Australia's 24-year wait for glory ends.. more »

The thousands of Indians who have made Abu Dhabi their home are now seriously re-considering their future plans in the prosperous city, as there just aren't enough schools to send their children to.Indian students are facing an unexpected crisis, as the Abu Dhabi Education Council is set to shut down 12 of the 17 Indian schools in the city by 2010, .. more »

Mumbai’s cricket aficionados reckon Sachin Tendulkar played last played on the maidans of Mumbai in 1990, when he turned out for Shivaji Park Youngsters in a Purushottam Shield game at the Cross Maidan, soon after returning from India’s tour to New Zealand, reports Amol Karhadkar... more »

Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, who led India to their only ODI World Cup triumph in 1983, has been inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame. .. more »

Australian spin legend Shane Warne welcomed Indian Premier League's decision to add two new franchises for 2011 edition of the lucrative Twenty20 event and said the move will bring more sheen to the "bestselling brand of cricket"... more »

Australian pacer Dirk Nannes left to join his Delhi Daredevils teammates for this year's Indian Premier League, saying he feels safe in India despite the security fears raised in the past few weeks. .. more »

An alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) member with a Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head was caught by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad from Siddharth Nagar district near Nepal, about 300 km from Lucknow... more »

It's still early March, but Angul district in Orissa is reeling under scorching heat as the temperature crossed 39 degrees Celsius in its industrial belt, officials said on Saturday... more »

Given his tremendous achievement -- only seven Indians and people of Indian-origin have been honoured with a Nobel Prize -- it was no surprise that, even during a year of exceptional achievement by members of the Indian-American community, Dr Ramakrishnan would be named India Abroad Person of the Year 2009... more »

Defending champions Germany scraped past plucky Argentina 4-3 in a Pool A match of the men's hockey World Cup match at the Major Dhyan Chand National stadium in Delhi on Friday night... more »

Justice B N Srikrishna, the head of five member consultative committee on the Telangana state issue, has said that the committee was keen to understand the ground reality and take the opinions of the ordinary people on the Telangana issue... more »

The home ministry has decided to send approximately 2,000 additional paramilitary personnel to Bihar and Jharkhand to assist the state police forces in countering Maoist violence.The two battalions (1,000 personnel in each battalion) of security men, with specialised training in jungle warfare, will reach the two states by March 10.The central .. more »

More trouble is brewing for self-styled godman Swami Nityanand with the Karnataka government ordering a probe into the land held by him at Bidadi, 40 km away from Bangalore... more »

India rode on Sayali Gokhale's stunning victory to enter the semi-finals of the Uber Cup Asia Zone qualifier, but it was curtains for them in the Thomas Cup in Nakornratchasima, Thailand, on Friday. Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal set the ball rolling, but it was Sayali who was India's star performer as she won a crucial match to give India a 3-2 victory .. more »

Chennai: A Chennai-bound Air India flight from Singapore with 132 passengers onboard today landed under emergency conditions at the airport here with a burst rear tyre. The plane made a safe landing at the Meenambakkam airport and all the passengers were safe, airport sources said. The tyre had burst when the A 319 aircraft was taking off at .. more »

"I'm positive that in 2010, Imtiaz and Ranbir would be beginning a film together. They have been meeting on a regular basis and are just looking at finalising on something concrete before they make a formal announcement," says Rishi Kapoor, who was seen in Ali's 'Love Aaj Kal'. Prodded further on what the genre, subject, .. more »

Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan is ready to host a chat show, to be aired soon on national television. And she invited the dashing Jaane Tu Jaane Na fame Imran Khan and the Saawariya Ranbir Kapoor for an episode. But both the actors politely There is no problem between these two young bright newcomers. Rather they are good friends. .. more »

Chennai July 13 (IANS) Southern actress Trisha describes her entry into Bollywood as dream debut and thanks her mentor, filmmaker Priyadarshan, who launched her in Tamil movies with ’Lesa Lesa’ seven years ago, for now introducing her to Hindi films as well. Priyan has signed Trisha for the Hindi movie ’Khatta Meetha’ .. more »

The government decided to disinvest a small portion of equity out of its shareholding in these companies in conjunction with their public offerings New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said it would divest its holding in NHPC Ltd and Oil India through initial public offer in the current financial year, but has deferred public issue of RITES Ltd. .. more »

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India’s warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult. He said it was one of the best games but difficult to replicate it in future. The Team.. more »