India

Super kin held; Super King must go

May 25, 2013 |

Should not Chennai Super Kings be banned? Has the team not brought the game into disrepute because of the alleged doings of Mr Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of the managing director of India Cements, Mr N. Srinivasan, who is also the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India?

Govt wants to rein in cricket board

May 25, 2013 - Rajnish Sharma |

The government is not just planning a stringent law against match-fixing to clear the existing mess in the cricketing world but will also be tightening the screws on the BCCI in an attempt to make the cricket board more accountable.

Fighters escort PIA jet, 2 held for endangerment

May 25, 2013 |

Two British men, aged 41 and 30, were arrested by the United Kingdom police on Friday afternoon after a Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore to Manchester was intercepted and escorted by two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets to Stansted Airport, near London.

Yard frees 2 women, 3 men still in custody

May 25, 2013 - SARJU KAUL |

The investigation into the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby by two British men of Nigerian descent, identified on social networking sites as 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, a convert to Islam and 22-year-old Michael Adebowale, is continuing as it emerged that the three suspects have not been arrested under anti-terrorism laws.

Forced landing shuts Heathrow

May 25, 2013 |

A British Airways flight, with 80 passengers and crew on board, made an emergency landing at the Heathrow Airport in London on Friday morning after its engine burst into fire just after take-off.

Genetic mystery of Bengal white tiger solved

May 25, 2013 |

The strikingly beautiful, milky coats of white Bengal tigers are caused by a single change in a known pigment gene, a new study has found.

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.

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