
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till March its order staying the sealing of unauthorised commercial units operating in residential localities in the national capital and asked the authorities to ensure that no fresh encroachments or regularisations were permitted during the period. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and Swatanter Kumar passed the direction on a bunch of pleas by commercial establishments challenging the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring...

04:54 PM, Jan 03, 2012
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MCD has declared 2,952 mobile towers illegal for coming up without the civic agency's authorisation. ...

07:46 PM, Jul 08, 2010

This could lead to frequent dropped calls and bad connections. ...

09:09 AM, Mar 19, 2010

Wellington: New Zealand's batsmen must ensure they build on their starts if they are to stand any chance of winning the third and final Test against South Africa, assistant coach Trent Woodhill has said. New Zealand conceded a 199-run first innings lead to the Proteas after they were bowled out for 275 after tea on the fourth day, which Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen then extended. Petersen was on 38...

12:20 AM, May 07, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar takes a dig at his critics, saying he doesn't want to be advised on his retirement. ...

07:21 PM, May 06, 2008

Chittagong: The second day's play in the opening Test between Bangladesh and the West Indies was called off without a ball being bowled on Saturday due to a wet outfield following overnight rain. Earlier on day one, Tamim and Mushfiqur Rahim hit fine fifties as the Bangladesh batsmen applied themselves to finish day one of the first Test match at 255/4. Mushfiqur Rahim and Naeem Islam are on the crease. ...

01:42 AM, Mar 12, 2008

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced its one-day and T20 squad for Australia's tour of the island next month, but stopped short of naming a skipper. Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was named captain for the just concluded tour of England, was included in the 20-man squad scheduled to play five ODIs and two Twenty20 games against Australia. They will also play three Tests, but the squad for the longer version of...

12:53 AM, Feb 14, 2008

London: Chasing a ton of international tons, Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar warmed up on the eve of the historic Lord's Test by facing an 18-year-old girl from north London here on Wednesday. Ahead of the first Test between world number one India and third ranked England at the hallowed Lord's, the venue for the 2000th match, milestone man Tendulkar faced Raveena Lakhtaria, an A-level student and a young cricketer,...

12:26 AM, Feb 14, 2008

Taunton: A few former Indian Test captains will take a round of the hallowed turf of the Lord's on the fourth day of the first cricket Test between India and England starting on Thursday to mark the occasion of the 100th Test between the two countries. These former Indian Test captains will present themselves along with a few former England skippers though England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) presently is...

12:12 PM, Feb 13, 2008

London: He might be the world's greatest batsman right now but Sachin Tendulkar is human at the end of the day and the Indian will make mistakes if the English bowlers do the basics right in the upcoming Test series, says former captain Michael Vaughan. England have to remember Tendulkar is only human. He makes mistakes. They must also forget the verbals. Let the ball do the talking instead. It ...

07:47 AM, Feb 13, 2008

Southampton: Paul Collingwood was dropped from both the England Twenty20 and one-day squads announced on Tuesday for the upcoming fixtures against Sri Lanka. The veteran all-rounder retired from Test duty after England's victorious Ashes campaign in Australia but was included in the World Cup squad. However, upon his return home after England's 10-wicket quarter-final thrashing by Sri Lanka, Collingwood was stripped of the Twenty20 captaincy - despite leading the side...

01:06 AM, Feb 06, 2008

London: Left-hander Lahiru Thirimanne rode his luck to score a fine century and virtually assure a first Test cap when Sri Lanka take on England in Southampton next week. The 21-year-old made 104 with 15 boundaries as the tourists reached 324 for four on a rain-interrupted first day of their three-day match against Essex at Chelmsford. Sri Lanka need a new opener after skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan broke his thumb when...

02:15 AM, Feb 03, 2008

London: Kevin Pietersen is being backed to enter a "purple patch" after looking much closer to his best in an innings of 72 during the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka here at Lord's. The talented Pietersen made just three before he was lbw to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath in England's innings and 14-run first Test win in Cardiff. Herath did for him again at Lord's on Tuesday, producing a...

08:28 AM, Feb 02, 2008

Media fraternity condemns the sentence handed out to journalists. ...

02:39 PM, Sep 21, 2007

Sabharwal's sons linked to mall owners benefited from the sealing, say lawyers. ...

11:58 PM, Sep 20, 2007