Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Biswanath Dutt, best known in Indian cricket fraternity as Jagmohan Dalmiya's mentor, passed away on Monday after suffering from acute lung infection.
Nimmi, the legendary actress, passed away at her Mumbai home on Wednesday, March 25.
Founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena in its more than five decades long journey has allied with the Congress, formally and informally.
Tottenham Hotspur gained a slender advantage in their League Cup semi-final against London rivals Chelsea as Harry Kane's penalty earned them a gritty 1-0 first-leg win.
Former Australia captain Richie Benaud, the voice of cricket for millions of television viewers, has been injured in a car accident and will remain in hospital for the next few days, Channel Nine said on Thursday.
With unrelenting bad weather playing spoilsport, North Zone and South Zone were declared joint winners of the Duleep Trophy after the fifth day's play of the final was called off without a ball being bowled in Kochi, on Monday.
Gits now has super food mixes like brown rice and flax seeds idli mix, oats idli mix and such other products. It has also launched an organic and vegan version of ready meals abroad. It also has an e-store, besides selling through Flipkart, Amazon and Big Basket.
David Rubin, novelist, translator, and an authority on the literature of India, died on February 2 from a stroke at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 83. His first novel The Greater Darkness, a novel of India (1963) won the Duff Cooper award as the best first novel published in England that year.
Enid Blyton's best-loved adventure series is all set for a revival.
One of the bold proposals in the Finance Bill, 2007, is amendments in the law relating to valuation of imported and export goods
She was busy applying make-up when the Nehrus waited at the airport.
The state senate voted in favour of the abolition on Monday, and the New Jersey followed suit on Thursday with a 44-36 vote in favour. The measure is now expected to be approved by the Democrat governor, Jon Corzine
Besides late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and former prime minister Indira Gandhi, NCP president Sharad Pawar also figured in the posters.
The top secret documents of March 1963 were approved for release only in May 2007.
'There is no doubt that the US would like all their friends to agree with them. We are not in the habit of doing that,' says former diplomat Arundhati Ghose.
He died on Wednesday from organ failure after suffering from dengue and hepatitis B.
Nehru rejected a British-US proposal which said 'neither India nor Pakistan can entirely give up its claim to the Kashmir Valley,' and thus 'each must have a substantial position in the Valley'.
- George Best, one of the most talented footballers to grace the 'beautiful game'.
Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to enter the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open
The defending champion beat countryman Dhruv Sitwala in the final.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who worked with the veteran director, expressed her grief over his death.
'With his passing comes the end of Indian cricket history.'
John F. Kennedy was in 1963, was told by his top advisors that any guarantee to defend India against Chinese invasion might force the United States to use nuclear weapons.
Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood royalty, and asks *you* to pick your favourite!
Bayern Munich, already crowned Bundesliga champions last week, lifted the league trophy in an empty stadium on Saturday after crushing hosts VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 on the final matchday. Bayern can win more silverware next week with the German Cup final against Bayer Leverkusen. They are also still in the Champions League.
Factbox on Jose Mourinho, who was named manager of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday
Kumble now holds the record for having the most wickets taken by a Test centurion beating Kapil's record.
The veteran actress passed away today, January 17.
A factbox on coach Jose Mourinho who joined Chelsea from European champions Porto.
'The Himmatsinghji Report is still 'missing'.' 'It is a great loss for the knowledge of India's borders.' 'It would have an immense value at a time China is bound to shift its attention to other border fronts in the Himalayas,' notes Claude Arpi.
Ghose was head of Indian delegation to the conference on the CTBT in Geneva in 1996 and she is hailed for strongly outlining India's position in opposing the treaty.
Factbox on Fiji's Vijay Singh, who replaced Tiger Woods as world number one after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Southampton's Senegal forward Sadio Mane scored the fastest Premier League hat-trick as he broke a 20-year-old record to help them lead 5-1 at home to Aston Villa by halftime on Saturday.
Factbox on Fiji's Vijay Singh, who ended the 2004 U.S. PGA Tour season with record earnings of $10,905,166.\n
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