Supreme Court stays order appointing BCCI administrator
NEW DELHI, OCT. 11. The Supreme Court today stayed an interim order passed by the Madras High Court superceding the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and appointing a retired judge of the apex court, S. Mohan, as interim administrator ...
PW leaders come overground for talks
DORNALA (PRAKASAM DISTRICT), AP, OCT. 11. The People's War (PW) and the CPI-ML (Janashakti) today took a significant step towards peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh Government with its top leaders emerging from the underground. The talks are ...
Beware of communal forces: Sonia
BHIWANDI, OCT. 11. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today cautioned the people in Maharashtra against the Shiv Sena and the BJP which were "spreading hate and communalism for their own selfish needs." Addressing the gathering at the ...
ON THE FRONT FOOT - ADAM GILCHRIST A perfect start to the series
In thrusting himself onto the international stage with such a wonderful debut innings, Michael Clarke, along with our experienced bowling group gave us the perfect launching pad for the series here in India. To go one up is the ideal start but of ...
CLP meet tomorrow to elect Arunachal Chief Minister
GUWAHATI, OCT. 11. The decks have been cleared for the installation of a new Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh with the party securing a majority by winning 34 of the 60 Assembly seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won nine seats, the ...
Gogoi visits flood-hit areas
GUWAHATI, OCT. 11. The Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, today visited the flood-hit areas of Goalpara district to take stock of the devastations caused by flash floods in Lower Assam district. Mr. Gogoi, who was accompanied by two of this ...
'Superman' passes away
MOUNT KISCO (NEW YORK), OCT. 11.Actor Christopher Reeve, who told interviewer Barbara Walters that he considered suicide in the first days after he was injured in a riding accident nine years ago, went into cardiac arrest on Saturday while at his ...
Keith Miller dead
Melbourne (Australia), Oct. 11. (AP): Australian cricket great, Keith Miller, an all-rounder on Donald Bradman's Invincibles team that toured England unbeaten in 1948, has died at the age of 84, his family said Monday. Miller, voted ...
Cancellation of 297 petrol pump allotments recommended
NEW DELHI, OCT. 11. The high-level Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to probe 409 cases of "tainted allotments" of petrol pumps made during the previous National Democratic Alliance Government has recommended the cancellation of 297 ...
Lucky escape
BANGALORE, OCT. 11. The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, had a lucky escape when a private helicopter in which he was flying ran out of fuel and forcelanded at the Gulbarga helipad today. Mr. Patil was on his way to Latur, Maharashtra, for an ...