It was a chastening night for two recent winners of the Champions League in the last-16 first legs. ...
03:51 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Chelsea's visit to Steaua Bucharest for a Europa League last-16 first leg later on Thursday will break the National Arena's attendance record following a frenzied buying spree for tickets. ...
08:01 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A reading chair reclines at a comfortable angle. Spectacles lie within arm's reach. Old teak consoles with black marble tops line the room, which is dominated by book-crammed cupboards. Old frescoes of Hindu gods accentuate the sacred emotion of reading and growing with each book. An old hookah and an ebony-and-ivory chess board add to the personal sense of the space. Thakur Amar Singh could have just left his library...
05:45 PM, Mar 07, 2013
NYSE Euronext has launched the sale of its 4.8 per cent stake in the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX). the country's biggest commodity bourse, in a deal that could raise up to $46 million, a source with direct knowledge said. The transatlantic exchange operator is selling 2.44 million MCX shares in a range between Rs 1,005 and Rs 1,026 a share, said the source who requested anonymity as he was...
11:45 PM, Mar 06, 2013
No company has ever failed to keep its end of a bargain with EU authorities before. ...
06:04 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The US arm of Indian drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited to exclusively market the generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s anti-depression drug Pristiq in the US. ...
01:55 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Against the backdrop of the European Union ending decade-old boycott of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Germany on Tuesday sought to make distinction between human rights issues and image of the BJP leader, saying both cannot be linked. ...
02:48 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The US is looking for a long-term strategic partnerships with India as it has a tremendous capability to be a security guarantor in South Asia, but America's ties with Pakistan poses challenge to the bilateral relations, a top American military leader said on Tuesday. ...
12:26 AM, Mar 06, 2013
However, the US PGA Tour disagrees with the suggested change, citing a lack of data detailing specific advantages in anchoring and the 40-year history of long putters as the main reasons not to back the proposal. ...
07:12 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Van Der Walt became the fifth South African winner in 10 European Tour events this season with his two-shot victory at the Tshwane Open. ...
09:28 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Jeev had four pars before running into a horrible patch with a back-to-back bogeys followed by a triple bogey from fifth to seventh holes. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 03, 2013
I am hoping that I'll get the required support to be able to go out there and play the whole season, said Pankaj Advani. ...
02:54 PM, Mar 03, 2013
I used to think that there would be no one who would write like Marquez. No one who would be able to create the same magic and weave words that remain stuck in memory and stories that do not get erased, stories that you do not want to forget, long after you have read them. And then to soak the book in entirely, with every word and sentence almost resonating...
06:25 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers this week were more constructive and positive than in the past, but Iran's willingness to negotiate seriously will not become clear until an April meeting, a senior Western diplomat said on Thursday. ...
05:46 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country but left no group with a clear majority in parliament. "The winner is: Ingovernability" was the headline in Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, reflecting the stalemate the country would have to confront in the next few weeks as sworn enemies would be forced to...
02:28 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Asian shares took their lead from overnight plunges in global equities to fall on Tuesday as an apparently inconclusive election outcome in Italy raised fears of a resurgent euro zone debt crisis. Italy's centre-left coalition will win a majority in the lower house of parliament but the upper house will be deadlocked, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday after almost all votes were counted. No party or coalition won a...
09:27 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Sweden's IKEA stopped nearly all sales of meatballs at its furniture store cafeterias across Europe after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed some contained horsemeat. ...
06:21 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Lazio's latest case follows alleged incidents of "racist behavior" during a 2-0 Europa League victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome last Thursday. ...
11:53 PM, Feb 25, 2013
8,805 eunuchs living across the country were issued Aadhaar numbers in 2012 by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Only 96 Aadhaar numbers were issued to eunuchs in 2010. ...
04:41 PM, Feb 25, 2013
