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Ipoh (Mayasia): A resolute India rallied to hold world and Olympic champion Australia to a 1-1 draw, riding on Adrian D`Souza`s brilliant goalkeeping in their Sultan Azlan Shah Cup match here on Sunday. India`s defence showed frayed nerves throughout the encounter but the defending champions managed to emerge with a 1-1 draw. Jacob Whetton (14th […]

Sambalpur: Angry over death of a dozen cattle in a mishap while being transported in a truck for slaughter, irate people burnt the vehicle and staged a road blockade on NH-6 in Sambalpur on Sunday. Over 30 cattle comprising bullocks and cows were loaded in a truck from Bargarh area and was being ferried to […]

New Delhi: Lawyer Shanti Bhushan on Sunday asked Home Minister P Chidambaram to make public the report prepared by CFSL, Chandigarh which reportedly said that a CD having purported conversations between him and leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh were a cut and paste job. In a letter to the Home Minister, Bhushan, who […]

Berhampur: A trader was shot at and seriously injured by unknown gunmen at Kabiuryanagar, about 60-km from here on Sunday. At least five motorcycle-borne attackers fired at the trader, identified as M Ramu, while he was at his workshop at Nuasahi in the town, police said. Police recovered four cartridges from the spot. Ramu was […]

Washington: Osama bin Laden`s Abbottabad hideout was an "active command and control centre" of al-Qaeda, the US has said, releasing five videos of the slain terror kingpin seized during the daring raid on his compound in Pakistan that showed how he "jealously guarded" his image. Bin Laden`s Abbottabad compound was "an active command and control […]

London: Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, with an estimated wealth of 17.51 billion pounds, has retained his position as the richest person in the UK for the 7th year in a row in 2011, though his wealth declined by 4.93 billion pounds during the last one year. The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 shows that […]

Bangalore: Vice-President M Hamid Ansari on Sunday said Muslims need to embrace modern education to keep in tune with the changing times in addition to pursuing religious studies. Addressing the graduation day and valedictory of the golden jubilee celebrations of `Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad`, a premier Arabic college here, he said that Bangalore is known […]

New Delhi: Months after the US removed DRDO along with other Indian firms from its sanctions list, the premier defence company says America`s decision will have the desired results only if it liberally issues licenses for the export of dual use items. V K Saraswat, chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which bore […]

Mumbai: Actress Shefali Shah has said she spent a day with an undertrial criminal to prepare for her role in `Kucch Luv Jaisa`. In the film, Shefali, a housewife meets Rahul Bose, a criminal on the run, at a coffee shop, and ends up spending the day with him. The chance encounter changes their lives […]

Mumbai: Film studios are keeping budgeting of movies a lot tighter and focusing on content rather than just putting together a slate of films, feels Kamal Gianchandani, president of PVR Pictures. "Entertainment industry in India is going through a churn period. Excessive liquidity had caused over aggression and some incorrect decisions and most studios are […]

Puducherry: Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Sunday dubbed Murli Manohar Joshi as a BJP "agent" and alleged that from the "several politically motivated contents" in the draft report on 2G scam, it appeared that he was not acting as the PAC Chairman. "It was basically wrong for Joshi to submit to the Lok Sabha Speaker […]

Bhubaneswar: Seven persons went missing after a country-boat capsized in Kolab Reservoir in Koraput on Sunday. The boat carrying 12 people from Pujariput village under Lamtaput block was on its way to Jolahonjar, when it lost balance and capsized in Kolab reservoir, the police officials informed. While five girls swam to safety, seven others including […]

New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the government`s decision to re-conduct the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) for candidates who could not appear in the May 1 test due to question paper leak. The petition, filed by former Professor A P Sinha of NIT Jamshedpur, […]

Lucknow: Even though use of painkiller diclofenac on animals has been banned in India, it continues to take a toll on the vulture population in the country. Heavy content of diclofenac, which is poisonous for vultures, has been detected on samples of dead animals during tests carried out by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute. The […]

New Delhi: Taking a serious view of Shunglu committee findings, the Prime Minister’s Office has suggested to the Sports Ministry a probe by CBI and Enforcement Directorate based on the panel’s report into alleged irregularities in the contracts executed by CWG Organising Committee. In its letter, the PMO has asked for probe by the agencies […]