Lahore: Famed paceman Wasim Akram on Friday told Pakistani bowlers that they must master swing bowling to win internationally, as he readies to nurture the country's talent at a key training camp. "I was disappointed the way our fast bowlers performed in South Africa, so I will try to teach the fast bowlers how to swing the ball which is important for performing well at international level," Wasim said. Known...
07:54 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Only 54 per cent of the total sewage generated in the national capital is treated by Delhi Jal Board and the rest 313 MGD of waste is released into Yamuna untreated. The Comptroller and Auditor General, in its report for the fiscal ending March 2012 which was tabled in Delhi Assembly on Tuesday, said that sewage management in Delhi was found to be "deficient" in various aspects. ...
05:35 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Days after Rajnath Singh announced his new core team ahead of the 2014 elections, he said Narendra Modi never made any demands in the appointment of office bearers. ...
05:50 PM, Apr 02, 2013
BJP's 'Team 2014' has brought in Narendra Modi, Varun Gandhi and Amit Shah. But Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Arjun Munda are some of the prominent names left out of the party's parliamentary board. With general elections just about a year away, is Rajnath Singh steering the party on to the right path? Senior journalist Ashok Malik joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:26 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya on Monday said the reshuffle of the party's Parliamentary Board and inclusion of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi showed that the party had no direction and such moves were unlikely to take the BJP forward. Modi was in the Parliamentary Board six years ago and bringing him back was no big deal or strategy, said Govindacharya. ...
03:09 PM, Apr 01, 2013
On a day when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was inducted into BJP's Parliamentary Board, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue of Ram Mandir in Ahmedabad, expressing the desire for a "glorious" temple at Ayodhya. "We will have to build good, honest and true Hindus in Bharat, because, now the whole world will be following Hindus. "In near future, we are taking up mass recitation of 'Vijay Mantra'...
02:58 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday charged BJP with buckling under pressure of Narendra Modi by including him in its top decision making parliamentary board, and said the Gujarat Chief Minister will pose a challenge to his own party. ...
09:36 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Senior BJP leaders Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha are among the prominent leaders who have failed to find a place in the new party President Rajnath Singh's core team. Both Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha have been senior Ministers in the NDA colaition government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee. ...
07:30 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Sticking to its stand on NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate, Janata Dal (United) leader Neeraj Kumar said the country's Prime Minister should have 'secular credentials'. ...
01:58 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Congress on Sunday said the newly constituted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team will have to pass the Karnataka elections exam first. The BJP announced its new Parliamentary Board and as speculated, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was reinducted into the panel after a gap of six years. Among the other new members, who were appointed in the board, were Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi and Modi's close aide and former Gujarat...
01:27 PM, Mar 31, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced its new Parliamentary Board and as speculated, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was reinducted into the panel after a gap of six years. The other new members, who were appointed in the board, were Varun Gandhi and Modi's close aide and former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah. ...
10:51 AM, Mar 31, 2013
In a major boost to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's prime ministerial ambitions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to reinduct him in party's Parliamentary Board, which is expected to be finalised on Sunday. Modi, if selected for the Parliamentary Board, will be returning to the panel after a gap of six years. He was earlier appointed as a member of the board by Rajnath Singh in his previous...
08:09 AM, Mar 31, 2013
The PCB has requested the Cricket South Africa to send their team to Pakistan for the Test and one-day series in October-November this year. ...
01:34 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Pakistan's national selection committee will meet to name the probables for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England in June. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Traffic police in Bangalore have devised a new method of keeping traffic violations in check. The police have mounted cardboard cutouts of police officers around the city to deter violations. ...
12:14 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Social magazine app Flipboard launched on Tuesday one of its biggest overhauls to date allowing readers to create and share their own magazines in a bid to keep growing in popularity. ...
11:37 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Seeking to instill confidence in burgeoning atomic power sector, India is planning to ask the IAEA to conduct a peer review of its nuclear regulatory system after it is recast. The Atomic Energy Commission is preparing to invite the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) to examine its regulatory system, which will get statutory status after the passage of the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Bill...
12:07 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The Coal India board has sought clarifications on draft agreement with the Limpopo government in South Africa on responsibilities to be shared between them while acquiring mines through a JV, a move that may delay the company's acquisition plans. The government of Limpopo, the northernmost province of South Africa, had approached Coal India Ltd (CIL) requesting it to form a joint venture with one of its public sector firms for...
10:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
The Government on Saturday ruled out extending the deadline beyond March 31 for schools to meet RTE requirements even as it conceded that many states were lagging behind and said a committee is being set up to expedite the implementation process. ...
11:16 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt uses a BlackBerry! May be too surprising, but it's true. "I am a BlackBerry user. I like the keyboard of BlackBerry," said Schmidt answering some rapid-fire questions from the Editor of a British daily at Google's Big Tent - a forum to discuss Internet and its impact on economy, governance etc. ...
11:30 PM, Mar 21, 2013
