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New Delhi: Taking strong objection to former England captain Nasser Hussain`s comparison of Indian cricketers to `donkeys`, the BCCI today decided to take up the issue with the English Cricket Board (ECB). Hussain had made the comment after Parthiv Patel misjudged a Kevin Pietersen`s catch off Munaf Patel`s bowling during the one-off twenty20 match between […]

New Delhi:  BJP supported by other Opposition parties, today forced adjournment of Rajya Sabha disallowing it to conduct substantive business for third consecutive day in protest against appointment of Lokayukuta in Gujarat by the Governor without consulting the state government. The Upper House, which had a heavy legislative business on its agenda, saw repeated adjournments […]

New Delhi: The CVC is examining a Finance Ministry report on complaints against K M Abraham, a former member of capital market regulator Sebi, by a sitting Member of Parliament. "We have got the response from the Finance Ministry, which is currently under examination," a senior CVC official said. The ministry had late last month […]

New York: Internet titan Google, which is on an acquisition spree, has bought digital coupons and incentives platform Zave Networks for an undisclosed amount. Zave Networks is Google`s 19th buyout this year so far. According to an estimate, Google has acquired over 100 firms in the last decade, starting with Deja, a company in the […]

New Delhi: Parliament was today rocked for the third consecutive day on the issue of "undemocratic" appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat as BJP members, with support from Left parties, created pandemonium leading to repeated adjournments. SP members were also agitated over the incident of firing on lawyers allegedly by revenue officials in Uttar Pradesh and […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha will drop impeachment proceedings against Justice Soumitra Sen, originally scheduled for today. The decision was taken at a meeting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had with Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Speaker Meira Kumar also consulted the government and political parties over the issue in the […]

Southampton: Decimated by injuries and hard-done by the weather-gods in the opening one-dayer, a demoralised India would be desperately looking for a win when they take on England in the second match of the ODI series here tomorrow. The world champions were in a good position to win the first one-day international on Saturday before […]

Washington:  Scientists have identified a key genetic gear in plants which help keep their circadian clock ticking, a finding they say could lead to modifying plants that can grow in different seasons and places, boosting global food output. The circadian clock is the internal timekeeper found in almost all organisms that helps synchronize biological processes […]

Beijing: World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick has asked the Chinese government to hasten planned structural reforms to shift the focus of its export-driven economy toward domestic consumption-led growth as the global economy entered a "new danger zone" this autumn. "The bigger challenge for China in the autumn is if events (in the global economy) lead […]

Kochi: Former DMK minister K N Nehru`s brother, against whom a lookout notice was issued by Tamil Nadu Police in a land grab case, was today detained by immigration officials at the airport here before he was to fly to Dubai. Airport sources said K N Ramajayam was handed over to airport police, and would […]

New Delhi: Amid a raging debate on the issue of clemency for killers of Rajiv Gandhi, the main investigator in the 20-year-old case D R Karthikeyan says that he will be happy if the death penalty of the three accused is commuted to life sentence. With the demand for commuting their death sentence becoming an […]

Mumbai: The Indian rupee was down 19 paise at Rs 45.98 per US dollar in early trade today on strong dollar demand from banks and importers amid a sharp decline in the equity market and dollar gains overseas. The rupee resumed lower at Rs 45.96/97 per dollar on the Interbank Foreign Exchange, as against last […]

Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan, who recently underwent a nerve surgery in the US, would resume shooting in a week`s time, family sources said. Salman, who has been suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, a nerve disorder that causes intense pain in the face, had left for the US on August 29 and successfully underwent the first surgery […]

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex was down by 222 points in early trade today as investors abandoned IT, oil and gas, metal, banking and power stocks amid panic selling in Asian markets on concerns over the health of the US economy. The BSE benchmark Sensex resumed lower at 16,678.34 and dropped further to […]

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex declined by over 190 points in opening trade today as funds and retail investors locked in gains recorded in the past few sessions amid a weakening trend overseas. The 30-share Sensex, which had gained over 972 points in the previous three sessions, fell by 190.03 points, or 1.13 […]