CRICKET Chappell is a fantastic coach: Lehmann
CHENNAI: Darren Lehmann's shaven head gleams under the afternoon sun. His blue eyes probably shine brighter. The effervescent Australian still bristles with life. He is 35, has galloped into the sunset, but retains the buoyancy that ...
20 injured in grenade explosion near J&K Assembly
SRINAGAR: At least 20 people, including four securitymen and two children, were injured as militants triggered a powerful grenade explosion in the high security Jehangir Chowk near the Assembly complex here on Thursday. Official sources said the ...
Ready for pact on Siachen
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said it is ready to sign an agreement with India on withdrawal of troops from the Siachen Glacier based on the "understanding" reached in 1989. The Foreign Office spokesman was commenting on a statement by Indian ...
House adjourned sine die
CHENNAI: The Assembly session, which began on September 21, and discussed the First Supplementary Statement of Expenditure for 2005-2006, was adjourned sine die on Thursday. The Leader of the House and Finance Minister, C.Ponnaiyan, ...
Strike passes off peacefully in State
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With shops and markets remaining closed and vehicles mostly staying off the road, the countrywide general strike called by central trade unions on Thursday was near total in Kerala. Employees in Central and State Government ...
At long last, a date with Seth after a seven-year wait
NEW DELHI: Vikram Seth certainly is an exception to every rule. The first real "desi" to walk through the "Golden Gate'' to go beyond the Indian subcontinent to the West via Tibet, Vikram Seth's latest book "Two Lives'' -- his first non-fiction ...
