Sahara dumps BCCI and IPL
Bangalore : The Indian cricket board suffered a body blow Saturday as Sahara India pulled the plug from its multi-million dollar sponsorship and also…
Hopes to get back George Cross from Britain dashed
Shimla : Hopes to bring back the George Cross awarded to a pre-independence Indian soldier have grown dimmer as the British authorities have turned…
Election Commission is winner in Punjab polls
Chandigarh : Political parties in Punjab may have to wait for the outcome, but the assembly polls have already produced one sure winner –…
Never-say-die Swamy ‘will appeal’ against judgement
New Delhi : The never-say-die Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Saturday said he was surprised but not disappointed and would appeal against a trial…
Government rapped over army chief’s age row
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday rapped the government over the way it has handled army chief General V.K. Singh’s age row, saying…
Rupee climbs to 3-month high of 48.68 against dollar
Mumbai : The Indian rupee climbed to a three-month high of 48.68 against the dollar on the back of continued inflows of funds by…
Google has right to remove content, court told
New Delhi : The contention of Google that it was not aware of the content hosted on the search engine and its subsidiary company…
Supreme Court cancels 2G telecom licences during Raja tenure
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday cancelled all 122 licences granted to telecom firms during the tenure of former communications minister A. Raja…
UN asks China to suspend resettlement of Tibetan nomads
Dharamsala : The UN has asked China to suspend non-voluntary resettlement of Tibetan nomadic herders from their traditional lands and to support them with…
Bent on laptops, spondylitis afflicting India’s young
New Delhi : Shweta Arya was 29 years old when she first had a back problem. Ignored initially, her pain spread upwards and aggravated…