Pakistan’s loss to Aussies throws Team India out of Champions Trophy

Centurion, Sep.30 (ANI): Team India ran out of luck, as Pakistan lost to Australia by two wickets in the crucial match on Wednesday at the Centurion despite a spectacular endeavour till last ball of the final over of the match.... Read more.

Maoist bandh call disrupts normal life in West Bengal

Kolkata, Sep. 30 (ANI): A Maoist sponsored 48-hour shutdown disrupted normal life in West Bengal on Wednesday.... Read more.

MTN-Bharti Airtel deal called off

Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): Talks over a proposed partnership between Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN have been called off, with Bharti Airtel saying that the South African government is not ready to “accept the deal in its current form.”... Read more.

Meghalaya Govt. leases out land for uranium mining despite locals protest

Shillong, Sep.30 (ANI): The Meghalaya government has decided to lease out 422 hectares of land in the West Khasi Hills region for 30 years to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) for pre-project developmental works, a step which is agitating a number of locals.... Read more.

Abhishek Bachchan promotes Ravana in Bangalore

Bangalore, Sep. 30 (ANI): Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan promoted his upcoming film ‘Ravana’ at an event in Bangalore on Wednesday.... Read more.

NGO announces awards for senior citizens

Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): An NGO working for senior citizen on Wednesday announced the winners of the awards for the year 2009.... Read more.

Leopard rescued from residential area near Mumbai

Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): Rangers of Borivali National Park near Mumbai rescued a leopard that had entered a residential area of Kandivili on Wednesday.... Read more.

Poor families forced to extract gold from drainage in Coimbatore

Coimbatore, Sep. 30 (ANI): About 500 poverty-stricken families in Coimbatore are engaged in eking out their living by extracting gold from the silt and sand of the urban drainage system.... Read more.

Kerala boat tragedy death toll rises to 22

Thekkady (Kerala), Sep.30 (AN): The death toll in the boat tragedy in Kerala’s Thekkady District rose to 22 on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the toll was pegged at six persons.... Read more.

Wife, three daughters rescued after seven years lock up in Mumbai

Mumbai, Sep 30 (ANI): The wife and three daughters of a 60-year-old man who were, locked, beaten and starved for seven years were rescued from their home in Mumbai on Tuesday.... Read more.

O’Brien to replace Tuffey in Kiwi Champions Trophy squad

Johannesburg, Sep.30 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 has approved a change in the New Zealand squad for the tournament.... Read more.

ICC inducts five more players into its Cricket Hall of Fame

Johannesburg, Sep.30 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) on Wednesday acknowledged the services to cricket of some of the all-time greats of the game with five new inductees to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.... Read more.

Six die as boat capsizes in Kerala’s wildlife sanctuary

Thekkadi (Kerala), Sep.30 (AN): In a tragic incident at least six persons, including two children, died when the boat they were riding on capsized in the Thekkadi wildlife sanctuary.... Read more.

Vietnam vice president on five day visit to India

New Delhi, Sep.30 (ANI): Vietnam’s Vice-President Madam Nguyen Thi Doan will undertake a five-day visit of India from Wednesday evening.... Read more.

35 more bodies fished out after boat capsized in Bihar

Patna, Sep. 30 (ANI): Thirty-five more bodies have been fished out of Bagmati River near Bihar’s Khagaria district where a boat had capsized on Monday.... Read more.

Women whipped to get rid of evil spirits during Tamil Nadu festival

Namakkal (Tami Nadu), Sep.30 (ANI): Believe it or not, thousands of women, including young and the aged, converge at Namakkal to attend the annual festival at the Sri Achappan temple of Pavitram Vellalapatti to get whipped.... Read more.

Centre to provide state of art postal services before Commonwealth Games

New Delhi, Sep. 30 (ANI): Ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year, the Centre has charted out a comprehensive plan to provide state of art postal services in New Delhi.... Read more.

CRPF bids adieu to martyrs in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep.30 (ANI): Top brass of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force bid adieu to three of their colleagues on Wednesday who were killed fighting suspected militants in Kashmir.... Read more.

Farmers urge Punjab Government to buy their cotton product

Abohar (Punjab), Sep 30 (ANI): Farmers in the Abohar region of Punjab are demanding that the State Government buy their cotton produce.... Read more.

Chavan says Congress will take action against rebels within two days

Mumbai, Sep. 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday announced that the Congress would take action against party rebels within two days.... Read more.

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