercial bids of two shortlisted vendors would be opened by October 18.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday praised women’s role in advancing peace after this year's Nobel Peace Prize were awarded to three women.

With the share of foreign investment coming into the US falling down dramatically, officials and business leaders are looking at ways to attract investments from India, China, Brazil and other emerging economies.

The two factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front based in India and Pakistan on Thursday announced they had completed their merger, and would work together on issues like a campaign to halt the execution of terror convict Afzal Guru.

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Thursday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights.

US student Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder and sexual assault by an Italian court on Monday after breaking down in court and pleading for mercy in a dramatic end to her four-year legal battle.