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Murali scales Mount 800
GALLE: Muttiah Muralitharan ended his Test career in a blaze of glory here on Thursday. The off-spinning legend reached an astonishing 800 wickets while playing a crucial role in Sri Lanka's emphatic 10-wicket victory over India on the final ...
Kashmir's bizarre new “normal”
Pressured by radicals in their ranks, secessionist leaders are reluctant to join in dialogue
Kayani's term extended by three years
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government on Thursday night extended the tenure of the Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashraf Pervez Kayani, by three years beginning November 29, 2010. Announcing this, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the ...
PIL plea against DGP appointment dismissed
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation petition challenging the appointment of IPS officer D. Sivanandan as Maharashtra's Director-General of Police. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah ...
India has a major role in Afghanistan: U.S.
NEW DELHI: While acknowledging Pakistan's position as a “concerned, legitimate partner” in Afghanistan, the United States on Thursday assured India that it also had a major role to play “in search for solutions” in the ...
“Few steps” by Pakistan not enough, says U.S.
NEW DELHI: The United States was talking “frankly” to Pakistan to take more action to prosecute the masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks since the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was as lethal as the Taliban and the al-Qaeda, U.S. Special ...
CRICKET Hail to thee, blithe spirit!
Galle: It is not often that a cricketer is applauded as he enters the hall for a press conference. Muttiah Muralitharan was accorded that honour before he addressed the media for the last time in his glittering Test career. It is ...
Government and Opposition complicit in Bihar “scam”
New Delhi: Bedlam has long since become the defining feature of Indian legislatures. Paper missiles, walkouts and slogan-shouting no longer shock, and are today accepted pretty much as legitimate legislative behaviour. And yet, when ...
‘Dina Bhoomi' editor released on bail
MADURAI/CHENNAI: The editor of Tamil daily ‘Dina Bhoomi,' S. Manimaran, his son M. Rameshkumar and associate M. Muthiah, who were arrested on Wednesday for publishing news on granite quarries in the Madurai region, were released on ...
Trees tell tales of rain, drought
Thrissur: Dead trees tell tales. In the past six months, tree-ring researchers at the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) have hauled teak discs from Thrissur forests to the College of Forestry's wood science laboratory for a ...
Chennai Tiruvallur High Road widening delayed
CHENNAI: The widening of the stretch of Chennai Tiruvallur High Road between Thiruninravur and Padi will be taken up only in the second phase in view of the protests by traders along the road. National Highways Authority of India sources ...
Tilak award for Sheila Dikshit
PUNE:This year's Lokmanya Tilak Award will be given to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. This was announced by president of the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust, Deepak Tilak, here on Thursday. The award is given every year by the ...