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Mugabe, wife 'in custody'; not a coup, says Zimbabwean army

IMAGE: Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare on Wednesday.Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters The Zimbabwe Army on Wednesday sought to reassure the country that it......

Nelson Mandela's real hero was not Gandhi, but Nehru

Compromise, constitutionality, pragmatism and self-respect. These were Mandela’s leadership virtues. For countries such as India and South Africa, these are the qualities leaders must have,......

Gupta family apologises for wedding jet controversy

A wealthy Indian family in Johannesburg has apologised to the Indian and South African governments as well as to the public for triggering a huge scandal in their effort to host a "memorable"......

Majority of Islam rejects extremists, says Obama

US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday,thatthere was a tendency among radicals to portray as "anti-Islam" any effort towards democratisation, but insisted that vast majority of the followers......

Uganda attacks show Al Qaeda is still lethal

The deaths in the drone strikes of many Al Qaeda leaders such as its No 3 Sai'd al-Masri and Saleh-al-Somali from Somalia have not weakened the capability of Al Qaeda to plan and mount terrorist......

TCS eyes $200 mn from S Africa

Tata Consultancy Serviceshas estimated to earn revenues worth $200 million by 2010 from its South African operations against $28 million in 2005-06. TCS, one of the first Indian software companies......

UTV bags $3-mn animation contracts

UTV Software Communications Ltd has bagged three animation contracts from overseas with total value exceeding over $3 million.The company is also planning to triple its workforce to 150 personnel......

'I wanted Ash as Mumtaz Mahal'

Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort, home to the Rajput rulers of the kingdom of Marwar, is bustling.The 15th century fort is leased out to filmmaker Akbar Khan for his Taj Mahal -- An Eternal Love Story, an......

South Africa tour to West Indies on hold indefinitely

'We are struggling to find the time with the Indian Premier League, when our players are likely to be needed from the beginning of September.' IMAGE: South Africa's director of cricket Graeme......

I was forever lonely: Ntini recalls his time in SA team

IMAGE: Makhaya Ntini who claimed 390 Test and 266 ODI wickets and played alongside stalwarts such as Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener. Photograph: Getty Images ......

Commentary with Sunny, Ravi, Harsha: Alan Wilkins reveals all

'Sunny Gavaskar is very mischievous, Harsha Bhogle is like a schoolboy,' sports broadcaster Alan Wilkins tells Rediff.com/Norma Godinho in an exclusive interview. IMAGE: Alan Wilkins, right,......

'If Test cricket has to survive, it has to embrace change'

'T20 cricket is popular because everything is faster and people want things quicker.''Test cricket is going to battle, but I would like to think that it is going to be around and stay around......

Police confirm Peter Roebuck committed suicide

Peter Roebuck, one of the most respected cricket commentators, who also wrote for Indian newspapers, committed suicide at his hotel in Cape Town where he was covering Australia's Test series......

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