ICC insists Pakistani cricketers have a case to answer
September 03, 2010 9:32 pm by Editor | No Comments
London, Sep 3 – The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday said that Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer have a case to answer and defended its decision to suspend the trio for alleged spot-fixing, insisting that there is no conspiracy against Pakistani
Stop use of arms against stone throwers in Kashmir: Activists
September 03, 2010 9:32 pm by Editor | No Comments
Mumbai, Sep 3 – The government should call for an immediate halt to the use of arms by security personnel against stone throwers to end the turmoil in the Kashmir Valley, a group of activists urged at a conference here Friday.
Among other things, the
Two more stars pullout from CWG citing fatigue
September 03, 2010 9:28 pm by Editor | No Comments
London, Sep 3 – Two-time European champion long distance runner Mo Farah of England and 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya Friday joined the growing list of star athletes skipping the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
Both Farah and Rudisha cited fatigue as the
‘Illegal mining in Goa cannot be brought to book’
September 03, 2010 9:28 pm by Editor | No Comments
Panaji, Sep 3 – In an indirect criticism of the state government, a top official of Sesa Goa (SG) – a Vedanta Resources-owned mining company based in Goa – Friday said it was virtually impossible to fight illegal mining in Goa because of ‘issues faced
Passengers say time, money saved by new Metro line
September 03, 2010 9:28 pm by Editor | No Comments
New Delhi, Sep 3 – It was a day of desires being fulfilled for residents of south Delhi with the opening of the Metro’s Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar section, connecting north Delhi to the satellite town of Gurgaon.
As the 12.53 km Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar link
Massive cleaning up in Delhi to tackle dengue
September 03, 2010 9:28 pm by Editor | No Comments
New Delhi, Sep 3 – A massive cleaning up campaign will be initiated in the capital from Monday as part of measures to control the spread of dengue, which has affected over 1,000 people in the city so far, as per a decision taken at
Another 100-km traffic jam builds up in China
September 03, 2010 9:16 pm by Editor | No Comments
Beijing, Sep 3 – A traffic jam more than 100 km long has formed in China just one week after gridlock led to tailbacks lasting 10 days northwest of Beijing.
‘The motorway is blocked again,’ a spokeswoman from the highways authority in Jining in Inner Mongolia
