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Indonesia tsunami toll hits 272
Planes and helicopters packed with rescue workers and supplies landed for the first time on Wednesday on remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami, sweeping away villages and leaving at least 272 people dead and more than 400 missing. The first aerial surveys of the region revealed huge swaths of land […]
Breaking World News
Thanks to technology, there are now countless ways we can access breaking world news instantly, as they happen.There are other mediums through which breaking world news can be accessed, and that is through the internet The internet is a global market with all sorts of people doing business on it and with a whole lot […]
SC tells BCCI-Modi to negotiate
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the ongoing legal battle between ex IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the former’s disciplinary hearing on alleged financial irregularities must end with a compromise between the two after a special hearing. Lalit Modi’s lawyer Mehmood Abdi […]
Can’t be absolute best anymore but neither can Sachin: Ponting
Melbourne: Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he can no longer be at his “absolute best” with the bat but that should hardly be a surprise or concern as even an icon like Sachin Tendulkar is not at his peak anymore. Responding to former Australian captain Mark Taylor`s comments that his “best is behind him”, Ponting […]
Team for India-New Zealand Test to be selected on Oct 25
Margao: The selection committee will meet in Chennai on October 25 to select the Indian team for the first Test of the three-match series to be held in Ahmedabad from November 4-8. Team India is currently in Goa for the third and final one-dayer against Australia. India won the second ODI by five wickets in […]
Bihar’s minority report
Probably the most visibly divisive and vote bank-oriented politics in Bihar, after that over caste, is for the Muslim ballot. Right from PM Manmohan Singh to even the BJP, the tug of war for the Muslim vote in Bihar is truly and frankly, a naked affair and not muted as some would have you believe. […]
Lalu Yadav: A Profile
Ritesh K Srivastava The Assembly elections in Bihar are a do-or-die battle for former Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav who was pushed to the margins by his arch-rival Nitish Kumar of JD-(U) in the year 2005. After conceding defeat in that year’s Assembly elections, Lalu, with the support of LJP chief Ram […]
Nitish Kumar- A Profile
The elections in Bihar are a litmus test for Janta Dal (U) leader and present Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is regarded as the harbinger of a ‘change’ that has begun to sweep one of the most backward states of India. Nitish’s swearing-in as Chief Minister after 2005 Assembly elections was seen as a turning […]
Bihar I phase poll ends peacefully, 53% turnout
Patna/New Delhi: Fifty-four percent polling was recorded Thursday in the first phase of Bihar`s staggered assembly elections that passed off peacefully barring “minor clashes”, officials said. The elections were held in 47 constituencies spread across eight districts. Around 10 million people were eligible to exercise their franchise in the first round held in the Kosi-Seemanchal […]
K’ taka: Horsetrading caught on camera?
New Delhi: In yet another slump in Karnataka politics, former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has alleged that the ruling BJP is indulging in horsetrading to wean away his party MLAs. According to reports Friday, the JD-S leader has also released a video footage, which shows BJP MLA Suresh Gowda offering bribe of […]
