Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels blaming the Indian Premier League or its post-match parties for India’s humiliating exit from the World Twenty20 Championships is a “poor excuse” to justify the dismal campaign.

The bid for the pan-India spectrum for 3G telephony on Friday crossed Rs 15,400 crore amid hopes that the auction would be concluded in the next one or two days as demand is in excess only in Delhi along with few smaller circles.

Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde (left) with Construction Federation of India president Ajit Gulabchand at the Construction Summit 2010 in New Delhi on Friday. PHOTO: PTI

People with more than Rs 10 lakh annual income may not get the tax relief originally proposed in the direct taxes code (DTC), as the finance ministry is for tweaking slabs across the board to offset concessions elsewhere.

Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor Corp is recalling the automatic transmission version of its compact car “Alto” in Europe, which is sold under the brand A-Star in India.

Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed were acquitted in the Mumbai terror attack case recently, and will soon be shifted from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai to

A police constable at a picket in the sensitive Old City area of Hyderabad was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants in broad daylight and police was probing whether any terror operative carried out the attack.

An NGO, headed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, on Friday submitted documents containing phone records of Gujarat chief minister’s office and police control room during 2002 riots to Nanavati Commission, which is probing the communal violence.

Brazilian stunner Gisele Bundchen has been named the world’s highest-earning supermodel beating the likes of Heidi Klum and Kate Moss.

More than 40 Indian and Pakistani celebrities, including actor Salman Khan and the fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, are set to play a 20-20 cricket match at Dubai Sports City’s cricket stadium on May 27.