New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A creative digital agency based in the national capital has become the first from India to be conferred with a Merit at the prestigious One Show Interactive Awards-2013 in New York. The Digivaasi agency, which got the Merit for the Best Use of Social Media [...]

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India’s sports minister Jitendra Singh Thursday said a roadmap has been finalised with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and it will take another one or two months to get the ban lifted from India. Addressing the media, immediately after landing here from Lausanne, where he [...]

Ranchi, May 16 (IANS) An under-trial, charged with the murder of his wife, committed suicide in a Jharkhand jail early Thursday, police said. Ratan Kumar Gupta was found hanging from the ceiling in the bathroom of Dhanbad district jail, around 240 km from here. He was brought to the jail [...]

Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) Ronaldinho has refused to concede his 2014 World Cup dream and vowed to convince coach Luiz Felipe Scolari he is worthy of a recall to Brazil’s national team. The 33-year-old was left out of Scolari’s 23-man squad for next month’s Confederations Cup despite his [...]

Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has guaranteed Sao Paulo’s World Cup football stadium will be ready on time, one day after claiming the venue could be taken off the tournament schedule due to construction delays. Valcke met with Itaquerao stadium officials Wednesday and said [...]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today ordered constitution of a medical board to examine the health of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who has been jailed for 10 years for irregularities in appointment of teachers in 2000. Justice Siddharth Mridul asked the director of All India Institute of [...]

Buenos Aires, May 16 (IANS) Football legend Diego Maradona has been accused of throwing stones at journalists and kicking a photographer following his arrival at Argentina’s Ezeiza international airport. The 52-year-old and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, were surrounded by journalists and fans upon arriving at the terminal Wednesday and [...]

Karachi, May 16 (IANS/CMC) West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle is again being singled out as a player for intense scrutiny as momentum builds ahead of next month’s ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal says Gayle, widely considered as the world’s most dangerous cricketer, is among the opposition batsmen [...]

Mumbai: The India Premier League (IPL) spot fixing racket that has led to the arrest of three Rajasthan Royals cricketers, including India’s fast bowler Sreesanth, could have links to Pakistan, Mumbai Police sources said today. Sreesanth and his colleagues Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandilia as well as seven bookies from Delhi, [...]

Washington, May 16 (IANS) The NBA board of governors rejected a bid which could see Sacramento Kings move to Seattle and voted instead to keep the franchise in Sacramento. “This was not an anti-Seattle vote, it was a pro-Sacramento vote,” said NBA commissioner David Stern, who also expressed his hope [...]