Departing European champions Greece lost their third game out of three when they were beaten 2-1 by Group D winners Spain at Euro 2008 on Wednesday. Striker Angelos Haristeas opened the scoring for Greece with a header in the 42nd minute, his team's first goal of the tournament, but Spain equalised in the 61st through Ruben de la Red and took victory with a Daniel Guiza goal two minutes from time.
A married woman's self-acquired wealth can also be given to her parents -- apart from her husband, children and their relatives -- in case she dies without writing a will, the Law Commission has recommended. The Commission's suggestions are relevant more in the case of successful working women -- like corporate honchos, doctors or other professionals -- who make a fortune using their skill.
Malaysia has frozen the recruitment of Indian workers, including temple priests, sculptors and musicians, a move apparently linked to the recent mass protests by the ethnic Indians here against their alleged marginalisation.
Mumbai Indians' medium pacer Shaun Pollock said the team is hoping to carry on the momentum after the resounding victory over the Kolkata side.
The 61-year old actor who became an international icon of machismo with the huge success of his Rocky and Rambo series was in Tokyo, Japan yesterday to promote his latest sequel to Rambo titled simply Rambo.
Nick Jagger, Entry Clearance Officer at the British Deputy High Commission in Mumbai, discusses the student visa process and how students can best apply.
In spite of a curb on P-notes and markets being generally volatile throughout November, IPOs have bucked the trend by most of them getting listed at a premium. It seems that FIIs have entered more aggressively into primary market after this move.
Incidentally, the BBC Trust, of which Bharucha is the acting chairperson, took over the responsibility of running the organisation from the BBC Board of Governors from Monday.
The decision is significant as it comes in the midst of India's efforts to lobby support in the international community for its civil nuclear energy ambitions.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday said that he favoured a hike in the fuel prices to offset the increase in international crude prices. "The only viable strategy is to pass on the subsidy (oil) burden to the consumers, while providing targeted subsidy to the needy. And if we do not do it, investments in social sectors will be affected," he said.
After an inconsistent morning session where he finished 19th on the timesheet, Fisichella looked far more impressive in the afternoon and despite being slowed down by Toyota's Timo Glock, the Italian lapped in 1m 36.756s to finish 9th among 21 drivers.
American wildcard Vania King came from a set down to beat Anne Kremer in the Pacific Life Open first round.
Producer of hit show, Bano Meri Teri Dulhann, Neelima Bajpai tells us how to make a hit show.
India retained the Asia Cup with a 7-2 drubbing of South Korea on Sunday and the decisive manner of that victory has given coach Joaquim Carvalho plenty of cause for optimism ahead of next year's Olympic qualifiers.
Gerrard is expected to play for Liverpool against Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday with the aid of a pain-killing injection but manager Rafael Benitez says the midfielder may have to pull out of the England game.
Arsenal overcame the dismissal of striker Nicklas Bendtner to beat Everton 4-1 away on Saturday and regain top spot in the Premier League after Manchester United had earlier lost 2-1 at West Ham United
Andrew Strauss narrowly missed a hundred as England amassed 268 for 4 on Day 1 of the first Test.
Manchester City came from behind to beat Bolton Wanderers 4-2 to keep their 100 percent home record and go fourth in the English Premier League.
The met department forecast heavy rains in the southern part of the state as moderate rains lashed the entire state on Tuesday with Mount Abu recording a maximum rainfall of 124 mm.
The umpires will carry out an inspection of the Clyedesdale Cricket Ground at 6.30 pm IST.
Ibobi Singh was delivering his speech in a low voice just before inaugurating the fly-over, when he signalled for a glass of water. He shortened his speech and tried to take his seat, but fainted and fell down on the chair in front of the dignitaries present.
U.S. prosecutors indicted a former professional American cyclist on Thursday for lying about past use of steroids before the BALCO grand jury investigating doping in professional sports.
The proposal to adopt villages is to promote integrated rural development.
Wockhardt Ltd has signed an In-licensing agreement with UK-based LSI to market Vitix, a drug used for treating pigmentation disorder.
"Any judgment as per the law of the country will be processed and carried out. Law is the final authority," Kalam firmly told media persons on Saturday night while returning from Athens.
A spokesman for the HC Aiyaz Akbar told UNI that a large number of Jammu and Kashmir police personnel had been deployed outside Geelani's residence in Hyderpora locality of the state since early Saturday morning.
Bangladesh won the Champions Trophy warm-up match by seven wickets.
In a tweet, Modi said India is 'delighted to welcome' the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
It was decided at a meeting between the CBI and FIA.
Standard Chartered Bank, the country's second-largest foreign bank, is removing the ceiling on its India exposure to tap into the 9 per cent economic growth and expand operations, especially in infrastructure funding.
The scrip is moving northwards since last one month, as Deccan Aviation was considering proposals to infuse additional capital by way of private equity or stake sale.
Amid opposition from the private sector to reserving jobs for SCs and STs, the government on Tuesday said it will not impose quotas on India Inc, but only wanted more "affirmative action" from the industry for the socially underprivileged.
Australia's main obstacle during the two-Test series is likely to be poor weather rather than the challenge posed by the bottom-rung team.
Bowing to the demand of state petrol pump operators, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday agreed to cut state sales tax on petrol and diesel to make auto fuels competitive with neighbouring states.
Growing the CNN presence in India makes sense both journalistically as well as financially.\n
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten earned his first hard court victory for 18 months when he booked a place in the round-robin section of the Las Vegas Open on Monday.
For some, India has become critical to global operations. It accounts for 10 per cent of StanChart's top line as well as bottom.
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