
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar on Monday said he would want to contribute to not just cricket, but all the sports in India. "I need help from my fellow MPs. I would be happy being remembered as an MP who did something for the development of all sports and not just cricket," Sachin said after taking oath as the Rajya Sabha member. Sachin also said that he will...

12:01 PM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Monday congratulated Sachin Tendulkar for taking oath as the Rajya Sabha member and appealed to him to raise his voice against corruption. "We welcome and congratulate him. Sachin should raise his voice against corruption and also against those who are not in favour of Lokpal. We will keep supporting him outside," Anna said. Anna has also been calling for Sachin to be conferred...

11:29 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Baoding: The giant orange robotic arms that swiftly weld together car frames at the Great Wall Motors factory in Baoding might seem like the perfect answer to China's fast-rising labour costs - they don't ask for a raise, get injured or go on strike. For Great Wall, a private sector Chinese car maker that employs 50,000 workers, the Swiss robots and other machinery that line its bright factory floor produce...

11:26 AM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar started his new innings on Monday taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member in the chambers of RS Chairperson Hamid Ansari. Sachin is the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha under the Prominent Citizens Quota. After taking oath on Monday, Sachin said he would want to contribute to not just cricket, but all the sports in India....

11:08 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Hyderabad: Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's first day of questioning revolved around crores of investments that flowed into his companies allegedly through hawala routes. The CBI also sought to know the alleged pressure exerted by the MP and his late father and chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on the then investments and infrastructure minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao with regard to the Vanpic deal. The CBI, according to sources,...

10:44 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Taipei: Acer has introduced its Windows 8 Ultrabook devices - the Aspire S7 series - at Computex Taipei. Available in two sizes, 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch, these are touch-enabled ultrabooks. Both are said to have a sleek aluminum metallic unibody design. The larger model additionally sports a glossy, sculpted glass cover, thereby delivering a trendy and elegant appearance. With the aluminum unibody design, the S7 Ultrabooks are slim and light. The...

10:32 AM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: Acer has unveiled its 2 new Windows 8 tablets - the Iconia W510 and the Iconia W700 - at Computex Taipei. It has a 10.1-inch touchscreen, and is said to provide a wider viewing angle with vibrant, consistent and accurate colors. The most unique part of the W510 tablet is said to be the tri-mode, thereby allowing users to touch, type and view. A detachable keyboard dock can...

09:36 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Arlington, Texas: First-half goals by Giovani dos Santos and Javier Hernandez gave Mexico a 2-0 win over Brazil in a friendly in Dallas on Sunday. It was the second straight game in which Mexico's top two forwards each scored, indicating the Mexican attack is in top form at the right time. "This game served us well in our plans for qualifying," Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre said through...

09:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Here's a look at the politicians who have made it to the top 50 in CNN-IBN's search for The Greatest Indian. ...

09:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Dublin, Ohio: Tiger Woods overhauled a fading Spencer Levin and a charging Rory Sabbatini with a few moments of magic to win his 73rd PGA Tour title by two shots at the Memorial tournament on Sunday. He began the final day four strokes behind the pacesetting Levin and made a fast start before taking control with a spectacular finish that included a chip-in for birdie at the 16th that was...

09:06 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Mumbai: As Maharashtra struggles to curb the sale of tobacco products near schools, surveys done by the NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation throw up some disturbing statistics. 1 in 4 children at Mumbai's municipal schools use some form of tobacco. Another survey of 200 schools, finds 61 per cent of them have tobacco shops within 100 yards of their premises. This is despite the BMC banning such sales two months ago...

08:50 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Washington: President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House. The Democratic incumbent and his re-election advisers are waxing nostalgic about the Republican senator from Arizona who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential race. They're embracing McCain as a reasonable voice on climate change and immigration, someone who took on extremism in his...

08:20 AM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will on Monday take oath as Rajya Sabha member in the chambers of RS Chairperson Hamid Ansari. Sachin was nominated to the Upper House along with film actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga in April, but had to wait to take his oath until the end of IPL season 5. The nomination of Tendulkar had sparked a political slugfest with the opposition parties questioning...

07:54 AM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: At a time when the government is battling an economic and political crisis, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gandkari will meet yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday. Ramdev is expected to present a letter to the BJP President, asking him to support the movement demanding the government to bring back the black money allegedly stashed abroad. He is also likely to request Gadkari to help enact a...

07:34 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Dubai: Osama bin Laden led a frugal life, spending all his personal wealth on attacks against the West and serving his guests good food, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video posted online on Sunday. In the half-hour tape titled "Days with the imam, Part Two" a bespectacled Zawahiri, who took up the reins of al Qaeda after bin Laden's killing just over a year ago, fondly recalled...

02:36 AM, Jun 04, 2012