Former Australian skipper Allan Border has backed Ricky Ponting's decision to continue playing Test cricket, saying the 37-year-old veteran remains a 'walk-up start' in the line-up due to a lack of yo

Doctors at AIIMS on Tuesday conducted another surgery on battered two-year-old Falak to bring down the infection level in the brain even as she continued to be in a critical but stable state.

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Leander Paes had a productive day at the Australian Open as he made it to the semifinals of the men's doubles pairing Radek Stepanek and then entered the mixed doubles quarterfinals with Elena Vesnina

A 21-year-old youth accused of firing shots at the White House on 2011 has been formally charged by a federal grand jury with attempting to assassinate US President Barack Obama.

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The Government will not tolerate any violation of safety norms on which there will be no compromise, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh asserted on Sunday.

"The Civil Aviation Ministry will not toler

As confrontation appeared looming in the Persian Gulf over Iran's nuclear intentions, the country's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said Teheran ‘does not need an atomic bomb’ to take on the

Chinese official media has accused the Dalai Lama of supporting the self-immolations of Buddhist monks and nuns, saying his supporters were busy shaping the story of the victims being dead for ‘Tibeta

Overcome with grief at the demise of Bhupen Hazarika, his Leicester-based younger brother Prabin said the legend will be remembered for inspiring generations of Assamese youth.

Prabin, a teacher who

Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter are all set to star in upcoming sci-fi film Akira. Oldman and Carter, who played Sirius Black and Bellatrix Lestrange respectively in the Harry Potter film franchise, have been offered to play The

The Congress on Sunday appealed to the pro-Telangana protesters in Andhra Pradesh to call off their five-week-old agitation in view of the hardships being faced by people in the festive season.

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