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India and China ask border envoys to work on more steps

A fortnight after Chinese troops ended their incursion into the Depsang valley in Ladakh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday asked their Special Representatives (SRs) ......read more

In 7 lucrative minutes on May 9, Sreesanth bowled six balls, bookie made Rs 2.5 cr

In the space of just seven minutes early in the evening on May 9, cricket bookie Chandresh Patel allegedly made Rs 2.5 crore. Those were the minutes that India pacer Sreesanth took to send down his se......read more

Bihar food corp ends up with chaff as rice worth Rs 535 cr vanishes from mills

The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd (SFC) is staring at a loss of Rs 535 crore after private rice mills that were given paddy to process defaulted and did not supply the rice they ......read more

Talkative Li quoted Weber, Hegel, Jobs, said PM is large-hearted

For all the hard talk that marked Premier Li Keqiang’s bilateral conversations with Indian leaders, the new Chinese PM also left an indelible impression of not being hostage to indoctrinated thoughts ......read more

'Sophisticated' Indian cyberattacks targeted Pak military sites: Report

Cyber analysts in Norway have claimed that hackers based in India have been targeting government and military agencies in Pakistan for the last three years, extracting information of national security......read more

Li Visit

Manmohan-Li talks: PM takes tough line on incursion issue

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday sought to draw the red line on border incursions with China, making it clear to his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that peace and tranquillity on the boundary i......read more

Travellers’ nightmare: Yellow fever vaccine stocks run out, production unit awaits repair

With the only government-run production unit for yellow fever vaccine in Kasauli out of order for nearly two years, most authorised vaccine centres in the country are fast running out of stock. This h......read more

Security forces blame Maoists, villagers say CoBRA man was killed in 'friendly fire'

While security forces have cited the death of a CoBRA personnel, Deva Prakash, to claim that those killed in Friday night’s encounter had Maoist links, villagers here said Prakash died in “friendly fi......read more

Former Ranji player among 3 more held

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Sunday arrested three more persons, including a former Ranji player, from Aurangabad for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing in IPL matches. A fourth person who e......read more

Rajasthan Royals to file FIR against tainted trio

While the BCCI on Sunday decided to await the findings of an internal inquiry into the spot-fixing controversy, Rajasthan Royals is set to file a criminal complaint against its players, S Sreesanth, A......read more

If found guilty, BCCI to ask ICC to erase Sreesanth records

If India pacer S Sreesanth is found guilty in the IPL spot-fixing case, it is learnt that the BCCI will not just ban him for life, but also suggest that the International Cricket Council (ICC) erase a......read more

Top cops among 42 named in death of blast accused

Even as the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday sought a CBI probe into the mysterious death of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the 2007 serial blasts in Lucknow and Faizabad courts, an FIR has been lodg......read more

Spot-Fixing

Police on money trail, Sreesanth in fresh trouble

Gathering evidence against three bowlers of the Rajasthan Royals, including India pacer S Sreesanth, and 11 others arrested for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing in Indian Premier League matche......read more

Chhattisgarh 'encounter' leaves 8 villagers dead, no Maoist link yet

At least eight villagers were killed and several are missing after an “encounter” between a joint team of the CRPF and district police and alleged Maoists in Ehadsameta village of Bijapur district in ......read more