Lata Mangeshkar conferred with Yash Chopra award
Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was on Saturday conferred with the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award for her contribution to cinema. She was presented the award by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari at a function here. Lata, who has been unwell for the last three days, made it a point to attend the function where industrialist-politician T Subbarami Reddy, who produced Hindi films like 'Vijay', 'Chandni' and 'Lamhe'
Third ODI: Faulkner steals the show and match
Mohali: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's blistering unbeaten 139 went in vain as Australia came from behind to pull off a sensational four-wicket victory over India in the third cricket one-dayer to take a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series here on Sat
Sangwan banned for 18 months by BCCI Anti-Doping tribunal
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan was today slapped with an 18-month ban from cricket after being found guilty of consuming a banned anabolic steroid by the BCCI's Anti-Doping Tribunal. The ban on the 23-year-old Delhi cricketer ha
British court backs Indian doctors' exam bias fight
London: A group representing Indian-origin doctors in Britain has won a minor victory in its legal battle against suspected racial bias within the country's medical examination system. The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) ap
Indian American introduces US government reform agenda
Washington: Amidst widespread frustration surrounding the US shutdown and reckless brinkmanship over the debt limit, an Indian-American leader, seeking his maiden Congressional bid, has introduced a vision of bold government reform agenda. One
India deeply disappointed over blocking of Maldives revote
New Delhi: India on Saturday said it was "deeply disappointed" over the blocking of a key presidential revote in the Maldives and called on all stakeholders in the Indian Ocean nation to fulfil their responsibility and ensure the election w
US debt increases to whopping $17 trillion
Washington: The public debt of United States has increased to a whopping $17 trillion after the Congress increase the debt ceiling this week. The Department of Treasury, on Friday, reported that the public debt stands at $17.076 trillion, an increase
VHP Sankalp Sabha: Ayodhya under security blanket, SMS banned
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has put a ban on SMS in Ayodhya to clamp down on Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) ‘Sankalp Sabha’ scheduled for Friday, an official said. More than 1200 people across the state have been placed und
In desert, Pakistan end a drought
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan survived top-order batting jitters on Thursday to notch a rare seven-wicket victory over top-ranked South Africa with more than a day to spare in the first Test. Pakistan required 40 runs for their first win over the Proteas in si
