Thiruvananthapuram: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday praised Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and asked the CPI-M to introspect and rethink its ideology. Gandhi was addressing the valedictory function of a yatra by state Congress...

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) swung into action Friday calling an emergency meeting and suspending a cricketer, but more and more sordid details of the spot fixing scandal came tumbling as the three arrested players, including...

Colombo : Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all 'external elements' seeking to 'disrupt' the country's peace. Speaking on the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war against Liberation...

Bangalore : An aggressive half-century by skipper Virat Kohli (56 not out, 29b, 6x4, 4x6) carried Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 24-run win over league leaders Chennai Super Kings here Saturday and kept their play-off hopes alive in the Pepsi IPL tournament....

Mumbai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the silver jubilee celebrations of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) here Friday, an official said here. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister T. Shanmugaratnam, who also holds...

Mumbai: Amar Chitra Katha, which has depicted India's rich culture for generations of Indians through its comics, has launched a complete collection of its 300 titles. Billed as a collector's delight and ideal for private, public and school libraries,...

New Delhi: The final marks of successful candidates of the civil services examination were made public for the first time. The move came following a direction by the Central Inforamtion Commission (CIC) to make the results public on the UPSC website....

London : A stressful job can change the way body handles fat, resulting in raised cholesterol levels and even a heart disease, almost fatal for anyone. According to Spanish researchers, stressful situations affect how the body metabolises fat - ultimately...

Washington: Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into a global brand. 'It's going to be exciting,'...

Cairo:Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt, Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eisa said. The soldier's remains were discovered in a field that dates to the Late Roman Period and Early...

New Delhi: Faced with several complaints against cartoon channels for showing scenes which are unsuitable for children, the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has asked broadcasters whose primary viewership is children to exercise greater...