
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament (MP) from Thiruvananthapuram and the former Minister of State for External Affairs, will finally tie the knot with his girlfriend Sunanda Pushkar on August 22. The marriage ceremony will take place at his 200-year-old ancestral home in Ernakulam District of Kerala. A reception party will also be organised in New Delhi. However, rumours have been around for several months about the couple tying...

02:20 PM, Aug 13, 2010

New Delhi: Delhi votes on Thursday and the youth that make the majority of the electorate has been the target audience for the candidates contesting. But it is also the Election Commission that is going out to woo the young voters to go out and exercise their votes. ...

04:17 PM, May 06, 2009

Karachi: Pakistan on Friday celebrated a nail-biting victory in the Asia Cup after a two-run win over Bangladesh that was hailed as providing some much-needed relief to the troubled country. Pakistan clinched only their second Asia Cup title in Dhaka late Thursday, sending delirious fans pouring onto the streets in major cities to celebrate, though some missed the action on the field because of power cuts. Our cricket team gives...

03:04 PM, May 06, 2008

Chennai: India's newly appointed cricket coach Duncan Fletcher hoped to maintain the side's winning momentum that has seen it attain the No.1 status in Tests and also winning the 2011 ICC World Cup. Looking ahead to the three major overseas tours (West Indies, England and Australia) in the coming months, the 62-year old from Zimbabwe, who took over from Gary Kirsten of South Africa soon after India won the World...

08:57 PM, Jan 24, 2008
Colombo: Ace Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said on Wednesday his team should not lower their guard against smaller teams in their quest to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. Sri Lanka are in Group A with defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya, with the top four sides qualifying for the quarterfinals. "Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, we know these teams, who the players are, and their form....

09:41 PM, Dec 11, 2007