Double amputee Oscar Pistorius failed in his first bid to reach the Olympic 400 metres qualification time at an athletics meeting on Wednesday. The South African, who runs with carbon fibre blades attached below the knee, is entitled to compete against able-bodied runners following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in May. The 21-year-old needed to clock 45.55 to qualify for the individual race at next month's Beijing Games but instead ran 47.78 to finish fourth.
An accused, arrested in connection with planting of a pipe bomb on BJP leader L K Advani's Jan Chetna yatra route near here, caused a flutter in a court on Tuesday when he slit his throat in a bid to commit suicide.
A dagger that once belonged to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan fetched 1,700,000 pounds at the Bonhams Indian and Islamic sale in London on Thursday. The elegant and understated personal dagger carried by Shah Jahan (reign 1627-1657), with its fine gold inscriptions and decoration dated to 1629-30 AD, was expected to attract bids of around 300,000-500,000 pounds.The dagger was the most important item in a collection built by the late Jacques Desenfans, a Belgian.
Virender Sehwag reached his triple century on Friday off 278 balls which makes it the fastest triple century in terms of balls faced.
Villagers in Melur panchayat in Thrissur district of Kerala, would soon render a group of money-lenders, known locally as the 'blade-mafia', jobless, thanks to a pioneering scheme launched by the South Indian Bank (SIB).
Scientists at the Leh-based Regional Research Laboratory have cross-bred the region's famous yaks with high yielding Swiss cows to produce a new breed, which can withstand extremely high altitudes.
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East Zone displayed a superb team effort to beat defending champions Central by 18 runs and set up a summit clash with West in the Zonal One-Dayers of the Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
It's not only Ireland that showered unbridled love on its prodigal son George Best, the legend lives on at Old Trafford.
Both Mahinda Rajapaksa and Modi have learnt from their past mistakes. Modi has understood that Rajapaksa is a 'forever politician' that India has to live with, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Talking points from this weekend's Premier League action as top two Manchester City and Liverpool both won with City remaining a point clear with two games remaining.
A 20-year-old US student who was shot in the shoulder during the deadly Arizona rampage this week took it in his stride and posted online a series of bloody selfies rather than calling for medical help.
To prevent intrusion at night, work is going on in full swing to lay electric lines, installation of large lights and power station.
Overall, though, Next makes a hash of the original material, to no discernible purpose. And in the process, it wastes two high-quality talents (Julianne Moore and Nicholas Cage).
Kudos to Director Karthik Subbaraj for bringing back the Rajini of the 1990s, says A Ganesh Nadar.
Deep-learning machines are conquering realm after realm of human expertise, but is there a difference between Them and Us?
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The Ranji Trophy Plate Division final between Railways and Gujarat this year may well be remembered more for its run drought than its eventual result.
With the new facility, settling PF withdrawal claims would just take few hours.
A Jet Airways flight carrying the Australian cricket team and a few Indian players made an emergency landing in Nagpur after it was hit by a bird, 10 minutes after take-off on Monday morning.
Many goods are likely to become more expensive as the government mulls to lift duty exemptions on them.
Arsenal, who fired Unai Emery as manager last week and appointed former player Freddie Ljungberg as caretaker boss, now sit 10th in the table on 19 points, with Brighton a single point behind and three places below them.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has labelled the South African court's decision of handing Oscar Pistorius a six-year jail term for killing his girlfriend as 'pathetic' and 'shambles'. While delivering her decision in a story that has attracted intense worldwide attention, Judge Thokozile Masipa said she had considered both aggravating and mitigating factors, such as rehabilitation and murder, and concluded that the latter outweighed the former.
From Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Emma Roberts, Joe Jonas to Mandy Moore, tattoo artiste Winter Stone seems to be everyone's favourite in Hollywood.
Cities are the future of the world, and slums are the future of the city.
Opener and former captain Graeme Smith was released from the South African ODI squad, which is currently playing a three-match series against India, to "focus" on his preparations for the Test series, which starts from December 18.
'Crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon.
Yes, a *lot* happened at the Hollywood Film Awards.
World number one Roger Federer won a four-way shave-off in Shanghai on Friday in an unusual warm-up for the Tennis Masters Cup.
In a boost to its manufacturing capabilities, global wind energy majors including GE, Enercon, and Vestas are turning to India to produce key wind energy components, making the country a sourcing hub for export operations.
Powell feels that hitting sixes for fun is the new normal.
Pakistan's coach said bowlers should be given some freedom to alter the condition of the ball so that it became 'less of a batsman's game'.
Pakistan's captain disagrees with those who believe that Sachin Tendulkar is on the declines. 'He's good for another four-five years.'
Judge Rudy Serra of the 36th District Court agreed, saying that the city's knife ordinance was intended to apply to people carrying 'a knife as a weapon or for some unlawful purpose'.
Less than three months ago, Aaron Finch, alarmingly down on form and confidence, actually feared he might not be chosen for the Australian squad that he was due to lead. Now, he's atop the scoring charts at the World Cup.
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