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Kolkata: Chennai Super Kings skipper M S Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens here on Saturday. Chennai have left out Srikkanth Anirudha and replaced him with local lad Wriddhiman Saha. The hosts have also made one change, bringing in Jaidev […]

Mysore: Four cheetahs, which had been brought from Johannesburg in South Africa under mutual exchange programme into Mysore Zoo, were on Friday moved into a separate enclosure. Former Test Cricketeer and Secretary of Karnataka State Cricket Association Javagal Srinath released the cheetahs into enclosures. These cheetahs (two male and two female) have arrived in March […]

Lucknow: Lashing out at the Uttar Pradesh government for alleged corruption, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh on Saturday said it is his aim to "teach a lesson" to Chief Minister Mayawati in next year`s Assembly elections. "There are complaints of irregularities worth crores of rupees meant for Central schemes like NRHM, mid-day meal and […]

New Delhi: A bill to set up specialised commercial benches in all high courts and another to protect the interests of the creators of literary works, cinema, music etc will be introduced in Parliament in its forthcoming Monsoon session, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. "The bill to set up commercial court benches […]

New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan has denied reports that he has locked lips with Kareena Kapoor in his upcoming home production `Ra.One`. The Bollywood `badshah` said that he has never kissed on screen and has no plans to do so now, after 22 years in the film industry. "I don`t kiss because I am not […]

Mumbai: Delhi girl Deepika, whose real life story forms the base of Ekta Kapoor`s next release Ragini MMS is contemplating legal action against the producers in case the film is not shown to her ahead of its release. The paranormal thriller, which is making news for its sensuous scenes, is based on the 22-year-old Delhiite, […]

Mumbai: `Delhi Belly`, co-produced by Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures is slated to release on July 1. The film stars Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunal Roy Kapur among others. Incidentally, Imran`s first movie produced by Aamir Khan also released in the first week of July in 2008. Sources close to Imran said the […]

London: Who says men have a one-track mind? Blokes don`t just have sex on the brain- they also think about sleep and food, says a new study. In fact, men think about all three more often than women do, according to the study carried out by Prof Terri Fisher, a psychologist at the Ohio State […]

London: Canadian scientists have developed what they say is the world`s first interactive paper phone as thin and flexible as a credit card which is set to herald a new generation of computers. Extremely lightweight and made out of a thin-film, the prototype device can do everything a smartphone currently does- from making calls to […]

London: Ever wondered why some comedians make you laugh even with their worst jokes? It`s not about how you tell them but who tells them that matters, according to a new study. Psychologists from Coventry University found that how funny people perceive a gag to be depends on the person who is telling it, not […]

Bhubaneswar: Armed with the final forest clearance order for the mega Posco steel project near Paradip, state government on Saturday decided to resume land acquisition activities from May 18 even as opponents of the South Korean steel major were preparing to foil the bid. "The state government will begin land acquisition work for Posco project […]

New Delhi: Snapping its five-day long losing streak, silver recovered by Rs 2,300 to Rs 55,500 per kg on Saturday, while gold rose by Rs 80 to 22,200 per 10 grams on buying by stockists and retailers at attractive low levels, driven by a strong come-back in global markets. The white metal had lost Rs […]

Karachi: Pakistan`s imports of mobile handsets swelled to reach Rs 33.5 billion, during the fiscal year July 2010 to March 2011, period, according to figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). According to these figures, mobile handset sales increased to a whooping Rs 33.5 billion ($392 million) from July 2010 to March 2011 […]

New Delhi: Air India operations were yet to be normalised today after the pilots called off their 10-day strike, as the airline had stopped taking any bookings for over a week. Airline officials said they had not been taking bookings due to the strike and this had led to the cancellation of about 90 per […]

Karachi: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi will meet Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on his return from the West Indies to outline the problems he is facing while working with national team’s head coach Waqar Younis. The differences between the two have spilled out into the open and reports say their working relationship on the West […]