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Cobra under his seat, South African pilot makes emergency landing

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has been lauded by flight experts for a safe emergency landing after a highly venomous Cape cobra reared its head in the cockpit mid-flight. Image used only for......

Imran Khan becomes 1st Pak PM to lose no-trust vote

Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, who turned his shaky team into champions in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, failed to repeat the same charisma in politics where he was run out by a......

Imran surprises Oppn, but pushes Pak into political uncertainty

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, known for surprising his opponents with inswinging yorkers in the field, startled Pakistan's Opposition political leaders in Parliament by recommending its......

Imran Khan, from World Cup winning cricketer to Pak's 22nd PM

Khan, who is believed to have the backing of the powerful military, has vowed to make a 'Naya Pakistan' which would be an Islamic welfare state. IMAGE: Imran Khan, the Oxford-educated......

Supreme Court must insist on powers of enforcement

As three judges -- including Justice K M Joseph -- are sworn in as Supreme Court justices, B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant, points out that India's Founding Fathers did not give......

New York Times sells Boston Globe to Red Sox owner

The New York Times Co has agreed to sell The Boston Globe to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, John W. Henry, for $70 million in cash, ending its 20-year ownership of the......

Mumbai's Ponda on US revenue service council

Mumbai-born, Tampa Bay, Florida-raised Ameek Ashok Ponda, a tax partner of the Boston-based Sullivan & Worcester LLP law firm and a member of its management committee, has been appointed to the......

UK: Queen's properties lose over 1 billion pounds

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has suffered over one billion pound dip in the value of her properties owing to the current global recession. The value of the Crown Estate has fallen by 1.3 billion......

Indian-American sentenced to jail in $12.5m fraud

An Indian-American investment advisor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following his conviction on 20 counts of fraud in connection with a scheme, which bilked 15 investors of approximately......

Carol Bartz to be Yahoo's new CEO

Yahoo Inc. has appointed Carol Bartz as its new chief executive officer. The 60-year old Bartz was chairman, president and CEO of Autodesk for 14 years. She stepped down in April, 2006. Bartz told......

The many lives of Swaroop Sampat Rawal

In the mid 1980s, Swaroop Sampat Rawal was at the peak of her acting career with Kundan Shah's hit television sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, where she played Renu, the wife of the late actor Shafi......

County C'ship: Indian pace duo put up stellar show

IMAGE: Playing for Kent, Arshdeep Singh picked up a two-wicket haul. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Reuters The Indian pace duo of Arshdeep Singh and Navdeep Saini shone bright for Kent and Worcestershire......

'He looks like he bowls quite fast'

IMAGE: Josh Tongue has picked up 162 wickets in 47 matches in first class cricket, including 11 in this season's county championship. Photograph: Cricket.com.au Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue......

'Different individuals stepped up': How India made it to WTC final

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma speaks to Virat Kohli. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Captain Rohit Sharma believes all individuals showed a lot of character and stepped up when needed to take......

Cheteshwar Pujara on fire with third century in County season

IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara celebrates his century. Photograph: Sussex Cricket/Twitter Senior India batter Cheteshwar Pujara continued to thrive in the English County circuit, bringing up his......

A Cricket Legend Turns 70

Last Wednesday, October 5, one of the finest all-rounders of his time turned 70. Imran Khan, who led Pakistan to its only World Cup title in 1992, took 362 Test wickets and 182 ODI wickets in a......

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