Nyon: European champions Chelsea will play Basel in the Europa League semifinals, with the first-leg match in Switzerland. Fenerbahce will face Benfica, with the opening leg played in Turkey, after UEFA made the pairings on Friday. Chelsea aim to complete an unlikely double by lifting the second-tier trophy as the reigning Champions League winners. All four semifinalists began the season in the Champions League before being eliminated and dropping into...
04:07 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Nagpur: Aadhaar cards will henceforth bear date of birth of the holder, facilitating people to avail benefits of several government and non-governmental schemes which require age validation. Till now, only year of birth was mentioned in the card, but now, it has been agreed in-principle to insert the date of birth, said city-based RTI activist Avinash Prabhune, who pursued the matter with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and...
12:45 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Unique Identification (UID) Aadhaar number will soon be a "valid" proof of identity and address to obtain a PAN card. A proposal for inclusion of Aadhaar in the existing list of valid proof of identification and proof of address for allotment of PAN was sent to the Finance Ministry by the Unique Identification Authority of India. The Ministry has decided to notify rules in this regard. It...
09:53 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Defence counsel in the December 16, 2012 gangrape case on Wednesday cross-examined an Air India (AI) official posted at the IGI cargo terminal who received the coffin carrying the victim's body. Cross-examined by counsel of accused Mukesh, Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta, the official denied their claim that the death certificate and other documents accompanying the victim's body, which was flown in from Singapore, were manipulated. The AI...
03:33 AM, Apr 04, 2013
A witness in the December 16 gangrape case on Wednesday denied before a special court the claim of an accused that the death certificate and other relevant documents accompanying the victim's body, which was flown in from Singapore, were manipulated. "I (prosecution witness) had seen the original passport of the victim. I had not seen the dates on the passport. I can not comment on the contents of the document,"...
06:30 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The prosecution in the murder case of real estate tycoon and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Deepak Bhardwaj on Tuesday asked for a Test Identification Parade for three of the accused. CNN-IBN has learnt the trio have refused to volunteer for the line-up test. ...
01:14 PM, Apr 02, 2013
BJP on Monday said it is open to all steps by the Election Commission for electoral reforms, including making public all donations to political parties, and maintained it will abide by any change in rules the poll panel seeks on the issue. Asked about reports that the Election Commission and the government have differences over making it mandatory for political parties to declare all donations before it, BJP says it...
03:10 AM, Apr 02, 2013
National Investigation Agency (NIA) will conduct investigation into the Italian marines case, sources said on Saturday. The government is likely to issue notification of the same next week, sources added. ...
10:22 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Sneijder is relishing being back in the international fold and helping the Netherlands take another step towards World Cup qualification. ...
12:44 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Sri Lanka Cricket Players' Association (SLCPA) has written to FICA to assess the safety of its players during the IPL. ...
05:20 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Only 21.76 per cent of Indian doctors trained abroad have qualified to practice in the country, parliament was informed on Tuesday. A total of 14,476 doctors who completed their medical degrees abroad appeared for the screening test during the year 2012 out of which 3,150 candidates or 21.76 per cent qualified the test, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. ...
03:55 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien will lead the Indian delegation to the inaugural pontifical mass of Pope Francis I in Vatican City on Tuesday, official sources said on Sunday. According to the sources, besides Kurien, the four-member delegation includes his wife Susan, his secretary PJ Antony and Kerala Congress Lok Sabha MP Jose K Mani. ...
03:50 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Chelsea staged a thrilling comeback to beat Steaua Bucharest 3-1 while Tottenham made it on the away-goals rule. ...
04:02 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday joined a host of parties in opposing a UPSC notification for scrapping of regional language paper, describing it as an attempt to "impose" Hindi and that the move will affect rural aspirants. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Benfica defender Fabio Faria has retired from professional football at the age of 23 because of heart problems. ...
11:09 PM, Mar 08, 2013
India said a tax residency certificate was necessary but no longer enough to claim benefits under double taxation avoidance agreements, according to the Finance Bill tabled in parliament on Thursday. The amendment is sparking fears that tax authorities would have wider discretion to go after foreign investors who have usually benefitted from investing from countries such as Mauritius that have double-tax avoidance treaties with India. ...
06:50 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award issued its notification on Wednesday with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka getting major chunk of the the river water. The tribunal awarded both the states 270 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of water out of the total of 740 tmcft. ...
02:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The deadline for the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award ends on Wednesday. After the notification, the future sharing of water among all Cauvery basin states, which are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, will be based on the final award. Currently, water sharing is based on the interim award of the Tribunal. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The JSCA has suspended 33 under-16 cricketers for two years for producing fake age certificates. ...
12:05 PM, Feb 04, 2013
