Their stint as the top-ranked team in the ICC ODI rankings was a short one, and it seems that this may be the case with India's world number one team ranking in Tests too.
Andrologist and microsurgeon Dr Sudhakar Krishnamurti responds to rediff readers' sexual queries.
An IAF IL-76 plane carried the first consignment of tents, cutting machines, blankets, water purifiers, generators and other relief material to Chengdu, capital of worst-hit Sichuan Province on Saturday afternoon. The 36-tonne consignment, part of the $5 million humanitarian assistance pledged by India, was transfered to the affected areas immediately after its arrival, the Indian Embassy said in Beijing.
The bench said denying permanent commission to women officers who have served the nation would result in serious miscarriage of justice.
The Sri Lankan government had recently announced a 48-hour ceasefire solely due to the efforts of the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre, the Congress party said in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday.
Mugdha Godse talks about her new film, Jail, and working with Madhur Bhandarkar for the second time.
India discard Parthiv Patel led from the front with a composed 83 as Gujarat scored 237 for seven on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Orissa in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
After facing the camera for the first time with Gulmohar, filmmaker Ranjith all set to welcome this Onam with Thirakkadha, which he has scripted and directed. The film will have Prithviraj and Priyamani in lead roles.
Ismail Khan, an accomplice of arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, is the one who gunned down three top police officials in a gun battle at Cama Hospital, according to Kasab's statement recorded by the police. Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were shot dead by Ismail Khan.
It has been a tale of two draws at the US Open, with the men's seeds advancing full steam ahead and the usually fastidious women's field in disarray. Eight of the top 16 women's seeds have been given the boot at Flushing Meadows, while all 16 men have strolled forward.
President Pratibha Patil has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to meet her on Thursday in the wake of Left parties withdrawing support to the United Progressive Alliance government. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique issued on Wednesday, hours after the four Left parties submitted letters snapping ties with the UPA government, said, "Keeping in mind these political developments, the President has requested the Prime Minister to meet her tomorrow to have his views."
An 11-year old schoolgirl, who was allegedly meted out severe corporal punishment by her school teacher, died on Friday at a hospital in New Delhi. The girl was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday after Manju, a teacher, allegedly punished her for not answering some questions. Shanno, a class II student of MCD primary school in Bawana, was 'made to stand' in the sun with bricks on her shoulders allegedly. She breathed her last at Maharishi Valmiki Hospital.
Finance Minister announced the approval of the scholarship scheme for students of minority communities. The scheme will be effective during 11th Five Year Plan.
Senior IAS officials are protesting against the posting of a junior officer of Indian Information Service of the 1982 batch to hold the post of Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau.
James Anderson excelled with bat and ball as Australia, replying to England's first innings total of 425, were reduced to 156 for 8 on Day 2 of the second Ashes Test.
The condition of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai following complaints of fever, is stable, doctors attending on him said on Friday.The fever has come down but he is very weak and feeling exhausted, doctors said, adding that the Sena patriarch needed complete rest. Doctors added that the results of all medical tests are normal.
World number one Rafael Nadal will begin the defence of his title at Wimbledon against Frenchman Arnaud Clement as long as his painful knees hold up. French Open champion Federer, in pursuit of a record 15th Grand Slam title, will open his account against Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun.
Tata Teleservices on Wednesday became the second major CDMA operator, after Reliance Communications, to get GSM radio frequency under the dual technology along with other new telecom players.Tata Teleservices has been given start up 4.4 MHz GSM spectrum in Tamil Nadu along with five new telecom players, company officials said.
Formula One drivers will seek a clarification of the rules before Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after stewards stripped Lewis Hamilton of victory in Belgium last weekend for cutting a chicane. The ruling outraged many fans and dominated the first day at Monza, with drivers divided on the justice of the penalty while other leading figures expressed concern for the fundamentals of the sport.
Sania Mirza maintained her winning run in the Aegon Classic, beating Hungary's Melinda Czink 6-1, 7-6(4) in the quarter-finals in Birmingham on Friday.
European champions Spain were unsurprisingly recognised as the top-ranked team of the year on Wednesday after winning every match they played in 2008.
AC Milan surged up to joint second in Serie A thanks to Filippo Inzaghi's hat-trick in a 5-1 home thrashing of lowly Torino on Sunday.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Wednesday, market expert Pranav Sanghavi replied to many such readers' queries.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has ruled out the possibility of returning as captain for this year's Twenty20 World Cup having resigned as test and one-day skipper in January in controversial circumstances. 'I just think it's too soon after what happened between me and the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) for me to take over the captaincy again if I was offered it for the Twenty20 World Cup,' he told Friday's Daily Mail in an interview.
Beaten hollow in the first cricket Test by the rampaging Indians, a dejected New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori today said his "inexperienced" side will stand no chance even in the second match if the batting does not improve drastically.
Filippo Inzaghi vowed to continue playing as long as he felt in form after scoring twice and netting his 300th career goal in AC Milan's 5-1 Serie A win at Siena on Sunday.
On a mixed day for the Indians, Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the men's doubles second round but Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's doubles event at the US $ 4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells. Sania and her partner Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei went down 1-6, 4-6 to the Argentine-Israeli team of Gisela Dulko and Shahar Peer in the opening round.
Royal Bengal Tigers stormed their way to the top of the table after outclassing Mumbai Champs by 12 runs in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Chasing a target of 171 in the allotted 20 overs, the Champs were bowled out for 158 in 19.5 overs to hand Bengal their third successive win in the tournament.
The Indian cricket team showed solidarity for the Sri Lankan cricketers who were attacked in Lahore on Tuesday by wearing black armbands in protest. Six Sri Lankan players were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked the team's bus as it was on its way to the Gadaffi stadium in Lahore to resume play on Day 3 of the second Test against Pakistan.
A major train tragedy was averted on Thuraday when a bomb planted on railway tracks by suspected tribal militants in lower Assam's Udalguri district exploded minutes after Arunachal Express passed the area, official sources said.
Chinese officials and the Dalai Lama's 'private representatives' agreed to hold another round of 'contact and consultation at an appropriate time', state run Xinhua news agency said after the meeting in the booming southern city of Shenzen. During the meeting, officials Zhu Weiqun and Sitar told the Dalai Lama's envoys that the riots in Lhasa on March 12 had given rise to 'new obstacles' for resuming contacts and consultations with the 'Dalai side', it added.
Brazil turned on the style to beat world champions Italy 2-0 in a friendly on Tuesday thanks to first-half goals by Elano and Robinho.
England, stunned by their humiliating opening loss to West Indies, face a test of character when the series resumes on Friday, all-rounder Andrew Flintoff said.
We take a look at some section-wise tips for each of the three sections of CAT.
We take a look at some section-wise tips for each of the three sections of CAT.
Basement club Vasco upset Sporting Clube de Goa by a solitary goal to register their second win of the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru stadium, in Margao on Sunday.
West Ham United avoided the fate of Premier League rivals Stoke City when they knocked League One (division three) giantkillers Hartlepool United out of the FA Cup 2-0 on Saturday.
Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says he has a strong side capable of winning not just the main prizes, the Champions League and Premier League, but the FA Cup and League Cup too.
A 21-year-old student committed suicide by hanging herself in Patna after failing in one subject, police sources said on Tuesday. The police have recovered the body of Saloni Kumari from the Adarsh Girls' Hostel on Boring Canal Road under Buddha Colony police station.
With the introduction of CTT, commodity players raise their doubts about the fledgling futures market.
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