Akali Dal manifesto comes in handy for Congress
byChandigarh: A top Congress leader displaying the manifesto of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab may appear odd, but that’s exactly what is…
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Chanderpaul plays his 300th first-class match
byDerbyshire, May 17 (IANS/CMC) West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has taken his place among batting greats by playing his 300th first-class match….
General takes charge of public safety in Mexican state
byMexico City, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A general in the Mexican army was sworn-in Thursday as public safety secretary in the western state of Michoacan,…
IT seeks expense details of Lalu’s Parivartan rally
byPatna, May 17 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department has served a notice to Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), seeking details of expenses…
Agra industrialist shot dead on highway
byAgra: An industrialist from Agra was shot dead by unidentified assailants who ambushed his car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said today. Manish Goyal was…
Cricket bookies raided in Chennai
byChennai, May 17 (IANS) Police in Tamil Nadu took into custody four cricket bookies here Friday, a day after three Rajasthan Royals players were…
Understanding Pakistani politics, the chicken way
byIslamabad, May 17 (IANS) High chicken prices in the run-up to Pakistan’s May 11 elections are proof of the resourcefulness of contestants keen to…
Chandigarh-born poised to make history as US judge
byWashington: Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan has moved a step closer to making history as the first South Asian judge on the US…
Boston suspect scrawled bombing claim message on boat
byWashington, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a message on the wall of the boat in which he was…
12 killed, 25 injured in Iraq mosque bombing
byBaghdad, May 17 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia…