Istanbul: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas in the third day of the fiercest anti-government protests in years. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan blamed the main secular opposition party for inciting the crowds, whom he called "a few looters", and said the protests were aimed at depriving his ruling AK Party of votes...
06:05 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: To oppose the proposed four-year graduate programme in Delhi university (DU), various students organisations have decided to hold protests in the national capital on Monday. "This four-year programme is an anti-student educational reform that will adversely affect students coming from the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Castes (OBC), the physically-challenged and minority communities in many ways," said a joint statement from Campus Front of India...
04:53 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Istanbul: Shopkeepers and municipal workers began cleaning the streets of Istanbul and Ankara on Sunday after the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. Pockets of die-hard demonstrators lit bonfires and scuffled with police overnight but the streets were much quieter after two days of clashes in which almost a thousand people were arrested and hundreds were injured. The unrest was triggered by protests against government plans to build a replica Ottoman-era...
07:43 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Istanbul: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan made a defiant call for an end to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years on Saturday, as thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in Istanbul and Ankara for a second day. The unrest was triggered by government plans for a replica Ottoman-era barracks housing shops or apartments in Istanbul's Taksim Square, long a venue for political protest, but has widened into a broader...
06:48 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Frankfurt: Crowds of anti-capitalist protesters on Friday blocked streets leading to the European Central Bank in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, to protest its role in pushing for austerity cutbacks as a way to fight the continent's debt crisis. Members of the Blockupy alliance linked arms for several hours in a steady rain and strong wind on the streets leading to the bank. A few demonstrators grabbed and shook the metal...
07:03 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Jaipur: The Gurjar community will continue its protests demanding five per cent reservation for the community in jobs and educational institutions in Rajasthan. The agitation led by the Attar Singh Bhadana is expected to march from Jaipur to Delhi. Rajathan Energy Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the Rajasthan government is in favour of reservation for the Gurjar community but needed some time as the matter was sub-judice....
09:42 AM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: A class XII student in New Delhi, who used to top her class regularly, has got zero marks in Economics. The CBSE, reacting to complaints by the student and her family, said the matter will now be probed by a panel. When the student said it is not possible that she scored zero marks in the paper, the CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi said a committee will be formed...
05:23 PM, May 30, 2013
Istanbul: The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday it would only take part in planned international peace talks if a deadline was set for a settlement that forces President Bashar al-Assad to leave power. In its first official reaction to the Geneva conference being prepared by the United States and Russia, the opposition coalition adopted a declaration calling for "binding international guarantees" for any resolution of Syria's two-year-old conflict. The statement,...
01:47 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The International Cricket Committee (ICC) on Wednesday took a couple of key decisions while concluding the two-day meeting of its cricket committee in London, including setting a marker for Test playing nations to keep their Test status intact. In an attempt to ensure that Test cricket was protected, the committee has recommended that all Test playing Members should be required to play a minimum number of Test matches...
11:40 PM, May 29, 2013
Leeds: England overcame the rain and New Zealand at Headingley on Tuesday, winning the second Test by 247 runs on the last day and the series 2-0. After a second break for rain, the English picked up the last two wickets to dismiss the Kiwis for 220 in mid afternoon. Spinner Graeme Swann took two of the last four wickets on the final day to take 6-90 and achieve a...
08:20 PM, May 28, 2013
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed for a week the order of a lower court directing Bitti Mohanty, accused in the 2006 German tourist rape case in Rajasthan, to undergo DNA test. The interim order in this regard was issued by justice K Harilal on a petition filed by Bitti, son of former Odisha DGP, BB Mohanty, challenging the order of sessions court, Thalassery granting permission to conduct a...
03:18 PM, May 28, 2013
London: Supporters of the far right English Defence League rallied in Central London shouting anti-Islamic slogans in protest over the beheading of a soldier last week. Two war memorials have also been vandalised in the city. Three men arrested in London were on Monday released on bail while the two main accused, shot by police, remain under arrest in a hospital. The trio, aged 21, 24 and 28, were arrested...
09:55 AM, May 28, 2013
Leeds: Graeme Swann bowled England to the brink of victory against New Zealand in the second and final Test at Headingley. The off-spinner took four for 61 in 21.4 unchanged overs, extending his match haul to eight wickets, before bad light ended the fourth day with New Zealand 6 for 154. That left the Black Caps still needing a further 310 runs to reach their victory target of 468. The...
08:19 AM, May 28, 2013
Kolkata: Train movement to and from the terminal Howrah station was stalled on Monday evening as protestors, angered by a train running over a woman, squatted on track, hurled stones and damaged four trains and injured an assistant driver. The trouble started after a woman was run over by a suburban local train close to the Howrah station. She later died. "We tried to put the victim into another suburban...
04:15 AM, May 28, 2013
Hyderabad: YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, or Jagan as he is popularly called, on Monday completed one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case. The member of Parliament from Kadapa was arrested by the CBI on this day in 2012. The YSR Congress party has announced two-day protests from Monday, over what it calls the continued undemocratic detention of its leader. The party plans to hold...
12:28 PM, May 27, 2013
Paris: Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with President Francois Hollande, who had made legalizing gay marriage one of his keynote campaign pledges in...
09:44 AM, May 27, 2013
England resumed day three at 337 for 7, with Matt Prior (38) and Graeme Swann (21) at the crease. CLICK HERE for Live Updates from Day 3 of the Headingley Test. Day 2 round-up: Joe Root made the second Test worth waiting an extra day for as he notched his maiden Test century on his Headingley home turf in leading England to 337 for 7 against New Zealand on Day...
03:09 PM, May 26, 2013
Leeds: Joe Root made the second Test worth waiting an extra day for as he notched his maiden Test century on his Headingley home turf in leading England to 337 for 7 against New Zealand on day two Saturday. In scoring 104, Root exceeded the Yorkshire Cricket Club's marketing of the match as Root's Test, the 22-year-old's first at his home ground. It was the same scenario for fellow Yorkshire...
11:39 PM, May 25, 2013
A maiden Test century by Joe Root and a fine half-century from Bairstow helped England post 337 for 7 at stumps on Day 2. CLICK HERE for Live Updates from Day 2 of the Headingley Test after rain washed out the opening day's play. Playing XIs: England: Alastair Cook (capt), Nick Compton, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior (wk), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James...
02:52 PM, May 25, 2013
