Indian women's cricket team will be eager to pile further misery on South Africa
West Indies piled on the misery for Bangladesh by ending the third day of the second Test in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, with a huge 427-run lead with six second innings wickets remaining.
Taking a potshot at Shahid Afridi for tampering with the ball during the fifth ODI here, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the Pakistani all-rounder's action ended up costing his side a rare victory on what has been a nightmarish tour for the visitors.
Former champions ATK suffered a 0-2 defeat to two-time runners-up Kerala Blasters in the opening match of the fifth Indian Super League (ISL) at the Saltlake Stadium, in Kolkata, on Saturday.
The Art of Living Foundation is celebrating of Navratri with nine days and nine nights of pujas, yagnas and homas performed as per the vedic traditions in Borivili in Northern Mumbai. The intention behind these festivities is to pray for peace. The homas are supposed to purify the environment and honour all aspects of creation.
Aneesh Phadnis and Veena Mani find out what the manufacturers and the hospitals have to say.
The CWC meeting is being held in Gujarat after a gap of 58 years. It was last held in the state at Bhavnagar in 1961.
Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma.
Dialysis is a scary word to most of us. It signifies that both the kidneys have failed and our blood needs to be cleaned by an external agent. It conjures up images of financial difficulties and we have often heard people say, "It's a rich man's disease, a poor man would die as the costs are prohibitive."
Train your mind to lead you to the secrets and keep the channel of communication open with it, so you become aware and act on it, says mind coach and mental health expert Anu Krishna.
The most strident criticism of UP's anti-conversion ordinance has come from the judiciary with several retired Supreme Court and high court judges having described it as being violative of Article 14 (Right to Equality), 15 (Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion), 21 (Right to Life) and 25 (Freedom of conscience) of the Constitution, points out Rashme Sehgal.
'The outlook for private investment, which has been such a weak link for India for so long, remains challenging.'
European champions Liverpool made an emphatic start to the new Premier League season by scoring three times in the opening half an hour as they taught promoted Norwich City a harsh lesson with a 4-1 thrashing at Anfield on Friday.
'Both Anilbhai and Harbhajan are great bowlers and in good form. It's not going to be easy for the Australian batsmen in the Test series,' young leg spinner Piyush Chawla predicted.
'The first two months of monsoon are not looking good.' 'In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.'
Dr Singh's services are not going to be asked for in the electoral battle of 2009 as it wasn't used in the last five years. His presence in the Congress scheme of things was more of symbolic value than political. But, all said and done, he was a stable symbol that has now been shaken due to his absence from office.
Delhi Daredevils will be overwhelming favourites against Kolkata Knight Riders, in disarray after six losses in eight matches, when the two sides lock horns in an Indian Premier League match in Durban on Tuesday.
If the PM gives the historic opportunity of laying the foundation stone of the Ram temple to a Dalit girl, it will send a transformational message to the Dalits in India and will give them a sense of belongingness, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite frames from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Here are five talking points from the weekend in La Liga.
The top court also directed authorities to consider withdrawing all cases against migrant workers for alleged violation of lockdown norms under the Disaster Management Act.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has called on Alastair Cook to step down and hand over captaincy to Joe Root if the left-handed opener feels he's taking the job for granted. Before coming on the tour of India, Cook had admitted he did not know how long he would remain in the job, suggesting it could be as little as two months. However, he played down that speculation of stepping down as skipper post the ongoing Test series against India before the start of the first Test itself.
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach and his team were dealt misery on top of their one-day series loss to Bangladesh after being fined for breach of the International Cricket Council code of conduct.
This week's Group of 20 meeting already has a packed agenda: maintaining demand, repairing the global financial system and increasing the International Monetary Fund's resources.
'As long as there is misery, as long as people let themselves be exploited by rogues, this will continue.'
In absence of drinking water and electricity during the mid-May summer, life in the coastal districts remained derailed even four days after the calamity.
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom club Norwich City.
Forward Mumtaz Khan (8th, 11th, 12th, 15th) scored four times and Chetna scored thrice (6th, 14th, 17th) to help India achieve the dominating win on Monday night.
The Ayodhya verdict heralds not the beginning of theocracy or Hindu rashtra (that never existed in 5,000 years), but marks the end of a divisive phase of our history.
One third of all Indians live in one room. Another one third lives in 2 rooms. They cannot self quarantine or isolate and if infected they will pass it on to others. It is impossible for India to control an epidemic, warns Aakar Patel.
Ricky Ponting piled on the misery for England with a masterful century to help Australia claim a comfortable four-wicket win and a 5-0 lead in the one-day series on Tuesday. Captain Ponting thumped 126 in 109 balls as the visitors eased to their target of 300 with 10 deliveries to spare at Trent Bridge.
Joshi alleged that in many of the cases there has been a hundred per cent rise in the price of commodities. He also said that the UPA government is ignoring the plight of farmers.
Major mosques and idghas, which see tens of thousands of people offering namaz on Eid and then embracing each other, remained mostly empty perhaps for the first time on the festival as the government has prohibited all kinds of religious gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Bullish on huge profitability and deep pockets, Corporate India started 2008 with an aim to conquer the world and pocket global firms, but ended with blues caused by bitter controversies, be it Tata's Nano, ICICI Bank share debacle, Satyam fiasco or Ambani vs Ambani battle.
Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage on Thursday after losing 4-3 at home to Real Sociedad, while record 30-times winners Barcelona were sent crashing out of the Copa del Rey in a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao.
Though this thriller has a good premise, it's execution leaves much to be desired. The only good thing about the movie is the performances by the veterans.
Underemployed freelancers and involuntary part-timers are hidden casualties of the deepening recession.
Bolivia ended Argentina's 100 percent record under Diego Maradona in style by thrashing them 6-1 at high altitude in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
Addressing a rally in Karkardooma in east Delhi, Modi alleged that the AAP and the Congress were provoking people and misinforming them. They were keeping the Constitution and tricolour in the forefront, but the aim was to 'divert attention from the real conspiracy', Modi said ahead of the Delhi elections on February 8.
