Cricket will seek to reach out to the untapped American market when the sport's most followed practitioners, India, lock horns with the West Indies in their maiden international game in the US on Saturday.
The ISI has achieved their desired strategic depth by creating a Pushtunistan across Af-Pak that they control. The US and India can now look forward to more 9/11s and 26/11s.
Amit Mishra became the sixth Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in his debut innings.
Orsi was at the helm of AugustaWestland when the deal was struck and he is suspected of involvement in the payment of bribes.
Agarwal, thrusted into the squad following failure of KL Rahul and Murali Vijay, responded with a 76-run knock off balls, sorting out India's opening woes to some extent.
It won't be a surprise if Raju Shetti, the first to part ways with the National Democratic Alliance, citing agrarian distress, joins hands with the Congress and becomes part of the UPA.
Statistics show the BSP has always gained from pre-poll alliances, reflecting in the party winning more seats in subsequent elections and largely retaining the vote share too. Virendra Singh Rawat reports.
This is the first instance of violence since the Central Reserve Police Force was deployed in the area following the 'recapture' of the area by the CPI M. The forces were present at the village when the houses were set on fire.
Under the revised proposal, the regulator would levy a penalty of Rs 500 from a telecom service provider for the first instance of non-compliance, and Rs 20,000 per call for repeated offences.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of noted economist Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor but advised him not to compromise on the autonomy of the institution or get cowed down by the government.
GMR Infrastructure, the co-developer of Delhi International Airport (DIAL) and Hyderabad International Airport (HIAL), is looking at bidding for privatisation of Prague airport in the second half of 2008, one of the more profitable state-run enterprises in East Europe.
Setting aside differences over the implementation of the conditional access system, broadcasters and cable operators have decided to join hands to fight piracy of pay channels in CAS areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
'At a recent event, says Kishore Singh, almost everyone present lamented art being labelled as 'goods', and therefore the artist its 'manufacturer'.
Statistical highlights on Day four of the opening cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Sunday.
The government must engage with the advertising fraternity, clients and subject experts to formulate a set of guidelines for celebrities to follow, says Hemant Misra.
He also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the issue.
The solar rooftop system will generate 7,200 kilowatts per system per year, and it will be used for powering internal lights, fans, and other electrical systems of the coach.
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, the joint venture of state-run GAIL India and NTPC Ltd which owns the 2,150-MW power plant and the adjoining LNG import terminal, plans an IPO to raise Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), company Chairman R K Goel told reporters in New Delhi. The Dabhol plant will be fully operational by next month when the third generating unit is commissioned, he said adding that currently, two units were generating about 1,100 MW electricity.
Woefully inadequate infrastructure is just one of the many reasons why a case is not settled within 180 days and even 270 days as envisaged by the law, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Pakistan women cricket team's head coach New Zealander Mark Coles has resigned on Thursday, months before the ICC World T20 in Australia.
In scoring 124 not out on Day 1 of the fourth Test against Australia, Sachin Tendulkar extended his record for most Test hundreds to 39, and 23 on foreign soil. Having already registered 41 centuries in ODIs, he becames the first batsman to post 80 international centuries 39 hundreds in Tests and 41 in limited-overs internationals.
The sentences of the two Indians, who faced charges of sexually assaulting their housemaid, have been lowered to seven years from the initial 15 years.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the match:
The export-oriented software industry has reacted in several ways to the negative impact of rupee appreciation on its financial performance, especially in the last (April-June) quarter.
Check out the statistical highlights on Day 2 of the second Test between India and New Zealand.
In a move to become more accessible to the consumers, Coca-Cola has launched a toll-free consumer feedback number in the country.
Union Bank of India will bring banking services to the doorsteps of over 2.5 lakh hawkers in Mumbai by partnering with their association and FINO Fintec, a micro finance institution.
The sentence, a firm warning to human traffickers, was imposed by the Dubai court of first instance and is the first since a federal law on human trafficking came into force in 2006.
Frosty Indo-Pak relations after the beheading of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops were on full display in Yokohama, Japan.
The Fijian-Indian-origin, a senior Islamic State recruiter and terror plot instigator, had been arrested in an unnamed Middle Eastern country.
The man's Indian citizenship was denied on the ground of discrepancy in the name of his grandfather.
The state has allowed industrial units in special economic zones (SEZs) to lay off workers without government's sanction, regardless of the number of workers
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was again "detained" at an United States airport, the third time in seven years that he has been stopped by US immigration officials at the country's airports. However, outrage over the incident prompted US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma to apologise on behalf of his government.
This is the case of an Indian sailor being beaten to death by his mates.
What connects P S Jayakumar of Bank of Baroda, V Vaidyanathan of Capital First Ltd and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan?
Over 210,000 officers and clerks of State Bank of India struck work demanding revision in pension payment, between 3-10 April.
The discarded India seamer had figures of 2 for 108 from 22 overs when he turned out for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh.
In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Monday summoned one of its former judges, Markandey Katju, to appear in person before it to point out the "fundamental flaws", as claimed by him in the sensational Soumya rape case.
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