Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the petrol price hike, the Kerala government at a special cabinet meeting on Thursday decided to forgo the sales tax on petrol, reducing its price by Rs 1.63 per litre. "This will cost the exchequer Rs 218 crore," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters here. "I have also written to the prime minister, UPA chairperson and petroleum minister, saying that the hike will affect the people...
06:28 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by $1.46 billion to $294.60 billion for the week ended April 20, official data showed. Forex reserves had risen by $213.8 million to $293.14 billion in the previous week. Foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves kitty, rose by $1.45 billion to $260.21 billion during the week under review, according to the weekly statistical supplement of the Reserve Bank of...
01:57 AM, Apr 29, 2012
London: Brazil, Spain, Britain and Mexico have been chosen as seeded teams for the men's Olympic soccer tournament and will be kept apart at Tuesday's group-stages draw. The draw will separate European and Latin American teams. In the 12-team women's draw, Olympic champions United States, world champions Japan and Britain are the seeded teams and will be kept apart in the four groups. Hosts Britain, with a men's team at...
12:50 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Nyon: Athletic Bilbao were rewarded for eliminating Manchester United in the Europa League by being drawn on Friday to play Schalke in the quarter-finals. "It was a fiesta for us," Bilbao secretary Javier Aldazabal said of the Basque club's impressive 2-1 win on Thursday, following a 3-2 upset of the English champions at Old Trafford. "To be in the European last-eight, it's a surprise but we are enjoying it." Atletico...
12:39 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal outlasted David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final against Roger Federer that will be a rematch of their Australian Open semi-final. Federer had an easier time in his quarter-final, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-2 in just more than an hour for his fourth victory over the Argentine this year. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka defeated Angelique...
10:41 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Nyon, Switzerland: Barcelona and Real Madrid were kept apart in the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw on Friday, though the defending champions must first beat AC Milan before the Spanish giants can hope to meet in a potentially stellar final. Barcelona will travel for the first leg against seven-time winners Milan, in a quarter-finals clash that reunites the two European powers after they met in the group stages. Madrid,...
04:58 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Indian Wells: Australian Open winners Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek saw off a stiff resistance from Juan Monaco and Kei Nishikori to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday. The seventh-seeded Indo-Czech pair scored a tough 7-6(5), 6-4 win in the second round over their unseeded opponents. They will now fight it out with the giant-killing Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal for...
01:40 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Dubai: Sania Mirza squandered a one-set lead to crash out of the qualifying event of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing the first round match to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak. Sania won the first set comfortably but lost steam as the match progressed to lose 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 in the opening round of the USD 2,000,000 hard court event. The Indian will now hope to do well in the doubles...
06:31 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Washington: Instead of diving into a "pseudo" reconciliation process to justify an early pullout of troops from Afghanistan, Obama Administration must pay attention on the fact that Taliban will use any negotiations to strengthen their hold in the country, an eminent US expert has said. The building blocks for genuine peace and stability in Afghanistan are simply not yet in place, said Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation. "The recent...
08:28 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Washington: The US is planning to end its combat operations in Afghanistan by mid 2013 and would switch to a "train-and-assist" role, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said. Last June, Obama ordered all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by the middle of 2012. "Hopefully, by mid- to the latter part of 2013, we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training, advice and...
09:25 AM, Feb 02, 2012
London: Crawley Town, the lowest-ranked side left in this season's FA Cup, were handed a meeting with Premier League club Stoke City in Sunday's fifth-round draw. While third-tier side Stevenage will host eight-time champions Tottenham in the last-16, Crawley of League Two will host last season's beaten finalists on the weekend of February 18-19. Crawley beat League Championship clubs Hull and Bristol City in the last two rounds. "This is...
10:56 AM, Jan 30, 2012
London: Arsenal scored three times in eight second-half minutes on Sunday to recover a 2-0 deficit and reach the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa, keeping their attempt to end a seven-year trophy drought on track. Villa led 2-0 at half-time through goals by Richard Dunne and Darren Bent, prompting near silence from the home fans for long periods. But a revitalized Arsenal...
11:38 PM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers had a disappointing start to their campaign in the Korea Super Series, with all the three qualifiers suffering contrasting defeats in Seoul on Tuesday. Anand Pawar notched up a win against Singapore's Zi Liang Derek Wong but succumbed to a defeat in the second qualification round to Sung Min Park of Korea to crash out of the tournament. Pawar beat Wong 21-19 21-14 in 36 minutes,...
06:45 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Washington: The United States still intends to withdraw some 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by 2012. The announcement was made by President Barack Obama in a letter to the US Congress. Obama also claimed that his administration had reversed the Taliban momentum. "We have seen great progress in our fight against al Qaeda; we have reversed the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan; and we continue to see progress in training the Afghan...
09:03 AM, Oct 01, 2011
Dubai: A special fatwa issued by a religious body here has permitted smokers to use nicotine patches during the month of Ramadan to deal with withdrawal symptoms, saying it does not violate the observance of fasting. The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) here issues list of fatwas daily to help Muslims observe their fast in the right manner during Ramadan. "Nicotine patches, which can help smokers to deal...
11:37 AM, Aug 03, 2011
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