Slain former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto’s children are using the social networking website Twitter to defend their father President Asif Ali Zardari and to settle scores with their cousin Fatima

A 35-year-old Indian national from Gujarat allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the bow of a boat in the UAE, where he was working for the last two years.

In a major shift, Russia on Thursday said it is ready to assist in the dialogue between China and the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to resolve the vexed Tibet issue.

As Nepal’s political parties struggled to reach a compromise to end the standoff between the government and the former rebels, the Maoist chief has said he was ready to dissolve the party’s paramilita

The Indian cricket team’s troubles haven’t ended with their crashing out of the Twenty20 World Cup, with some reports suggesting that a few of the players were involved in a pub brawl here, even though Yuvraj Singh dismissed these claims.

The Indian men’s and women’s badminton teams crashed out of the Thomas and Uber Cup finals after suffering identical 0-3 losses at the hands of Indonesia and China respectively in their quarterfinal matches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday.

India skipper Jhulan Goswami is confident of stopping the Australian juggernaut when they clash in the first semifinals of the women’s World T20 championships at the Beausejour cricket ground here on Thursday.

Gros Islet (St Lucia), May 12: England’s new-found consistency will be pitted against Sri Lankan flair when the two teams clash in the first semifinal of the Twenty20 World Cup here on Thursday.

The coach of newly crowned I-League champions Dempo SC, Armando Colaco on Wednesday said he would write to the All India Football Federation to allow his side’s national players (selected for the preparations of 2011 Asian Cup) to take part in the next season’s AFC Cup.

The government on Wednesday said that the revised draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), aimed at simplifying the tax structure, would be released for public debate in one-two months.