Karachi: A Pakistani court Wednesday ordered the government to appoint an interim head of the cricket board, after the current chairman was suspended over a legal challenge to his election. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf was ordered to halt work last month amid a row over his election, which was criticised in some quarters as unfairly influenced by President Asif Ali Zardari, the board's patron. Taffazul Rizvi, legal...
04:45 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on refused to grant the prayer for a CBI investigation into the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam at the present stage. A division bench comprising Justice AK Banerjee and Justice MK Chaudhuri, passing its order on PILs seeking CBI probe into the scam, refused the prayer at this stage. The bench, however, kept the matter pending before it, while passing some directions to the state on...
04:45 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani was indisposed on Wednesday and put off by a day his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Sources close to Advani said that all his engagements for the day have been cancelled. He will now have a meeting with Bhagwat on Thursday, the sources said. Advani also skipped a public meeting on Ganga river issue organised by BJP vice president Uma Bharati. Thursday's...
04:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Johannesburg: Prolific batsman Hashim Amla has been nominated in four categories of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) professional awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year, to be announced here on July 3. Amla has also been nominated for the Test Cricketer of the Year award, the One-Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the Year and the 'KFC So Good' award which is for a single outstanding achievement. The other nominees...
04:30 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar credits the film industry for all the name, fame, accolades, adulation, lifestyle and luxury that he has garnered in over two decades, saying filmdom "means a lot" to him. Ever since he started with 'Saugandh' in 1991, he has never looked back and the career graph of the 45-year-old has always spiraled up. "This is my bread and butter. This is where I started... I...
04:29 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Washington: The controversial secret cyber spying programme run by America's National Security Agency (NSA) foiled more than 50 potential terrorist plots in as many as 20 countries, including India. "The plot included a previously undisclosed plan to blow up the New York Stock Exchange," according to the testimony of NSA chief General Keith Alexander before the House Intelligence Committee. Alexander, however, did provide further details of the terrorist plot "disrupted"...
04:21 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Eastbourne: Marion Bartoli of France has withdrawn from the Eastbourne grass-court tournament with a viral infection, giving No. 2-seeded Li Na of China a walkover into the quarter-finals. Bartoli, the 2011 champion, reached the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Flavia Pennetta of Italy on Monday. Later on Wednesday, 2012 runner-up Angelique Kerber of Germany was paired against 2010 champion Elena Makarova of Russia and Czech Petra Kvitova...
04:20 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Mercedes principal Ross Brawn, a past master at finding Formula One loopholes, may need to pull another rabbit from his magician's hat on Thursday if his team are to escape potentially heavy sanctions. The burly Englishman will explain to an International Tribunal hearing in Paris why the team of 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Germany's Nico Rosberg should escape punishment for apparently breaking strict rules on testing. The...
04:19 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Renault India today introduced an entry level diesel variant of its premium sedan 'Scala', priced at Rs 8.29 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new variant Scala RxE extends the Renault diesel portfolio and offers customers a competitive and well-packaged diesel option, Renault India said in a statement. Scala has been available in six variants in diesel and petrol options. While the petrol variants are priced between Rs 7.19 lakh...
04:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Rafael Nadal will be seeded No. 5 at Wimbledon, setting up the possibility of a quarter-final match against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday for this year's championships, with the top five in the ATP rankings remaining in their positions. Djokovic is No. 1, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal. Nadal, who was sidelined for about seven...
04:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Newcastle United managing director Derek Llambias resigned on Wednesday, the day after Joe Kinnear's controversial return to the Premier League club as director of football. The Newcastle website gave no reason for the departure but quoted Llambias as saying he had been on "an incredible journey" during his five years at the club, "including some challenging times". Llambias had said in a statement on Tuesday that "the board are...
04:12 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Taipei: Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 per cent growth made in April. Acer Chairman JT Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm's annual shareholder meeting. Early this month, Wang told Reuters in an interview that he expects up to...
04:11 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: CBI has registered a fresh case in connection with its coal blocks allocation probe against a Delhi-based steel company and carried out searches at its premises in the National Capital Region. CBI sources said a case has been lodged against Rathi Steel and Power Limited, its Director Udit Rathi and unknown others for alleged cheating and misrepresentation of facts while applying for a coal block. The sources said...
04:08 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Tottenham have hired former England assistant coach Franco Baldini as the club's new technical director. The Italian, who was No. 2 to compatriot Fabio Capello with England, quit his role as general director at Serie A side Roma this month and his new position will involve taking charge of Spurs' scouting and player recruitment. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says Wednesday "Franco is extremely well respected in the industry, possessing...
04:05 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Spice has come up with its new phablet, Coolpad Mi-515, which is available online on the e-commerce site Saholic.com for Rs 9,990. It has a 5-inch qHD display and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The dual SIM phablet is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The device has an internal storage of 4GB (user available is 1.79GB), which is expandable up to 32GB via a...
04:04 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: The FA Cup final has been restored to its traditional place as the last match of the English football season, with the showpiece occasion having had to share the spotlight with Premier League fixtures in recent years. The English Football Association said Wednesday that the final will take place at Wembley Stadium on May 17 - a week after the Premier League has concluded. Alex Horne, general secretary of...
03:56 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Even as nature's fury is causing multitude of disasters in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the Centre is yet to appoint head of the specialised 10,000-personnel strong NDRF, the mainstay for disaster mitigation and rescue operations in the country. The post of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General is being held as an additional assignment by the chief of ITBP for more than a fortnight now, forcing the...
03:55 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: HTC unveiled its new top-of-the line smartphone named "HTC Butterfly s". The phone has a 5-inch 1080p display, and front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers. The Butterfly s runs Android Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor. The phone is believed to be faster than the HTC's flagship phone, the HTC One. The phone is equipped with a 3,200mAh battery and 2GB of RAM. It...
03:43 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Catch the live updates from the hockey encounter between India and New Zealand at Rotterdam An error-prone India need nothing short of a miracle to secure a direct berth in next year's hockey World Cup as they take on formidable Australia in the quarterfinals of the men's competition of the FIH World Round 3, here on Wednesday. Six top teams - three each - will qualify directly for the 2014...
03:19 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Highlighting the Indian footballers' grievances over non-payment of salaries as per terms laid down in their contracts, former captain Bhaichung Bhutia recently presented a report at the FIFPro Asia Conference in Melbourne. The International Federation of Professional Footballers, usually known as FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organisation for professional players. At the moment, there are 49 national players associations who are members of FIFPro. Bhutia is the president...
02:54 PM, Jun 19, 2013
