Pakistan has put its clocks forward to tide over an unprecedented energy crisis by taking advantage of an extra hour of daylight, creating consternation among the people and even raising the hackles of some. The concept of "daylight saving time" was introduced on Sunday by putting clocks forward by an hour at midnight, but many claimed that the government had not done enough to publicise the measure that will remain in place for three months.
Jelena Jankovic's bid for a fourth straight title ended on Thursday when the world number one lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the Zurich Open. The Serb was playing her opening match of the week after receiving a first-round bye but showed little sign of having benefited from her brief rest since winning in Moscow.
The IPL champion's captain Rohit Sharma was fined $ 1,500, while his teammates were docked $ 750 each for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Champions League Twenty20 match against the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday night in Jaipur.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath might have been named in the Kandurata Maroons team for the Champions League Twenty20 but he is yet to get clearance to play in the tournament, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.
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All public examinations scheduled for Wednesday would be postponed to a later date, Backward Classes Welfare Minister D Srinivas told reporters here.
John Terry became the second Chelsea player this year to make 100 appearances in the Champions League when he captained his side against Sporting Lisbon in their Group G match in Portugal on Tuesday.
The Kennedys have put their considerable clout behind Barack Obama's campaign to be the first coloured man to be President of the United States of America.
Yahoo and Google are close to sealing a search advertising alliance that would leave Microsoft out in the cold as it hunts for a way to boost its own flagging search business, according to a person familiar with the matter. Separately Yahoo said on Thursday that talks with Microsoft on the latter's bid for the company were now over.
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Marco Materazzi is taking legal action against three British newspapers over their reporting of the incident in last July's World Cup final when he clashed with Zinedine Zidane.
Late goals from William Gallas and Tomas Rosicky gave Premier League leaders Arsenal a 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic on Saturday as champions Manchester United slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers. In another match, Steven Gerrard inspired fifth-placed Liverpool to a 3-0 victory at Newcastle United.
Parliamentarians will have to wait for some more time to get a fatter pay packet as the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to leave the proposal to the next Lok Sabha. The proposal, coming close on the heels of the report of the Sixth Pay Commission for Central government employees, was aimed at amending the salary, allowances and pensions of MPs Act 1954, and paving the way for establishing a permanent mechanism for the purpose.
The facility will be available at four of Future Group's Big Bazaar outlets in Mumbai. Cleartrip will soon extend this tie-up to other Big Bazaar outlets in the city as well as other metros.
Delhi took the opening day's honours in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Mumbai being played at the Wankhede Stadium
IT major Patni Computer Systems is close to acquiring a European IT company for $20-25 million (around Rs 100 crore) and is expected to announce the deal in the next two months.
Limited capacity addition this year despite burgeoning growth in international travel, easier visa norms for Europe and the US and huge cancellation charges have all led to an unprecedented seat shortage and an increase in ticket prices.
DaimlerChrysler India on Friday announced the launch of the latest edition of its S-Class diesel, the S 320CDi L, and the premium Mercedes-Benz CL-Class, for the Indian market at the Brand Showcase in Mumbai.
Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers registered convincing victories at the Federation Cup football tournament.
"The government's claims of democracy in the context of Jammu and Kashmir are hollow and baseless," Geelani said.
The 22-year-old Punjab shooter scored two points more than Athens Olympics gold medallist Kostevych Olena bag gold in the women's air pistol event at the World Universiade.
Former Team India coach John Wright has joined New Zealand Cricket in a high performance role, while John Bracewell was reappointed as coach of the Kiwi side until April 2009.
East Bengal named Bikash Panji as the interim coach for the upcoming Durand Cup
Sourav Ganguly scored a fighting 83 while Irfan Pathan was unbeaten on 111 as India posted 316 for seven against Rest of South Africa.
The JV is expected to invest Rs 2,300 crore (Rs 23 billion) in the next three years. The focus will be on retail and industrial logistics, including that of auto, auto components and other sectors. The JV plans to build 7.5 million sq ft of warehousing space in the next three years and 25 million sq ft in five years. The JV has acquired 27 acres in Pune so far and is in the final stages of buying nearly 460 acres in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata, among others.
In a bold initiative, the Centre has allowed the department of posts to invest about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) from its life insurance schemes in the stock markets for better returns.
The incident came five days after communal violence claimed three lives in Narsinghgarh town in the same district.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a dubious penalty as 10-man Inter Milan beat second-from-bottom Empoli 1-0 on Sunday to pull eight points clear at the top of Serie A.
ICC's Brenden McClements said Greg Chappell had not violated code of conduct for making any comments on Shoaib Akhtar's action
AC Milan has made a 4 million-pound offer offer for the Brazilian striker.
All systems on board the satellite were functioning normally.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds retained his place along with seamer Mitchell Johnson, who was the 12th man in Perth.
"While there may be scope for improving the grammar and the language, let us get to the substance of the issue," he told Karan Thapar in an interview for CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate show.
He also pointed out that the home ministry was neither consulted, nor did it give the necessary security clearance
Juventus said in a statement that it booked a capital loss of 8.6 million euros on the sale.
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