The fizz is gone, Mr. Warne.. more »

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's rise seems to have had a similar impact on budding cricketers in Jharkhand. .. more »

Opposition members on Friday walked out from the Maharashtra Assembly protesting delay in bringing to book culprits of the Pune bomb blast that left 17 persons dead and demanding a CBI probe in the matter... more »

The Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and Alicia Keys will be among scores of music stars performing at a concert on the eve of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, organisers said on Wednesday. The concert in South Africa's biggest black township Soweto will be on June 10, a day before the start of the month-long World Cup, which is being hosted for the .. more »

Mayawati was severely criticised both inside and outside Parliament as the currency garland controversy sparked demands for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the source of money used to make the garland reportedly worth Rs 5 crore... more »

Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections. Antony, a three-time chief minister of the state, is contesting the Rajya Sabha polls for the third time... more »

There was enough to suggest during Yusuf Pathan’s 37-ball blitzkrieg that he is coming up with a method to his batting. He didn’t throw his bat around at the start of his innings, but after a dozen rather sedate balls, everything started to disappear into the stands and beyond, Ravi Shastri comments... more »

The Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on Sunday traded gunfire in Muktapur sector  along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, officials in Shillong said. .. more »

Foiling a plan by Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen to set up base in Gujarat, police have arrested a Kashmiri Bashir Ahmed Baba alias "Pepsi bomber" who was allegedly recruiting youths and had conducted a recce of key sites including ISRO facility in the state... more »

"Then we will have reservation for men," Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in a lighter vein on Wednesday when a Trinamool Congress leader contended that men would be a marginalised lot if the Women's Reservation Bill was enacted and implemented... more »

The parents of arrested top Maoist leader Venkateshwar Reddy alias Telugu Dipak have not shown any interest in meeting their son, who has not visited home in the last 13 years... more »

As an adolescent, when Pradeep Dharnidharka wanted to watch a Bollywood blockbuster in the first week of its release, he preferred the drive-in theatre at Bandra (E) to the other regular cinema halls... more »

After initial interest, the Marylebone Cricket Club has decided not to bid for the new Indian Premier League franchises that would be unveiled on Sunday and will be in competition from next season. .. more »

A 15-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire in RK Puram area in South Delhi on Thursday afternoon... more »

At least 63 people were killed in a stampede in an Uttar Pradesh ashram, police in Lucknow said. The incident at the Radha Swami ashram took place when a free lunch, or a bhandara, hosted by Kripaluji Maharaj was taking place, a government official added. See map | Listen to podcast .. more »

Arrested Maoist leader Vekanteshwar Reddy alias Telugu Dipak, had impersonated Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji for a long period and also had links with the banned ULFA in Assam, CID sources said on Wednesday... more »

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's long-planned and much-delayed visit to Saudi Arabia has certainly contributed to strengthening of bilateral relations as well as to India's long-term energy security. As India's economic growth rate picks up, and given the uncertainties in the Gulf region, Saudi Arabia's assurances to keep oil supplies flowing and to .. more »

An Air India employee was arrested and another detained early today for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old girl at NSC Bose International airport in Kolkata... more »

England's Cricketers' Association claims that Lalit Modi and the franchises are ''bugging players like crazy'' to commit participation in the IPL. .. more »

A local court on Friday rejected the bail application of Nooriya Haveliwala, arrested last month for mowing down two persons allegedly under the influence of alcohol... more »