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Australia’s bowlers patiently dismantled a New Zealand innings laden with silly shot selection to set up an easy run chase in the fifth and final one-day international in Wellington on Saturday.
A pitch invasion by a lone spectator in the 35th over generated more crowd noise than most of the Black Caps’ batsmen did as the [...]

Lucknow, Aug 29 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers took to the streets in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri district, seeking return of farmland acquired to set up a power plant.

Reliance Power held by Anil Ambani’s ADA group had announced setting up of a 3,500 megawatt gas-based power plant in Dadri at a cost of 2.2 million dollars.

Farmers [...]

Islamabad, July 7 (ANI): No matter how rich former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are, they still cherish gifts and presentations offered to them.

Both leaders just adored the numerous gifts, offered to them by various heads of [...]

London, July 2 (ANI): One of Michael Jackson’s closest confidants has revealed that the star was so immersed in his preparations for his O2 Arena comeback gigs that he often forgot to eat, and had to be “force fed”. [...]

London, June 29 (ANI): Leaked autopsy details suggest that Michael Jackson was a virtual skeleton with only pills in his stomach, while his body was riddled with needle wounds and surgery scars at the time of his death.

Experts reportedly found the singer’s hips, thighs, and shoulders bore needle punctures, stemming from alleged injections of narcotic [...]

London, May 26 (ANI): A large number of British kids are missing out on the tradition of bedtime stories, because dads are too busy to read to their children, a new survey has revealed.

The survey found that a meagre 43 per cent of adults read to their youngsters every day while a third of children [...]

Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), May 22 (ANI): A thunderstorm of high intensity in Bijnor has destroys raw mango crop in the orchards.

The mango growers, who were anticipating big profits from a bumper crop, are now counting their losses.

“We had to suffer high losses due to the thunderstorm that occurred. We are left with 30-35 per [...]

Aurangabad, May 20 (ANI): Farmers in Aurangabad region of Maharashtra have sought compensation from the State Government as thousands of deer have damaged their crops after sneaking from nearby forest areas.

The deer have destroyed the cotton and orange crops but also the grass surrounding the agricultural lands which the farmers use for their livestock.

“The [...]

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Thursday felicitated three young girls from Purulia District of West Bengal for their progressive outlook which helped them to resist their early marriage in favour of further education.

The three girls – Afsana Khatun, Rekha Kalindi [...]

Christopher Columbus’s landmark journey to discover a shorter and more profitable trade route to India was sponsored by Queen Isabella of Spain. Columbus got his calculations wrong, but five centuries later Spain and India pledged to replicate his enterprising spirit to double trade and investment between them.
“We have had very good political relations and #8230; [...]

Mumbai, Apr 23 (ANI): On location shooting of forthcoming Bollywood film ‘Total Ten’ is underway in Mumbai.

The film would star Rajan Verma, who essays the role of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive during the Mumbai terror attack [...]

Thiruvanthapuram, Apr 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Monday asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to apologise for her critical remarks on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in a recent election meeting in Jharkhand.

Addressing a press conference here, Advani said that he was shocked to hear Gandhi’s statement that, “we are [...]

CHENNAI: A woman lawyer backed by an NGO rescued an 18-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution by a gang in Villupuram. Based on the
lawyer’s complaint, police arrested a pimp and three women who had forced the girl into the flesh trade.
The victim’s mother, a construction employee, had eloped with a worker, abandoning her [...]

London, Mar 28 (ANI): Captain Chris Gayle’s blistering 80 led West Indies to a thumping eight-wicket victory over England, who had earlier only mustered up a meagre 117 in 41.3 overs in a rain-affected third one-dayer in Barbados.

It was the second worst day of England’s tour of West Indies. Only being rolled over for 51 [...]

New Delhi, Jan.12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday gave Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati a month’s time to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation claim in a disproportionate assets case against her.
The CBI has claimed that there is ample evidence to prosecute her in a disproportionate assets case registered against her five years [...]

Sydney, Jan 4 (ANI): Cricket Australia’s chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch has asked critics to give selectors a chance to arrest the team’s slump.
Hilditch made no excuses for recent series defeats by India and South Africa, but says the selectors intend to return the team to golden days, the Herald Sun reported.
“We are paid to [...]