MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex extended gains to 2 percent by midday on Monday, as index futures pointed to a higher start for European markets after hopes for a global economic recovery had lifted sentiment across Asia. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, the country's top IT-services firm by sales, surged 14.9 percent to 498.40 rupees after it beat .. more »

8.5: West Indies beating Australia: Gayle hits ball, ball hits Hopes, Hopes falls. Beaten. QED .. more »

Kareena Kapoor has revealed that talking about Shahid doesnt embarrass her because she and her current beau Saif respect her past. On asking wether she gets uncomfortable because of Shahid talk and she says, Not at all! And thats because I respect my past. Both Saif and I respect my past. Shahid is a wonderful human being and its extremely sad .. more »

Into the hospital at Pisco (Peru) came a tired, ragged Indian woman from the foothills of the Andes. She led by the hand a shy little girl, scarcely three feet tall, with chestnut braids and an enormously bulging abdomen. Pointing to the frightened child, the Indian woman begged Surgeon Geraldo Lozada to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken .. more »

Friday, 15 May 2009 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mohali Punjab Kings Venue :OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein Live action starts from: 10:30 GMT (16:00 .. more »

Priyanka Chopra Launches Pyaar Impossible website .. more »

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Kolkata stuttered and struggled to a decent total thanks to cameos by Sourav Ganguly and Ajit Agarkar but would that be enough? And that is the end of Sourav Ganguly. He has fallen for 44, trying to accelerate the scoring rate. Delhi are on top. Another one for Amit Mishra. Henriqueses stepped out of the track only to allow Dinesh Karthik whip off .. more »

Andrew Flintoff has joined the growing list of MS Dhoni's admirers, saying the keeper/batsman is a very impressive leader both on and off the field. .. more »

ROME: World No. 1 Dinara Safina will meet Svetlana Kuznetsova in the WTA Rome claycourt International final after an epic three-set victory over Venus Williams on Friday. Safina came back from a set down to beat the five-time Wimbledon ..... more »

Indian IT firms would not be impacted by the tax reform proposal of US President Barak Obama, Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy told President Pratibha Devisinh Patil on Friday... more »

Delhi didn’t do a Mumbai. It did not stay home. It did not just talk. It voted. The turnout in the Capital was 53 per cent, said the election office. This was quite good, Delhi — the highest in 20 years. Congrats. HT Correspondent reports... more »

Watch cricket highlights - Punjab Kings XI vs Chennai Super Kings from IPL 2009. This is the first clash between the two sides this season. Highlights can be viewed about an hour after the game - match scheduled to start at 20:00 IST More IPL 2 Highlights 2009.. more »

Controversial BSP candidate Mukhtar Ansari and his associate Bhim Singh have been acquitted by a local court in adjoining Chandauli district in an 18-year-old police constable murder case due to lack of evidence. Additional District Judge Surendra Kumar Srivastava yesterday gave benefit of doubt to the accused due to lack of evidence in the .. more »

John Carew fired Aston Villa to a 1-0 victory over Hull on Monday to end a run of 12 winless games and guarantee a place in next season's Europa League. .. more »