Australian authorities today invoked immigration laws to detain Mohammed Haneef, shortly after a court granted the Indian doctor bail in connection with the failed UK terror plot.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani, who led an NDA delegation to the EC, told reporters that the opposition alliance believes "compulsive abstention" has no place in presidential elections.
India has asked all member states of the United Nations to take immediate and strong steps for making Hindi, the second most spoken tongue in the world, an official language of the World body.
Gujarat CID today filed a chargesheet against 13 police officials, including DIG D G Vanzara, before the metropolitan court in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Govt to probe misuse of CM Relief Fund Denying that Governmenet was shielding the officers involved in the corruption, Medical Education Minister V S Acharya said a thorough inquiry by a retired judge would be ordered shortly
CCRI to come out with new variety of coffee
The new variety, 'Sarchimar' resistant to white stem borer and other pests, developed by the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), will be released commercially in December.
FOREIGN
Sheikh Hasina arrested; sent to jail Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was arrested on Monday on charges of extortion and sent to jail by a court following rejection of her bail petition.
Pakistan has declared a high alert in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in the wake of suicide attacks in North WestFrontierProvince and threats from Al Qaeda and local Taliban.
Julio Baptista scored in the fourth minute and Brazil went on to beat Argentina 3-0 to win the Copa America for the second consecutive time over its longtime South American rival.
Lawson appointed Pakistan cricket coach The 49-year-old Lawson beat fellow Australians Dav Whatmore and Richard Done to get appointed as full-time successor to Bob Woolmer, who died in Jamaica during the World Cup in March.
National highway is cut off following a powerful quake in Nagaoka, northwestern Japan on Monday. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least five people were killed and more than 500 injured. The area was plagued by a series of aftershocks, the strongest of which was magnitude 5.8.
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Afridi spoke more like a batsman than a bowler inspite of his 'all-rounder' tag on the new rule announced by ICC.
