A listless Indian cricket team slumped to its worst ODI series defeat in New Zealand, going down 0-4, after the Black Caps hammered them by 87 runs in the inconsequential fifth and final one-dayer here today. Going into the match trailing 0-3 in the five-match series, the famed India batting came a cropper once again, […]
At least one student was reportedly critically injured during a shooting incident in the campus of a college in the US state of Florida, Xinhua reported citing college authorities Thursday. Police detained two people for investigation, but their names were not being released. The shooting occurred in a parking lot on campus, the Eastern Florida […]
Family of late Justice J S Verma has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award conferred on him by the government posthumously, saying accepting it would be against his principles as he never ‘hankered’ for any such honour. In a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Verma’s wife Pushpa said, ‘The greatest honour to him remains […]
Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella, in charge of Microsoft’s enterprise and cloud businesses, is emerging as the software giant’s pick as CEO Steve Ballmer’s successor, according to various media reports. The company’s board of directors is also holding discussions to replace Chairman Bill Gates with lead independent director emerging as the prime candidate, Bloomberg News reported citing […]
The CBI filed a revision plea in the High Court against the lower court discharging CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin case. The plea was filed on Friday when the time for filing an appeal was due to expire. It was the Thiruvananthapuram CBI special court which discharged Pinarayi from the Lavlin […]
Ending months of speculation about a change of guard, Vijay Bahuguna today resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister amidst indications that Union Minister Harish Rawat has emerged as a strong contender to succeed him. Shortly before going to the Raj Bhawan to submit his resignation to Governor Aziz Qureshi, the former High Court judge-turned-politician said he […]
The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the centre on 1993 Delhi bomb blast death row convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s curative plea seeking commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment. The plea was on the grounds of inordinate delay in deciding his mercy plea by the President and his mental health. The apex court […]
Media star John Brittas will soon be making his acting debut through the Madhu Kaithapram film ‘In the Limelight’. It was originally rumoured that Rima Kallingal has been approached to do the female lead role in the film. However, it will be Iniya and not Rima, who will pair with Brittas in the film. Prathap […]
South Africa Wednesday called up fast bowling all-rounders Ryan Mclaren and Wayne Parnell to the Proteas squad for the three-match Test series against Australia next month. The national selectors have named a squad of 15 that sees the recall of Parnell and McLaren in the places of the retired Jacques Kallis and leg-spinner Imran Tahir. […]
The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leading the country in paying homage to the Father of the Nation. Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Singh paid floral tributes at Gandhi’s memorial in Rajghat here. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Defence Minister AK […]