Smith to lead Australia A in Africa
byMelbourne, June 19 (IANS) Cricket Australia’s (CA) National Selection Panel (NSP) Wednesday named a 15-man squad for Australia A’s tour to Africa in July…
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Australian cricketers to train on Thames
byLondon, June 19 (IANS) Australian cricketers will participate in a unique training session on the Thames river here for a promotional event. The cricket…
Veronica Campbell-Brown denies knowingly taking drug
byMontego Bay (Jamaica), June 19 (IANS/CMC) Olympic and World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has denied knowingly taking a banned substance Lasix, which also goes by…
62,000 still stranded; PM, Sonia to visit Kedarnath
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Over 62,000 pilgrims and tourists are still stranded in calamity-hit Uttarakhand while 11,000 have been rescued. Prime Minister Manmohan…
Beckham travels to China
byBeijing, June 19 (IANS/EFE) Retired soccer champ David Beckham is in China to build enthusiasm for the game in the world’s most populous country,…
Karnataka MLAs were frugal in their poll spending!
byBangalore, June 19 (IANS) Fighting and winning Karnataka assembly poll on an average costs just about Rs.700,000, less than half of the Election Commission-imposed…
RSS chief to meet Advani
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Days after he played a key role in stopping a sulking L.K. Advani from quitting key BJP posts, Rashtriya…
BJP to sit in Bihar opposition
byPatna, June 19 (IANS) Ahead of the trust vote Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sught in the assembly Wednesday, friend-turned-foe BJP has said…
Egypt says it values its relations UAE
byCairo, June 19 (IANS/WAM) Egypt is proud of its deep-rooted fraternal ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its people, an Egyptian foreign…
EU, Lebanon discuss Syrian refugee issue
byBeirut, June 19 (IANS) Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Tuesday held talks with the Lebanese officials over the plight of Syrian refugees…