Chennai | 3 hours ago
Third win for Karnataka, TN in South Zone One-dayers
Chennai, Feb 13 - Tamil Nadu and defending champions Karnataka swept to their consecutive victories in the South Zone Subbaiah Pillai One-day cricket tournament here Saturday.Karnataka, thanks to an unbeaten 121 - by Ganesh Satish, overwhelmed Kerala by seven wickets while Tamil Nadu cruised to an eight-wicket win against Hyderabad. Kerala, weakened by the departure of S.Sreesanth, who left for Ko ... read more

New Delhi | 4 hours ago
BAE Systems to showcase artillery power at DefExpo
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Two of the world's arguably most powerful howitzers will dominate the BAE Systems' presence at DefExpo 2010 here Feb 15-18.The BAE Systems FH77 B05 towed howitzer, and M777 ultralight howitzer will both be part of BAE Systems' biggest ever presence at DefExpo. BAE Systems will be co-located with Defence Land Systems India, the Mahindra and BAE Systems joint venture company whic ... read more

Panaji | 6 hours ago
King Momo leads Goa carnival to colourful start
Panaji, Feb 13 - Long parades of gaily coloured floats with masked dancers led by King Momo or king of the carnival took to the streets of sunny Goa Saturday, signalling the start of its famous colourful carnival.Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat flagged off the colourful float parade at the state capital here. Goa's famous carnival processions and float parades are symbolic of its Portuguese leg ... read more

New Delhi | 8 hours ago
Putin visit: India may sign for 29 MiG-29K fighters
New Delhi, Feb 13 - India is likely to ink a deal to purchase an additional 29 MiG-29K fighter jets, valued close to $1.12 billion, from Russia during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March.The deal will be signed along with two other major defence contracts - for the joint development of fifth generation aircraft and multi role transport aircraft. 'The deal will be inked duri ... read more

12 hours ago
Haitians mourn one month after earthquake
Port-au-Prince, Feb 13 - Thousands of Haitians gathered at churches and other places to pray for over 200,000 victims killed in the last month earthquake which also left nearly a million homeless.Daily activities came to a halt as the government announced Friday the day of mourning to mark one month of the magnitude-7.0 quake that hit this country Jan 12. Fedner, a middle-aged man who followed one ... read more

Rome | 13 hours ago
AC Milan clinch win after deal with sponsoring airline
Rome, Feb 13 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar proved to be a valid replacement for the injured Marco Borriello as he scored a brace for AC Milan Friday in a 3-2 defeat of Udinese.The Devils moved to second place seven points adrift of Serie A leaders Inter Milan, who face a tough visit at Napoli late Sunday. The game was unusually played Friday evening to allow Milan an extra day of rest ahead of Tuesday's C ... read more

Panaji | 13 hours ago
Civil society groups, media rally behind tiger activist
Panaji, Feb 13 - Civil society groups and the media in Goa have rallied behind noted wildlife activist and journalist Rajendra Kerkar who was recently branded 'abettor' by the Goa forest department in a tiger poaching incident in February last year.A month after the tiger was poached, Kerkar had reported in a leading national English daily about the incident, along with a photograph of the snared- ... read more

19 hours ago
18 militants killed in Russia's North Caucasus
Moscow, Feb 13 - Eighteen militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in the volatile Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, media reports said.The fighting took place in the Sunzha district Friday, Xinhua reported quoting Interfax news agency. 'The special operation is nearing an end. Eighteen militants who terrorised people have been eliminated,' Interfax quoted Ingushetia ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
India names 22-member squad for AFC Challenge Cup
New Delhi, Feb 12 - Defending champions India will field the under-23 squad that won the SAFF Cup for the AFC Challenge Cup starting Feb 17 in Colombo.Barring goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya and defender Mohanraj, as the duo is with the senior team in Dubai, coach Sukhwinder Singh hasn't made any changes to the winning combination. The squad was named after conclusion of the preparatory camp in Pu ... read more

Washington | 1 day ago
Obama again slams outsourcing to India, calls it unfair practice
Washington, Feb 12 - Accusing US companies outsourcing business to India of following unfair business practices, President Barack Obama says his proposal to tax firms shipping jobs overseas was only intended to provide a level playing field.'If you are a business here, entirely located in the United States, and investing in the United States, and hiring workers in the United States, you are paying ... read more