Brazil’s defence minister Nelson Jobim has stepped down and will be replaced by former foreign minister Celso Amorim, the President’s Office said.

R. Mohan

Team India’s sporting integrity is intact even if their batting dignity was dented badly despite Rahul Dravid, with his remarkable qualities of technique and temperament, once again proving what it is to put a value on your wicket in Test cricket.
In the collective decision to recall Ian Bell after the batsman had allowed his body and mind to wander from the crease, Team India saved their image as contentious events flowed one upon another.

Zimbabwe’s return to Test cricket has been overshadowed by another player-board rift after the national body expressed “concern and regret” over comments by former captain Tatenda Taibu comparing the current setup to a newly-painted house with rotten foundations.

A Jaguar fighter aircraft today crashed in Dilahi Firozpur village in this district, killing its pilot and a girl working in a field, the second IAF plane to meet with an accident this week.

As government introduced the Lokpal Bill in Parliament, Anna Hazare and his team members today burnt copies of the “anti-poor, anti-Dalit” law with the Gandhian asserting that he would go ahead with his fast beginning August 16 till a strong law is brought in.

Russia and the US plan to sign more military cooperation deals, an official said on Thursday. This May, the US signed a $367.5 million contract with Russia to buy 21 Mi-17V5 military transport helicopters for the Afghan Army, said the deputy chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.

Ayaz Memon

Looking back over the nightmarish fortnight in which he has lost two Test matches back-to-back, M.S. Dhoni will be flush with rue and remorse at what might have been.
Mind you, England’s victories have been so comprehensive that to deny them any credit would tantamount to absurdity.

Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organisations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.

Yoga Guru Ramdev’s close aide Balkrishna, who allegedly used fake educational degrees for procuring a passport, today appeared before the CBI here for questioning.

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and middle-order batsman Virat Kohli were today called up to join the injury-hit Indian team as replacements for Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh, both of whom have been ruled out of for the Test series against England.