London: Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov was given a minute's applause by fans during the team's Premier League match with Chelsea on Saturday, having said soccer would have to "take a back seat" after being diagnosed with acute leukemia. The applause began in the 19th minute at Villa Park - to match Petrov's shirt number - while the 32-year-old Bulgarian international watched the match with his family from the directors'...
03:22 PM, Apr 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking review of 2G spectrum scam verdict which held that sanction for prosecution of public servants can be sought even prior to filing of complaints. It contended that "the question of sanction gets attracted only at the stage of cognizance after filing of complaint". The Centre sought review of apex court's January 31 verdict which blamed the Prime Minister's office...
07:16 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: A tragic testimony to the city's fervour during election campaigning was witnessed on Sunday. Four loyalists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) died and 11 supporters suffered minor injuries after one of the followers waving a flag hoisted to a metal rod touched a live high-tension wire during canvassing for NCP at New Shivaji Nagar in Kalwa on Sunday at 10.30 am. Supporters were drumming up support for corporator...
01:11 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Michael Jackson's physician, Doctor Conrad Murray on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail. Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for having given Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol on the June 25, 2009 to help him fight chronic insomnia. The Prosecutors also want Murray to pay more than $100 million to compensate the Jackson family for the star's loss of earnings from his comeback...
11:44 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Michael Jackson's physician, Doctor Conrad Murray will be sentenced on Tuesday. Murray is facing up to four years of imprisonment. He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for having given Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol on the June 25, 2009 to help him fight chronic insomnia. The Prosecutors, have asked for the maximum jail term for Dr Murray. They also want Murray to pay more than...
07:10 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Los Angeles: Prosecutors who depicted Michael Jackson's doctor as remorseless for the superstar's death urged a judge Wednesday to sentence him to four years in prison, while a defense lawyer said Dr Conrad Murray is in a prison of self-punishment and should receive probation. The opposing sentencing memos were filed in advance of Dr Conrad Murray's sentencing hearing Tuesday. He has been in jail since he was convicted November 7...
12:54 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Nine people were killed and over 12 injured when they fell down from the roof of two speeding trains near Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. All those involved in the accident were students returning from Bareilly after appearing for the Indo Tibetan Border Police force entrance exam. Following the accident, an angry mob set three bogies of the train on fire. Rail traffic along the route was...
06:37 PM, Feb 01, 2011
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police arrested a mother, who allegedly killed her 13-year-old son because he objected to her 'illicit' affair. The 32-year-old mother gave electric shock to her son in Nalgonda district resulting in his death after he objected to her relationship, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Damarchala village of Miryalguda Mandal of the district yesterday, they said. According to police, the boy was tied to a...
09:15 AM, Aug 29, 2010
Kabul: The Taliban executed a pregnant woman on charges of adultery in western Afghanistan, an official said on Monday. A Taliban court in Qadis, a remote district in Badghis province, found Bibi Sanawbar, a 40-year-old widow, "guilty because she got pregnant by having illicit affairs", said Jabar Saleh, the deputy provincial police chief. Sanawbar was kept in prison for three days before being publicly executed, he said, adding, "She was...
07:45 AM, Aug 10, 2010
The new first lady of the US, reveals what she really thinks of her husband. ...
09:49 PM, Nov 07, 2008
Melbourne: Shane Warne's return to cricket ended in defeat as dynamic opening batsman David Warner thwarted Warne's comeback with a pulsating century in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 League at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. The powerful left-hander smashed an unbeaten 102 off 51 balls to steer Sydney Thunder to a six-wicket win over Warne's Melbourne Stars. Legspin legend Warne, playing for the first time since his final game in...
08:03 PM, Mar 31, 2008
Seven-year-old Piyush is battling cancer for the second time and his family is looking for funds for his treatment. ...
04:47 PM, Mar 04, 2007
Piyush Kolur from Pune thought that he had won the battle when was cured of Acute Lympoblast Leukemia in 2004. ...
01:49 PM, Feb 16, 2007
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