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SriLankans mass up a big total in front of a hapless BangladeshSanath Jayasuriya hit 130 off 88 balls on Monday and Kumar Sangakkara got his third century in four matches as Sri Lanka scored an impressive 332-8 against Bangladesh in the Super Four game of the Asia Cup. Opener Jayasuriya smashed 16 fours and six [...]

DMK organises bullfight; one dead, 100 injuredA 28-year-old man was gored to death and over 100 people injured during a Jallikattu, organised by the ruling DMK in Tiruchi on Sunday. The party had organised the traditional bull-baiting sport in Tamil Nadu, as part of the month-long celebrations of DMK President M Karunanidhi’s birthday that fell [...]

Naxals kill 38 elite Greyhound cops in OrissaThirty six personnel of Andhra Pradesh’s elite anti-naxal force are feared drowned after Maoists on Sunday opened fire on a boat carrying the security personnel. The boat was carrying 64 people which included one Orissa police constable and two boatmen when Naxals unleashed heavy gunfire from a hilltop [...]

An attempt that could allow reservation benefits to OBC    Send article as PDF   

‘Inflation will put Govt on defensive during polls’As a condition for granting this interview, Finance Minister P Chidambaram demanded the right to clear it as well as deny clearance without citing reasons. CNN-IBN was forced to agree otherwise the interview would not have happened. But the final take is being broadcast exactly as recorded and [...]

Spain stun Germany 1-0, win Euro 2008 finalFernando Torres finally lived up to his billing as one of the world’s great strikers by scoring to give Spain a 1-0 win over Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday. Torres, who had been overshadowed by teammate David Villa all tournament, scored in the 33rd minute [...]

Karat charts out divorce plan, Cong-SP marriage imminentCPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday spelt out the Left’s separation plan, ending any hope the Government may have had of finding a middle path to break the nuclear impasse. The fait accompli from the CPM came just a day after the Congress leadership put its weight [...]

Land row: BJP calls for Jammu bandh todayA day after state Governor N N Vohra revoked the order to transfer over 100 acres of forestland to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), various political parties based in the Hindu-dominated Jammu region have strongly reacted against the decision.    Send article as PDF   

Government takes back land for HindusAuthorities in Indian Kashmir have reversed a decision to hand over land in the Muslim-majority region to Hindu pilgrims following a week of violent protests. That decision provoked a week of serious rioting in and around the Kashmir valley’s main city of Srinagar, with three protesters killed and around 300 [...]

54 security men feared drowned in Maoist attack in Orissa As many as 54 security personnel were feared drowned Sunday in a Maoist attack on a reservoir in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. The incident occurred in Orissa’s southern district of Malkangiri, where the boat carrying the security personnel came under Maoist attack. Of [...]