HC acquits all 12 accused in 2006 Mumbai blasts case

Nineteen years after seven train blasts here killed more than 180 persons, the Bombay high court on Monday acquitted all the 12 accused, saying the prosecution utterly failed to prove the case and......

'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs': What Kashmiris Want

At Srinagar's famed Lal Chowk, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf meets a computer engineer who drives an auto for a living and discovers that Kashmiris are more interested in finding jobs than......

Pak Army Chief Will Now Stay Till Nov 2027

Whenever tenures of army chiefs were extended in the recent past, prime ministers were subsequently eased out of office by the same army chief, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at......

NIA arrests truck driver who ferried Pak terrorist Naved

The driver, identified as Khursheed Ahmed alias 'Surya', said to be an overground operative of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayiba, is a resident of Awantipura. The National Investigation Agency on Friday......

England, Afghanistan in battle to stay in semis race

IMAGE: England will have to show massive improvement in batting and bowling to get the better of Afghanistan in Wednesday's Champions Trophy Group B match in Lahore. Photograph: Nida......

Mushtaq, Naved denied county NOC

Former Test players Mushtaq Ahmed and Rana Naved will be unable to fulfill their English county contracts after the Pakistan cricket authorities refused to grant them no objection certificates.......

UAE player gets 14-year ban for match-fixing

IMAGE: Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images Mehar Chhayakar, an Indian cricketer formerly based in the United Arab Emirates, has been banned from......

U-19 WC: England edge Afghanistan to clinch place in final

IMAGE: England's players celebrate winning their Under-19 World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan. Photograph: ICC England kept their nerve to become the first team to reach the ICC Under-19......

U19 WC: Afghanistan defeat Sri Lanka, set up semis clash with England

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC Media Afghanistan sneaked into the Under-19 World Cup semifinals after edging out Sri Lanka by four runs, courtesy a sensational fightback, in Coolidge, Antigua. The......