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.

A breakthrough was made after Mulayam Singh, Lalu Yadav and Sharad Yadav met Pranab Mukherjee. The government assured the Bill would be brought in Lok Sabha only after consultations with all parties.

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.

Tension has built up again in the western UP city of Bareilly, which witnessed riots last week that left hundreds of shops gutted. After a brief respite, the city has been under curfew again for the last three days.

The Pakistan Cricket Board decided to take disciplinary action against the players after confirming reports off internal strife and after getting clearance from the Presidency.

The United Nations has launched an independent review of the functioning of its top climate change body IPCC, headed by Rajendra Pachauri, which has come under much criticism in recent months.

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.

Senior BJP leader and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has been asked by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to appear before it on March 21 for questioning in the Gulbarg Society massacre case.

Adding fuel to speculation about their extra-marital affairs, French First Lady Carla Bruni has claimed that she isn't sure how long her marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy would last.

India and Russia will on Friday tighten their ties by signing a slew of agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and another accord fixing the cost of the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.35 billion

The government on Thursday banned Fashion TV till March 21 after finding that a program the channel aired in September showed women partially nude.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani ranked fourth with $29 billion and steel czar Lakshmi Mittal ranked fifth with $28.7 billion on the Forbes list of billionaires.

A fire broke out today in a restaurant and office block in Shoreditch in central London and at least 100 firefighters and 25 fire brigades are engaged in tackling the fire. No casualties have been reported.

The United Nations has launched an independent review of the functioning of its top climate change body IPCC, headed by Rajendra Pachauri, which has come under much criticism in recent months.

A breakthrough on the Women's Reservation Bill was made after Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav met Pranab Mukherjee. The govt has assured them the Bill would be brought in Lok Sabha only after consultations with all parties.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani ranked fourth with $29 billion and steel czar Lakshmi Mittal ranked fifth with $28.7 billion on the Forbes list of billionaires.

Trouble is brewing for the Women's Reservation Bill with a section of BJP MPs in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it. The party today decided to crack on the dissenters by issuing a whip to them to back it.

Saif Ali Khan is giving Kareena Kapoor a lesson in film appreciation.

Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.

Less than a month after the Pune blast, the govt on Wednesday admitted that shortage of manpower had made it difficult to safeguard "all public places". Maharashtra presents a dismal picture with the highest number of police vacancies (49,252).

The pope's brother has said he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s.

The candidates will have to appear in 2 objective-type papers having special emphasis on testing their "aptitude for civil services" as well as on "ethical and moral dimension of decision-making" under a Civil Services Aptitude Test.

Despite Rajya Sabha's endorsement, the Women's Reservation Bill may not face a smooth ride in Lok Sabha. BJP's support is critical. But the party ranks are angry over opposition to quota and over the way the marshals were used to evict the MPs.