Justine stays out of appearnce fee, Maria to decide soon
| 2010/02/09 | By Ajitpal Singh AUSTRALIAN Open finalist Justine Henin has decided not to participate in the US$250,000 (RM774,000) Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Malaysian International Open on Feb 22-28. | ...
Old Goa attackers hired for Rs 1L
PANAJI: Old Goa resident Rajesh Dessai, 35, main accused and conspirator in the attack on Old Goa panch member Vinayak Phadte, 35, had agreed to pay Mahaveer Nadar, 24, Rs 1 lakh to scare off Phadte. ...
Indian-origin taxi driver attacked by passengers in UK
LONDON: An Indian-origin taxi driver in east Midlands town of Leicester has suffered injuries and lost his vehicle during an unprovoked attack by two passengers while he was dropping them off at night...
Car wars
How the mighty have fallen. For, history was created last year when for the first time, China sold more cars than America. | Industry data shows that in 2009, as against a figure of 10.4 million vehic...
Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hamsphire has ECB hot under collar
| • Plans for annual Twenty20 festivals may fall foul of ECB | • Rajasthan link-up with Hampshire and Cape Cobras | Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne, who has also played for Hampshire, was pre...
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani sets sights on buying Liverpool from Hicks and Gillett
| Liverpool emerged as a takeover target for the seventh-richest man in the world last night as the pressure mounted on Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr to cut a deal to sell Anfield. | Mukesh Ambani, ...
India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato
| In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad r...
Steyn rips apart India with spell of 5 for 3
| Dale Steyn confirmed his status as the world's premier quick bowler with a career-best 7 for 51 for South Africa on the third day of the first Test against India in Nagpur yesterday. | Steyn took fi...
Fonseka arrest could be poll issue
| B. Muralidhar Reddy | COLOMBO: With the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament expected on Tuesday and the general election scheduled for the first half of April, the arrest of the former Army Chi...
Tubular structures on lunar surface, ideal landing sites
| R. Ramachandran | Terrain Mapping Camera on-board Chandrayaan-1 revealed such a formation in the Oceanus Procellarum area | AHMEDABAD: Remnant tubular structures or tunnel-like formations from lunar...
Innovation the key to this low-budget animation film
| Swathi. V | It cost only Rs. 3 lakh to make the 22-minute-long Andha Viswas | - PHOTO: Special Arrangement | PIONEERING EFFORT: A frame from Andha Viswas, an animation film made with a new technique...
Sachin roped in for new Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
| New version criticised for being Bollywood-centric | Video does not feature any member of the cricket team | NEW DELHI: With the new avatar of the popular Mile Sur Mera Tumhara song - which won the ...
Flight-testing of cryogenic stage of GSLV in April
| Special Correspondent | TAMBARAM: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan on Monday said the flight- testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage of the GSLV D3 would be conducted ...
Khursheed: Sonia is Indian like Bahadur Shah Zafar
| Vidya Subrahmaniam | NEW DELHI: When did the idea of India begin? What role did the Mughal Empire play in the development of the modern idea of India? What were the contributions of Babur ki Aulad (...
Maoist network busted in U.P.
| Atiq Khan | LUCKNOW: In a top-secret operation, eight activists of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), including two members of its central committee and polit bureau, were arrested by the...
Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar
| Special Correspondent | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar conferring an honorary degree of Doctor in Science on ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan (left) at the convocation of SRM University in Kattankulath...
Government should have acted against hoarders Abhijit Sen
| Gargi Parsai | Abhijit Sen | NEW DELHI: Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen on Monday said the government should have acted with more firmness against hoarders and speculators, to curb price rise...
Sena to decide on Aussie players soon
| Meena Menon | MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena will take a call on allowing Australian players in the Indian Premier league (IPL) in two or three days, according to the party mouthpiece, Saamna. | On Sunday, U...
