12:11 PM, Thursday Sep 09, 2010
  • Bopanna-Qureshi enter US Open finals

    Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has reached the US Open men's and mixed doubles finals and hopes to win both in tribute to the 21 million flood victims in his homeland.

  • AFSPA may be humanised

    Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and sought amendments to the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and a political package

India

Yamuna water may cross danger mark; authorities on alert

The water level in the Yamuna is likely to rise by at least two metres above the danger mark by Friday evening due to release of over 8 lakh cusec water by Haryana, a prospect that has prompted author

Metros

DDA yet to install ACs in Village flats

The Commonwealth Games Village is not only fighting the dengue scare, even the furnishing work of the flats is yet to be completed. The athletes will begin streaming in from September 15.

International

Mullah Omar tells Afghans the Taliban are winning

The Taliban's shadowy leader has told Afghans that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars by continuing in the conflict.

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Business

CCI probe cannot be challenged before Compat: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Competition Commission of India has authority to direct investigation pertaining to fair trade practices and its directions cannot be challenged before the

Newsmakers

Machine to translate brain signals in words

Coming soon: A mind-reading machine, say scientists who claim to have discovered a way of translating people’s thoughts into words. An international team, led by Prof.

Sports

Oz players unhappy over 10% cut in IPL salary

Australian cricketers and their board are heading towards a bitter stand-off with the former threatening not to sign their contract for next year over the latter's attempt to snatch 10 per cent of the

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Overreacting to China

China seems to have a knack for generating a periodic hubbub in our public discourse.

Welcome to Mallywood

For some time now, critics and analysts have been observing that modern Bollywood cinema has forgotten the “real” India.

Editorial

BJP-JMM as good, as bad as JMM-BJP

As low farce goes, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton re-tying the knot after a messy divorce can’t match the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha emerging from a marital blow-up onl

Was top court in realm of Executive?

At first glance, what the Supreme Court said seemed pretty much right, socially and even politically. Distribute foodgrains to the starving poor rather than let tonnes of grain rot in the FCI’s warehouses, the court had told the Union government. But, in hindsight, it appears a bit jarring, as even the soft-spoken Prime Minister, Dr

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