New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has received three bids from steel major Jindal South West (JSW), a consortium from Kerala and Mumbai Tigers for new I-League Clubs from the 2013-14 season. The three groups submitted their documents at the Football House here Wednesday, which [...]

Beijing, May 15 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Tibet in southwest China Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre of the temblor, which hit Tibet’s Nyima county at 6.54 p.m. Wednesday, had a depth of 10 km, Xinhua reported.

Rio de Janeiro, May 15 (IANS) Former FIFA World Player of the Year winners Ronaldinho and Kaka have been left out of Brazil’s squad for next month’s Confederations Cup. The Selecao coach Luiz Felipe Scolari also excluded Chelsea midfielder Ramires and Corinthians striker Alexandre Pato from his 23-man squad for [...]

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday termed “an eyewash” the decision of the central government to form a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the issue of autonomy of the Central Bureau of Investigation. “The Group of Ministers is only an eyewash. This has [...]

Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) India’s only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of more strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra GP machine. On track barely six months after the project was initiated, the 250cc Moto3 Mahindra MGP3O has been [...]

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will visit the US next week to discuss internal security and cooperation between the two countries on issues such as cyber security. Asked if India will seek questioning of Tahawwur Hussein Rana, sentenced in the US for helping David Coleman Headley, [...]

Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday lodged an official protest with the US ambassador over an embassy official who Moscow says is an undercover CIA officer. US ambassador Michael McFaul visited the Russian foreign ministry Wednesday amid reports that a US diplomat suspected of trying to recruit a Russian [...]

Bangalore, May 15 (IANS) Bajaj Allianz has introduced an Asian chapter to the international football camp with seven youngsters in the 14-16 years age group to be selected from across the country for a camp that will be held in Thailand in June. The selection process will target 5,000 kids [...]

Patna, May 15 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday launched a scathing attack against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for rampant corruption, bribery and rising incidents of rape in the state and said he would throw him out of power in the next elections. “People of the state are looking [...]

New Delhi: Who killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj? Five years after the 14-year-old was found with her throat slit in her Noida home along with the family’s domestic help, there is still no answer to who committed the murders most foul. Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are being tried [...]