Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan, who was reported of making comments against the selectors for his brother Irfan’s omission from the Champions Trophy probables, has denied making such comment and called it totally baseless and wrong. The all-rounder said that on Tuesday, he had attended the Reliance Industries Ltd. function in... More

Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh said the country’s highest sporting honour – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna– will spur him to make a fresh beginning in boxing. “It is a dream come true for me. My journey has just begun. I am not going to stop here. Khel Ratna is the highest honour for a sportserson and it... More

Maharani Gita Devi of Kapurthala and her son Tikka Shatrujit Singh reveal intimate memories and moments spent in the company of the late Maharani Gayatri Devi. Maharani Gita Devi of Kapurthala: I wasn’t related by blood to the Late Raja Mata Saab Gayatri Devi, but our families were extremely close and she was a favourite aunt... More

Actor Saif Ali Khan on Wednesday gave a written apology to the All India Punjabi Cultural and Heritage Board. The board had earlier alleged that his debut home production Love Aaj Kal is offensive to the religion of Sikhism. In a letter, Khan explains the “trimmed beard” of the Sikh character he is playing in the film... More

Acer has just officially launched the Aspire Revo Ion PC in India and having just fiddled around with it, I must say I’m impressed. For those who have been following Nvidia’s Ion platform, we had caught a glimpse of the Revo couple months back and now we finally have it. For me it wasn’t a complete surprise since... More

Offers 1 Mbps surfing speeds at Rs. 1,699 per month. The broadband war is all set to heat up as Bharti Airtel slashes rates. Subscribers will be able to experience 1 Mbps surfing speeds from Airtel at Rs. 1,699 per month, which is Rs. 100 more than current 512 Kbps. The 512Kbps speed plan will now cost Rs. 1,099, which is Rs. 200... More

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has partnered with Ahmedabad-based Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd to develop an integrated geographic information system and image processing software (IGiS) to analyse satellite pictures and data. The low-cost software is an indigenous seamless geomatics application for geographical information... More

Two-wheeler major Hero Honda Motors Wednesday reported 83 percent jump in profits to Rs.500 crore ($103 million) for the quarter ended June 30 as compared to Rs.272.8 crore in the like period last year. The total income surged 33.7 percent to Rs.3,864 crore from Rs.2,890 crore, the company said in a regulatory statement. Hero Honda’s... More

Reliance Industries’ counsel Harish Salve said the company will not oppose Anil group firm RNRL’s plea, to be filed in Supreme Court tomorrow, for final hearing of petitions pertaining to a gas supply dispute between the two companies. “I have nothing to say. If the court decides to hear it, why should I oppose,”... More

Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc’s top executives had been talking about a search advertising partnership for months but only knew they had a deal on Monday, the CEOs of both companies said on Wednesday. The two companies finally announced a 10-year ad partnership to take on Google Inc early on Wednesday, apparently ending a saga... More

The Parliament today completed the three-phase budgetary exercise for 2009-10 with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill, 2009 by voice vote. The Finance Bill will now be send to the President Pratibha Patil for her assent. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who initiated the budgetary exercise by presenting the budget for 2009-10... More

Nigerian security forces raided the compound of a leader of a militant Islamic sect in a town in northeastern Nigeria in an effort to halt an uprising that has led to hundreds of deaths in the region, news reports said Wednesday. More than 150 women and children fled the compound as security forces shelled it with heavy weapons and... More

Spanish authorities say a powerful car bomb has heavily damaged a Civil Guard barracks in the northern city of Burgos, lightly wounding at least 46 people. Spain’s Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubacalba blamed the Basque terrorist group ETA for the early-morning attack. The multistory barracks housed members of Spain’s... More

Two BJP nominees for the August 10 Rajya Sabha by-polls in Madhya Pradesh today filed their nomination papers here. Kaptan Singh Solanki, who is at present BJP Organising Secretary for Maharashtra, filed nomination papers for the seat vacated by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who won the Lok Sabha elections from Vidisha, while... More

PM on Wednesday told Lok Sabha that he is not sure whether the 45-member NSG will endorse the G-8 stand on transferring enrichment and reprocessing technologies to non-NPT countries. Singh said, “India has no civil nuclear agreement with G-8 per se. We have civil nuclear agreements with US, Russia and France. French President Nicolas... More