R. Mohan

Fast bowlers still hunt best in pairs. The days of the fearsome foursomes of the West Indies being over some time ago, the world of pace came to be inhabited more by a single pointsman like Dale Steyn who looks for any support he can get from colleagues. Similarly, Indian cricket tended to depend on Zaheer Khan to lead the attack.

At least 33 people were killed and 35 others injured when a train rammed into a bus at an unmanned crossing near here in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday.

In a security scare for Rahul Gandhi, a young man carrying a licensed revolver was detained while trying to move close to the Congress leader during his padayatra on Thursday in Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed 10 soldiers when they ambushed them on a road in southern Yemen, where the jihadist network has a stronghold, a military official said on Thursday.

Braving heavy rains, the eighth batch of 3,183 pilgrims on Thursday left the Jammu base camp for their onward journey to the 13,500-feet high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has signed with new Tasmanian franchise Hobart Hurricanes for the Twenty20 Big Bash League, Cricket Tasmania said on Thursday.

Indian giant Tata will start building an auto assembly plant in South Africa in July for production which is likely to target the local and African market, Business Day reported on Thursday.

China on Thursday firmly opposed to the US having any official talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is currently visiting America.

Sharpening his attack on chief minister Mayawati, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that “dalals” are running Uttar Pradesh and accused her government of resorting to land grab to help “big builders”.

India has finally allowed the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the third most respected Tibetan monk reincarnate, to go on a two-week religious tour to the US later in July, his aide said on Wednesday.