Kings XI elect to bat first
byHyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL)…
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Man jailed for insulting Russian flag in court
byMoscow, April 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man accused of insulting the Russian flag in a court has been sentenced to a year and three…
Paes-Melzer lose in quarters
byMonte Carlo, April 19 (IANS) Jurgen Melzer and Leander Paes lost their men’s doubles quarterfinal clash against the top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan…
I-League: Pune FC focus on points ahead of Air India game
byPune, April 19 (IANS) Pune FC believe there still remains a chance to push up further in the I-League table. And hence, on the…
Wins for Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu in junior women’s hockey
byRanchi/Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Hosts Jharkhand defeated Rajasthan 11-0 in the third Hockey India Junior Women’s National Championship at the Astroturf Hockey Stadium in…
Former Kerala minister Issac arrested, sent to jail for a day
byThiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) CPI-M leader and former Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac was Friday arrested with 70 others as they staged a protest…
Social media abuzz with rape of 5-year-old girl
byNew Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The social media was Friday abuzz with people condemning the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, just…
Congress using JPC to subvert truth on 2G scandal: Jaitley
byBangalore, April 19 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Friday accused the Congress of using the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to…
Two Maoists held from Kolkata
byKolkata, April 19 (IANS) Two Maoists were arrested from the city and arms, ammunition and some documents recovered from them police said Friday. Sabyasachi…
Bihar divided over special grant to state
byPatna, April 19 (IANS) Bihar’s political parties are divided over the central government’s special grant of Rs.12,000 crore for the state, with the Janata…