Five killed in mosque blast near Charminar Five persons were killed and four others, including two children, were injured when a bomb exploded in the historic Mecca mosque in the Charminar area of Hyderabad.
The TADA court today awarded five persons three years rigorous imprisonment after they were convicted for bringing RDX, hand grenades and guns into the country at Raigad coast.
SC permits Shilpa to go abroad The apex court also issued a notice to the SP, Mundawar, Rajasthan, who had issued lookout notices to all the airports in the country asking them not to let Shilpa go abroad.
Badal convenes all-party meeting; situation tense in Punjab Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh purportedly appeared in the attire of the 10th Sikh guru in an advertisement, sparking clashes between Sikhs and Dera followers in Punjab, Rajasthan and New Delhi over the past three days.
19 of marriage party killed in road mishap Nineteen members of a marriage party, including the bride, were killed on the spot and 22 others injured when a KSRTC bus collided with a tempo at Halur Cross on National Highway-13, near Bellary.
Pak seeks more funds from US to fence border Pakistan requested more funds from the US to fence and mine Pakistan's border with Afghanistan and stop cross-border movement of militants, during US special envoy Ambassador Ronald Neumann's talks with Pakistan's National Security Adviser, Tariq Aziz.
Musharraf rules out return of exiled politicians Musharraf, facing the most serious challenge to his authority since he seized power in 1999. ruled out the return of former PMs, Nawaz Sharif and Benanzir Bhutto, to take part in a general election at the end of the year.
India finish Day One on a high Tendulkar and Ganguly cracked brilliant half-centuries to power to India to a comfortable position. India was well cushioned at 295 for three at stumps on the opening day.
Sasikiran beats joint leader, in sole lead As a result of this stupendous triumph Sasikiran, who is the lowest ranked player in the six-players double round robin tournament, emerged as the sole leader
Donald interested in coaching England bowlers South African Test great Allan Donald has shown an interest in joining the "high-profile" England coaching team as bowling coach. Donald has already appointed former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as his assistant.
INDIAN HOCKEY
Seniors have to fight for their places: Carvalho Carvalho insists that experienced players like Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha, Gagan Ajit Singh, Adrian D'Souza and drag-flicker Sandeep Singh, named among the 32 probables for the Bangalore camp starting on May 23, will have to follow the new style of play that fetched the team a third-place finish in the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament.
Fishermen race against high waves to reach to safty in Denpasar, on Bali island, after a large swell combined with a higher than normal tide hit the coastlines of the island today. High waves hit coastlines across Indonesia, damaging houses, expelling tourists from beaches and forcing several hundred residents to be evacuated, reports said. AFP
Nadal extends record to 79 matches on clay Rafael Nadal hurtled to his 79th success in his record-breaking clay court winning streak and won 6-4, 6-1 against Igor Andreev, who beat him in April 2005 in Valencia.
FOOTBALL - ITALIAN CUP
Roma win Italian Cup for the eighth time Roma lifted the Italian Cup for the eighth time despite losing 2-1 to Inter Milan in the second leg of the final at the San Siro on Thursday. Roma claimed the trophy thanks to their impressive 6-2 first leg win over the Serie A champions last week, which gave them a 7-4 aggregate victory.
PAK CRICKET IMBROGLIO
Inzamam hits back at probe committee The former captain said he was surprised at the way the three-member probe committee blamed him for everything that went wrong in the World Cup in its report made public yesterday. "I am no dictator. Neither was I ever autocratic as a captain..." he lashed out.
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