The titans of India’s rally and cross-country events headlined by 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) winner Gaurav Gill and Suresh Rana, seeking a hat-trick of wins, besides former World Rally champion Karamjit Singh from Malaysia, will be going head-to-head in the six-day, 2,200 km 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm commencing here Monday. The Desert […]
England earned a semifinal date against two-time former winners Pakistan when they held their nerves to beat defending champions India by three wickets in the ICC Under-19 World Cup here Saturday. The 1998 champions England overhauled India’s 221/8 with five balls to spare but not before they required 15 off the last two overs and […]
Gareth Bale scored a magnificent goal to all but assure what turned into a comfortable 3-0 home win over Elche Saturday night, Xinhua reported. Real Madrid were leading by 1-0 in the 72nd minute of the game when the Welshman received the ball around 10 yards from the edge of the Elche penalty area and […]
Want a handy guide to the hottest sites on the internet? A list is provided below. But first let’s start with a wordy introduction in traditional Serious Journalist style. The business world today is dominated by astonishingly valuable web companies, many of which are exciting, cutting-edge industries – although they don’t actually do anything. Consider […]
As Valentine’s Day approaches Friday, here’s a look at the flip side – about shared possessions that have become casualty of a relationship that has ended. That’s what the Museum of Broken Relationships here is all about. It tells a universal human story about love and heartbreak. This award-winning museum was conceived by artist Dražen […]
J. Jayalalithaa may have edged ahead of her rivals in Tamil Nadu by her unusual move to try to set free seven people convicted in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination after the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three of them into life imprisonment. But in the process, she appears to have botched her chances of […]
Reality has been cancelled. We are now all living in a movie. It’s true. Consider this. Workers digging a hole last week found 1,000 buried skeletons. Old documents revealed they’d disturbed the graveyard of an ancient lunatic asylum or a centre of government, which is the same thing. Workers downed tools, feeling ghostly presences. Anyone […]
Guwahati, Feb 22 The prime ministerial candidate of BJP, Narendra Modi, countered China’s frequent claims over Arunachal Pradesh, saying no force in the world could take the state from India. “It is because of the brave martyrs of the state that the eastern frontier of the country is safe. Times are changing now and China […]
New Delhi, Feb 22 A survey on Saturday said, the BJP-led NDA is likely to bag 236 seats with the main party getting 217 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress will be reduced to double-digits at 73 of the 92 seats projected for the UPA, while the Aam Aadmi Party is likely to […]
New Delhi, TheIndiaHeritagetourismconclave’sthirdedition was held on Friday with a focus on developing tourism in the Himalayan states. The event saw the release of the “Himalayan Tourism” report that lists steps and policies taken by 11 Himalayan states to develop tourism and create awareness about these states. Supported by the ministry of tourism, the conclave was […]