SC stays sentence against 'MidDay' scribes
A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam admitted the appeal filed by the daily against the September 21 conviction imposed by the Delhi High Court.
Arjun Singh flags off Azadi Express The train exhibition is part of the celebrations of the 150 years of 1857, 60 years of independence and the birth centenary of Bhagat Singh.
Govt extends NREGA to entire country
The decision to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to the entire country was taken at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.
Railway sought after by insurance companies
Indian Railways insured each of its passengers for just 4.75 paisa this year while the amount was 6.20 paisa per passenger last year.
Asean urge Myanmar to stop crackdown
"The Myanmar government should immediately desist from the use of violence against demonstrators," the Asean foreign ministers said.
SPORTS
Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R), his Australian counterpart Ricky Ponting pose with the Future Cup during a launch ceremony in Bangalore on Friday. The Australian cricket team is in India to play a seven-match one day international series with the first game scheduled on Sept 29 in Bangalore. I never dreamt of playing for India, says Dhoni
T20 win would inspire a new generation: Dravid
The performance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team, tv coverage and scenes witnessed in Mumbai would inspire children in India to perform, says former captain Rahul Dravid.
DRAVIDSPEAK: "Without heroes, without performances, the next generation are not inspired to perform." "We grew up watching the images of Kapil Dev lifting the World Cup Trophy. For cricketers of my generation -- I was ten years old then -- that was a huge inspiration."
Rahul Dravid presents a golden bat to T20 World Cup winning Indian team captain M S Dhoni during a felicitation organised by Reebok in Bangalore on Friday.PTI
Shastri appointed NCA chairman Shastri takes over from Ajay Shirke, who was made acting chairman of the Bangalore-based Academy after Kapil Dev was sacked from the post.
Anand draws with Svidler, lead down to one point Both the players came well prepared and did not want to take any risks as only two more rounds are to be played. Anand played a tactical game but his opponent did not give him any opportunity to gain the upper hand.
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