Manchester: Arsenal will look to displace Chelsea from fourth spot when they take on West Bromwich Albion in an away game on Saturday. The Gunners have 53 points, just two short of Blues' 55. In other matches, Reading will take on Southampton and Stoke City will host Aston Villa. On Monday, in the big match, Manchester United will take on their neighbours Manchester City. A year ago, Manchester City edged...
11:47 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Vasco: Churchill Brothers took a giant step towards regaining the I-League title after scoring a 2-1 victory over Pune FC in a 23rd round I-League clash at Tilak Maidan here on Friday. After a barren opening session, Churchill scored through Bineesh Balan (58th) and Sunil Chhetri (63rd) while Pune FC pulled one back through substitute Boima Karpeh (90th). With this win, Churchill are now on 45 points and a five-point...
11:14 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: Singapore's Lam Chi Bing grabbed a share of the lead at the Panasonic Open India on Thursday as he bids to revive his career after losing his Asian Tour card last year. Lam birdied the last hole to join the Australian duo of Kieran Pratt and Wade Ormsby in a three-way tie at the top of the first-round leaderboard with a bogey at the 12th the only blot...
10:05 PM, Apr 04, 2013
London: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is backing Robin van Persie to end a nine-game goal drought as the Premier League leaders prepare for Monday's derby clash with champions Manchester City. "Robin doesn't need a rest, that's for sure," the Scot told reporters on Thursday. "He's a strong lad with a great physique. "The goals will come. All strikers have little dry spells - you always hope it ends quickly....
08:56 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian shooting team's campaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup started on a sour note with all the shooters, including Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, failing to make a mark on the first day of the event in Changwon, Korea on Thursday. Competing in the men's 10-metre air rifle event, Beijing Games gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajput and Chain Singh -- all failed to...
05:49 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday signed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill which gives India a strong anti-rape law. The Criminal Law Amendment Bill was earlier passed by the two Houses of Parliament. The massive public anger and uproars following the December 16 gangrape of the Delhi braveheart forced the drafting and eventual passing of this new Bill. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was moved in the Rajya...
12:58 PM, Apr 03, 2013
In a shocking instance of police brutality, a student activist belonging to the SFI lost his life after being beaten up by policemen during its crackdown on a protest. Sudipto Gupta, a student of MA at Rabindra Bharati University was admitted to hospital with severe internal haemorrhage and later succumbed to his injuries. ...
07:25 PM, Apr 02, 2013
It's that time of the year when cricket finds a new definition. From 'city moment of success' to 'maximums', IPL's 'bus dekhne ka nahi' slogan ...
01:46 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has named a 15-member cabinet though portfolios are yet to be allocated to the candidates drawn from all four provinces of the country. ...
12:49 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Over 50 lakh Central Government employees and 30 lakh pensioners could get a huge relief on Tuesday as the Union Cabinet is likely to approve a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent from the existing 72 per cent. The increased dearness allowance could be applicable from January 1, 2013. ...
12:10 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Senior US military officials said an Afghan teenager had killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck. Two officials said on Monday that Seargent Michael Cable, 26, was guarding a meeting of Afghan and US officials in Nangarhar province when the stabbing occurred. ...
07:33 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Shares of the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis fell about 4.5 per cent on Monday after the Supreme Court of India dismissed its plea for a patent on its cancer drug, Gelvic. Shares of select Indian pharmaceutical companies rallied as the industry is set to receive a boost following the verdict. ...
11:48 AM, Apr 01, 2013
President Hamid Karzai held talks with Qatari leaders on Sunday, official media reported, on a visit the Kabul government has said would seek to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban insurgents on ending Afghanistan's war. ...
06:30 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Borja Oubina scored Celta's leveler two minutes from time after Messi scored in the 19th straight game this season. ...
12:32 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Congress on Saturday maintained silence over Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's renewed attack on outside ally Samajwadi Party, which is hopeful that he will be removed during a minor Cabinet reshuffle being talked about soon. ...
08:48 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The Cabinet Committee on Investments, which was set up in January for clearing major infrastructure projects, is expected to give its nod for a number of projects within the next three weeks, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said. "My hope is that the Cabinet Committee on Investment in the course of next two to three weeks, will demonstrate that a number of (infrastructure) projects can get cleared,"...
01:14 PM, Mar 30, 2013
At least 18 people were killed and over 100 injured in five car bombing incidents in Iraq Friday, Xinhua reported. ...
12:09 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The number of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima has climbed up a notch to 557,478. According to a new report, the number is 15,000 more than the previously recorded figure. The total number of the explosion-affected people or "hibakusha" from the Second World War atomic bombing by the US is more than 15,000 people recorded in the previous file, according to research conducted...
05:48 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Robin van Persie scored twice and set up a third goal to lead the Netherlands to an easy 4-0 win over Romania in a World Cup qualifier. ...
07:54 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Tamil film 'Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah' (TEN) directed by Anis stars Jai and debutante Nazriya Nazim in the lead pair. ...
11:30 PM, Mar 25, 2013
