Kings, Royals out of IPL
Chennai/Mumbai, Oct. 10: The Indian cricket board took a drastic step on Sunday in deciding to terminate the franchise agreements with Rajasthan Royals and King’s XI Punjab while serving another notic
Terminated IPL teams to go to courts
New Delhi, Oct. 10: Leave aside for the moment the kind of hit the brand equity of Indian Premier League will take following BCCI’s move to scrap two profitable franchises for alleged offences in reve
Thailand extends emergency rule in Bangkok
The Thai government said on Tuesday it was extending a state of emergency in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces for three more months, in the wake of deadly street protests in April and May.
Thailand lifts emergency in 3 more provinces
Thailand on Friday revoked a state of emergency in three northeastern provinces but not in Bangkok, where there have been a series of minor blasts in recent weeks, a government spokesman said.
Emergency declared after New Zealand quake
A state of emergency was declared on Saturday after Christchurch, the biggest city in New Zealand's South Island, was extensively damaged by a massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake that flattened buildings
Militants attack security forces in Sopore, 2 injured
Militants struck at three places in Sopore in North Kashmir, leaving two policemen injured as curfew remained in force in violence-hit areas of of the valley for the fourth day on Friday.
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Hurriyat activist held for trying to foment trouble in valley
Police on Friday arrested one of the two activists of hardline Hurriyat Conference, who were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to engineer violence in Kashmir Valley and get at least 10 to 15 people
Woman claims son died due to security curbs; writes to Sonia
A woman, whose son died allegedly because he could not be taken to hospital in time due to security restrictions during the Prime Minister's visit here, has written a letter to Congress President, Ms