Jul 9 2008
Indian One-Day International and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has opted out of India’s Test series against Sri Lanka. Dhoni has been given a break from his hectic schedule by the Board of Control for Cricket in India Selection Committee,...
Jul 9 2008
As the Left announced its decision to break with the UPA, the focus shifted back to the number game in Parliament. The Samajwadi Party was the first off the block, announcing that its entire 39 member parliamentary group was intact and would vote with...
Jul 9 2008
Barcelona are refusing to allow Ronaldinho to play for Brazil at the Olympics despite considering him surplus to requirements at the club. The 28-year-old was named in Brazil coach Dunga’s squad for Beijing on Monday as one of three overage...
Jul 9 2008
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admits David Villa is on his list of potential striker recruits after Peter Crouch’s impending departure to Portsmouth. Villa, 26, was one of the stars of Euro 2008, scoring four times as Spain won their first major...
Jul 9 2008
The United States has criticised what it calls “bellicose rhetoric” from Russia over US plans to develop a missile shield in Europe. Russia said it would be forced to react with military means if the US went ahead with its plan for a shield...
Jul 9 2008
Computer experts have released software to tackle a major security glitch in the internet addressing system. The flaw, discovered by accident, would allow criminals to redirect users to fake webpages, even if they typed the correct address into a...
Jul 9 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August. He was speaking after meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G8 summit.
Jul 9 2008
Leaders from the biggest industrialised nations are meeting their counterparts from the developing world, on the final day of the G8 summit in Japan. The Group of Eight has already been criticised by five emerging nations for not doing enough on...
Jul 9 2008
Twenty years ago he made a splash as the country’s new heartthrob with his debut in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Today superstar Aamir Khan is introducing a new face in the industry – his nephew Imran Khan who makes his debut this Friday with Jaane Tu Ya...
Jul 9 2008
Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) most industrialized countries Tuesday agreed on a long-term target of halving their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. “A new, shared vision by the major economies on the climate challenge within the UNFCCC...