Fine performances by Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers guided them to a fighting 11-run victory over Deccan Chargers in the IPL-3 opener.

India's disastrous hockey World Cup campaign ended with a 2-4 defeat against Argentina as the hosts finished a lowly eighth in the mega-event on Friday.

Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.

India and Russia signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier.

Chasing 162, Deccan Chargers' skipper led from the front as he slammed a scorching 30-ball fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL-3 opener.

Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist won the toss and decided to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in the third edition of the IPL opener.

The NHRC, approached by counsel of the accused in the Aarushi murder case alleging torture by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said they "may or may not" take a view on the case.

China said US internet company was welcome to expand its business in China but it will have to face the consequence if it insists on doing things that violates China's laws.

Pakistan SC has directed the country's anti-corruption watchdog to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 others that were quashed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance.

The Delhi HC directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces and ordered reinstatement of those who had approached the court on the matter.

Two powerful blasts went off near a crowded mosque within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 40 others in the latest in a slew of terror attacks across Pakistan.

It's not just a winning start that KKR will be looking at when they face Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the IPL-3 at DY Patil Stadium.

India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has been named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Several US Congressmen have expressed concern that despite best of the efforts by the Obama administration, the ISI continues to maintain links with LeT and that Pak is not taking decisive action against the terror outfit.

The Union home minister said Pak should give voice samples of the list suspects given by India to match them with voice transcripts of the 26/11 handlers in a neutral country to know whether they are state actors.

Preity Zinta, co-owner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, Thursday said her team has "strong will" and "enough fire" to win the third edition of the T-20 tournament.

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Terming naxalism as a "graver problem" than jihadi terrorism, home minister P Chidambaram vowed to effectively tackle the threat from Maoists before the term of the government ends.

British officials say they're pressuring Facebook to make a ``panic button'' available on its web pages following the death of a teenager at the hands of a man she met on the popular social networking site.

The actor and his steady girlfriend Priyanka Bhatia have officially split; Neil will move back to his parents’ house at Napean Sea Road

Russian PM Vladimir Putin will sign more than a dozen pacts, including an accord to resolve the troubled sale of refitted Soviet-era aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov, and a contract to sell India 29 MiG fighter jets.

Actor Preity Zinta on Thursday clarified that she was not interested in inheriting Shandar Amrohi's property worth Rs 600 crore.

A one-sided office romance ended in murder when Pooja Jaiswal, 23, was killed by her team leader, Daljeet Singh, 29, for not responding to his overtures, police said. Pooja's body was fished out of a pond in Faridabad.

Operation Green Hunt, launched with bullets in Jharkhand and a healing touch in Bengal, seems to be giving desired results. Villagers in Bengal's West Midnapore and Purulia and in Ghatsila (Jharkhand) are coming forward with info on Maoists.

Delhi Daredevils have entered the semi-finals in both the seasons played so far, but failed to go further. That, say Indian and English bookies, is set to change and Gambhir's men are favourites to win Season III.

Delhi Daredevils have entered the semi-finals in both the seasons played so far, but failed to go further. That, say Indian and English bookies, is set to change and Gambhir's men are favourites to win Season III.

The SC-appointed SIT summoned Gujarat chief minister for questioning over the murder of ex-Congress MP Ahsan Jafri and 68 others in the 2002 riots. The questioning will be on the basis of the FIR filed by Ahsan's widow Zakia Jafri.

A quiet revolution to create a healthier India has kicked off in the east with Assam on Thursday becoming the first state in the country to introduce a bill guaranteeing the right to health and well-being.

Parts of Bareilly witnessed rioting again after Mayawati government, in a late Thursday night decision, freed Muslim leader Tauqir Raza Khan, who had been arrested allegedly for inciting violence.

Actor Preity Zinta on Thursday clarified that she was not interested in inheriting Shandar Amrohi's property worth Rs 600 crore.

Miffed at the rumours of her reported extra-marital affair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have asked Carla Bruni to cut short her holiday in Thailand with her alleged lover, a British paper reported on Thursday.

A Japanese phone company has come up with a new technology that can track most minimal movement of mobile phone users and beams the information back to HQ.

After getting 3 desi versions of US President's 'Air Force One', President Patil, Prime Minister and other VVIPs will now also get 12 three-engined AW-101 helicopters. The ministry as usual remained silent over the deal.

A one-sided office romance ended in murder when Pooja Jaiswal, 23, was killed by her team leader, Daljeet Singh, 29, for not responding to his overtures, police said. Pooja's body was fished out of a pond in Faridabad.

In remarks apparently aimed at assuaging Pak concerns about the Indian presence in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai said his country would never allow its soil to be used for activities directed against any of its neighbours.

The 2002 riots returned to haunt Narendra Modi on Thursday when the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team summoned him for questioning on March 21. The Congress immediately asked him to step down.