Two days after the much-awaited team of office bearers was announced, Sinha on Thursday refuted suggestions that he was a contender for any post, but felt party stalwart and former Union minister Yashwant Sinha should have been included... more »

"Joh Behenji se tak raayega woh mitti mein mil jaayega (whoever challenges Mayawati will be doomed)," state PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui said... more »

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who visited Sri Lanka last week and met President Mahinda Rajapakse and senior Sri Lankan officials, has said that India had been reassured over the Lankan government's efforts to return internally-displaced persons to their homes and also hopeful over a future political process to alleviate the lot of the .. more »

Cracker of a contest in the offing.. more »

‘Nuclear Bill will let foreign firms off the hook'.. more »

Dutchman Arjen Robben scored twice in seven minutes to steer Bayern Munich to a hard-fought 2-1 win over Freiburg as they moved back to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday... more »

Two new franchises are set to be added next season but despite the increased number of matches, the IPL will not run beyond seven weeks as extending it would "hurt other forms of cricket", says Lalit Modi. .. more »

One person was killed and 11 others injured when a stampede broke out at the Kalina ground in Mumbai on Monday where a police recruitment drive was being held... more »

Asha Tyagi, 32, seems to have some angels looking after her. That’s one way to explain how she escaped the clutches of death, reports Peeyush Khandelwal... more »

A Pakistani judge has described the ignorance of country's cricketers in the IPL as a 'blessing in disguise' in view of their performance Down Under. .. more »

Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said the appearance of an article in a Karnataka newspaper purportedly written by her, which triggered violent protests in Shimoga and Hassan towns, is a "deliberate attempt to malign" her and "misuse" her writings to create disturbance in the society... more »

Balbir Sr. and Tendulkar wish Indian team success.. more »

In tune with the BJP’s shift towards a pro-poor politics, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj stressed the need to eliminate hunger and poverty at the FICCI meet... more »

"I am very satisfied," declared Gary Kirsten, with a sigh of relief, a day ahead of the third and final One-day International between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera... more »

“We have a clear strategy now on who does what,” Mr Ghosn said at the World Economic Forum summit here on Tuesday, but stopped short of announcing any joint venture. The two parties thrashed out their differences in a one-on-one meeting between Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance, and Rajiv .. more »

Tanisha gets praised by Dino Morea - Sssshhh.. more »

The Indian ODI team for tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy are: M.S. Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, R.P. Singh, Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar and Amit Mishra. Virender Sehwag, recovering from shoulder surgery, is ruled out .. more »

The players, Juargen Koch and Peter Zauner, are surmised to have feared security threat and swine flu. A Badminton World Federation (BWF) official said that the two players have indeed left on Tuesday evening without giving any reason. "We are assuming that it's a combination of factors since they have not go in touch with us. We got to .. more »

On the wake of fresh attacks on Indian students in Australia, Amithabh Bachchan has rejected an award that he was conferred upon by and Australian University. The Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane had recently honoured the veteran actor with an honour for the actor’s contribution to the world of cinema, which Mr. Bachchan had .. more »

s recent home test and ODI series wins.Well, it is a huge blow to miss someone like Andrew Flintoff, who is known for his big hits, but still I think England is a strong side in the tournament and I would not surprise if England end up winning Twenty20 world cup this year... more »