Irrepressible Shashi Tharoor added a new dimension to his expansive profile when he got leading business magnets to come together as Rendezvous Sports World Ltd. that bagged a team for Kochi in the Indian Premier League (IPL)... more »

The Opposition took on the state government in the Legislature on Saturday during the discussion on Governor K. Sankaranarayanan’s speech in both the Houses... more »

Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. .. more »

Five young American Muslims were indicted on Wednesday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court for funding militants and plotting terror attacks in the country, a charge if proved could see them getting life-term... more »

Social networking site Facebook on Monday announced that it will set up an office in Hyderabad to support the growing number of users, advertisers and developers in India and globally... more »

In these days when modernisation is the buzz word in the railways, a Mumbai local train is struck in a time warp... more »

Wayne Rooney scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 home win over Fulham on Sunday that nosed the champions back ahead in the Premier League title race... more »

Live updates from the second match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai, on Saturday... more »

Flamboyant India opener Virender Sehwag has signed a deal with English county Northamptonshire to play in the Twenty20 championship this summer... more »

Zakia, whose husband and former MP Ehsan Jaffrey was killed during the 2002 riots in Gulburg society along with 69 others, has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet colleagues, police officials and senior bureaucrats aided and abetted post-Godhra riots... more »

The failure to get the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha today has raised a question mark over the fate of the controversial legislation... more »

Over 20,000 examinees of 10th standard in eight districts of Uttar Pradesh did not appear for compulsory Hindi paper examination conducted by the state board... more »

Mumbai Indians' team director TA Sekar is confident that the franchise, which did not do too well in the last two editions of the Indian Premier League, would turn in an impressive display this season riding on skipper Sachin Tendulkar's good form. .. more »

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said a probe would be conducted to find out the reasons behind the death of four children, who accidentally fell into a pit allegedly dug by the Delhi Jal Board... more »

Police in Assam are usually wary of bicycles, the preferred carrier of bombs for militants in Assam... more »

Pravin Mahajan, the brother of former Bharatiya Janata party Member of Parliament Pramod Mahajan, who was suffering from brain haemorrhage, passed away on Wednesday afternoon. Pravin had slipped into coma after the brain haemorrhage... more »

Star Pakistani drag-flicker Sohail Abbas felt sorry for Shivendra Singh but said the FIH "must have taken a correct decision" while banning the Indian striker for two matches in the hockey World Cup.. more »

John Abraham has found a new die-hard fan from Bollywood in Govinda. Though Govinda hasn’t worked with the hunky John yet, it is learnt that he is looking forward to working with him soon... more »

Wenger said that he has nothing against Europe’s elite competition in its current format, but he envisaged a time when a more exclusive trophy could be on offer. “I see more a European league developing over time rather than one team going out of the country. The national leagues will survive, but maybe in 10 years, you will have a .. more »

These are troubled days for the Left. A disastrous showing in the Lok Sabha elections, an even worse performance in recent civic elections in West Bengal, and in Kerala, some of the worst infighting in a long time. No simple solution to the fighting seems to be on the cards. Two days of brainstorming by the politburo has not put an end the .. more »