To be writing about a boy whom you have seen unfold from a talent into a genius is a tad embarrassing. My hesitancy to write on Sachin Tendulkar is more out of the fear of riding piggy back on a name the world seems to have dissected. And my passion for writing is not so strong as to sideline the feeling. But his birthday is an international occasion, especially in...
03:33 PM, Apr 24, 2013
BANGALORE: There is no one better than Tanumoy Basu, Goalkeeping Coach of All India Football Federation developmental side Pailan Arrows, to comment on the future of goalkeepers in India. Presently in Bangalore to have a look at the ongoing 2nd Division League, Basu who guarded the citadel for the Big-Three in Kolkata in the 80s and the 90s, feels the right mix of height and technique defines a goalkeeper. In...
12:19 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. The actor, who had been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his pending projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. He was granted four weeks on humanitarian grounds as a number of projects in Bollywood were...
11:58 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of reports that the government had allegedly vetted CBI's report on the coal block allocation scam, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is learnt to have met top officers on Saturday to discuss the ramifications and the future course of action. Sources said during their meeting Kumar is learnt to have discussed the issue with ministry officials. There are indications that the Law Ministry is inclined to...
11:07 PM, Apr 13, 2013
The actress says that she has been looking for fresh and challenging character's like this one. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 31, 2013
The BCCI technical committee has discussed the possibility of introducing monetary incentives for teams that put in an extra effort to register outright wins in Ranji Trophy. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Mumbai thumped Saurashtra in a one-sided final at the Wankhede Stadium to regain the crown after a gap of two seasons. ...
10:41 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The BCCI is unlikely to agree to the proposal to change the format of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament. ...
05:34 PM, Mar 22, 2013
A day after eight policemen were transferred in connection with the assault of a woman in Tarn Taran, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to provide CRPF security to the victim. ...
04:55 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The Malayalam flick will have superstar Mammootty in a key role. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 19, 2013
In a major embarrassment for Punjab Police, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed it to keep away from a young woman, recently assaulted in full public view by policemen in Tarn Taran district after she complained of being sexually assaulted by taxi drivers. ...
01:08 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection with the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, has said that he did not want anyone to defend him. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former IPS officer Simranjit Singh Mann had recently sought stay Rajoana's hanging. ...
11:50 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Condemning crimes against women in Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on Thursday said the government is adopting new strategies to tackle the issue. ...
01:26 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Raina had lost his place in the Test team after an unimpressive show in the two-Test series against New Zealand in September. ...
06:30 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The film 'Leela' will also star actor Mammootty in a very special role. ...
07:02 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir allrounder Parvez Rasool has made heads turn with his game, and while the rising Indian star is confident of making it to the national squad, he has urged that politics shouldn't be mixed with his talent. ...
09:39 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The one-day meet will discuss the 2012-13 season and invite suggestions from the captains and coaches for improvements. ...
04:40 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Three days after campus violence rocked Kolkata's Garden Reach area and left a police sub-inspector dead, the State Governor himself has stepped into what is turning to be West Bengal's latest political row after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday transferred police commissioner Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Two days after a policeman was shot dead during a clash between student activists, the West Bengal government on Thursday shifted out Kolkata police chief Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda for failure to apprehend the criminals, replacing him with Surajit Kar Purakayastha. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Singh appeared before the Parliament Accounts Committee on Wednesday and was questioned about the CNN-IBN story on alleged collusion between the agency's former prosecutor and a key accused in the 2G spectrum scam case. ...
02:16 PM, Feb 13, 2013
