Open: Paes-Bhupathi in round two
Melbourne: Indians were off to a winning start in Australian Open tennis men's doubles with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi rallying to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Dusan Vemic of Serbia 5-7, 6-3
Veggies keep food inflation high
New Delhi: Even as India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices fell to to 15.52 per cent for the week ended on January 8, high prices continued to pinch people at large with onions 100 per
PM launches number portability
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Thursday unveil a new scheme that will permit mobile phone users to change their service providers without having to forgo their numbers in what in industry jargon is called mobile number portability.
Ex RAW staffer strips in court
New Delhi: A former Research and Analysis Wing official, claiming to be frustrated at the frequent adjournments in a human trafficking case against her in the Delhi High Court, tried to undress before
BSY decision in two days
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Thursday said he would give in two days his decision on whether to sanction the prosecution of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa following allegations of h
Nepal PM candidate slapped
Kathmandu: Mounting public anger against Nepal's top politicians for remaining locked in power games and failing to form a consensus government found expression in violence on Thursday with a man slap
Illegal mining: NCP leader fined Rs.1.72 cr
Panaji: Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) national secretary Jitendra Deshprabhu has been fined Rs.1.72 crore for illegal mining of iron ore in Goa, according to documents sourced from the state mini
India-linked firms 'spotted' in list of leaked Swiss bank accounts
New Delhi: Even as Wikileaks has threatened to reveal the names of 2,000 Swiss bank account holders, an Indian television channel Wednesday claimed it has received "explosive details" from a banker-tu
Now, Indian diplomat recalled after misbehaving with flight attendants
New Delhi/United Nations: The external affairs ministry has recalled Indian diplomat Alok Ranjan Jha for allegedly misbehaving with a passenger on an Air India flight to New York and will decide on di
Sania crashes out of doubles as well
Jan. 19: Sania Mirza’s campaign in the Australian Open tennis got over Wednesday when she and her Czech partner Renata Voracova lost in the first round of the women’s doubles event here. Sania and Vor