Several CRPF men killed in Maoists attack in ChhattisgarhNEW DELHI: Three months after it lost 76 men in an ambush by Maoists, the CRPF suffered another massive loss in Bastar: 26 of its men were killed when the Maoists attacked a road opening party in Narayanpur district. CRPF special DG Vijay Raman told the Times [...]
Toronto : As Toronto virtually went under lockdown before the G-20 summit beginning Saturday, anti-globalisation protesters marched through city streets to give the security forces a tough time. In one such anti-poverty protest, Mahatma Gandhi figured prominently. As more than 200 protesters played hide and seek with security forces, one could read this message from [...]
Dambulla : When India arrived in this spot on the Sri Lanka map for the 10th Asia Cup, they were missing not only six of their players but the coach as well. Naturally when MS Dhoni fronted up at the media conference he was going to talk about pressure and other team matters. One of [...]
New Delhi : Col Bhatia, a 62-year-old retired ex-service man, is already feeling the pinch of fuel hike. A retired Army officer, he runs a tourism business and drives around 100 kms daily from Noida to Delhi and back. He recently switched to a diesel car to save money on fuel but the Rs 2 [...]
Mumbai : Viveka Babajee, 37, one of the top and successful model, was found hanging at her Bandra residence late on Friday evening. Viveka was former Miss Mauritius and has been featured in several ads, including those for Kamasutra condoms. Police in Mumbai have seized a laptop and a mobile phone belonging to former supermodel [...]
Kolkata : Authorities have detained a Pakistan-bound cargo vessel containing military hardware and explosives at West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour. The ship, which has Liberian registration, was on its way to Karachi from Bangladesh’s Chittagong port. Officials at the Diamond Harbour have found ship to be loaded with anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers, besides ammunition and [...]
New Delhi : Who inspired whom, who wrote what, who advised whom and so on are the various snippets of India’s 1983 World Cup triumph that are now part of cricketing folklore. We present a choicest few. Man of the Match in the final against West Indies, Mohinder Amarnath once admitted that he drew inspiration [...]
New Delhi : Four days after the silver jubilee celebrations of India’s 1983 World Cup triumph, I received an email from Terry Mitchell thanking me for the coverage of the event at the Lord’s Cricket Ground that had gone virtually unnoticed by the British media. A columnist friend had attended the silver jubilee celebrations as [...]
With inflation still in double digit, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food will meet here on Friday to discuss food security, and the availability and prices of essential commodities. It was not clear whether the meeting, to be chaired by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will discuss the Planning Commission’s suggestions on the [...]
An eight-km stretch of the arterial Avanashi Road in the city turned into a colourful canvas on Wednesday evening, with a 40-float pageantry depicting various memorable phases of Tamil Nadu’s culture, literature and history. The three-hour procession of tableaux was part of the inauguration of the World Classical Tamil Conference that began here in the [...]
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