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  India hit a new low in hockey, finish last in Olympics

  Hockey | August 11, 2012 18:22 IST

  London, Aug 11: In a total humiliation, former champions India finished at the bottom of the 12-team Olympic hockey competition, completing an unprecedented washout after being beaten 2-3 by South Africa in a classification match

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  30,000 illegal Indian immigrants in the US to benefit from Obama's new policy

  World | August 08, 2012 9:50 IST

  Washington, Aug 8: At least 30,000 Indians would be among the 1.76 million undocumented illegal immigrants who would benefit from US President Barack Obama's new policy to defer deportation of illegal immigrants for two years,

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  UPA govt to give one cellphone free to every Indian BPL family with 200 minutes of local calls free

  India | August 08, 2012 14:14 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 8: The UPA government has decided to provide at least one cellphone for each BPL (below poverty line) family in the country, with 200 minutes of local calls free, reported The Indian

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  Indian IT firms supported 2.8 lakh jobs in US last year: Rao

  World | July 27, 2012 19:04 IST

  Washington, Jul 27: Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America last year amid a gloomy employment scenario in the US and have invested a whopping over five billion dollars in

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  Indian among 6 winners of Magsaysay award

  World | July 25, 2012 22:43 IST

  Manila, Jul 25: An Indian grassroot activist whose pioneering community initiatives in Tamil Nadu empowered thousands of rural women to form micro enterprises and break the poverty spiral, is among this year's six winners of

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  Defence will be crucial for Indian hockey team

  Hockey | July 23, 2012 16:17 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 23: The Indian hockey team is riding on the wings of hope once again. Back in the Olympic line-up after missing out of the Beijing Games in 2008, India are again where

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  Indian cricket team leaves for Sri Lanka

  Cricket | July 18, 2012 16:58 IST

  Chennai, Jul 18: The Indian cricket team on Wednesday left for Sri Lanka to play five one-dayers and a Twenty20 against the island nation from Saturday. The first ODI of the series, which marks the

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  Indian wins USD 1 million draw in Dubai

  World | July 11, 2012 20:06 IST

  Dubai, Jul 11: A 34-year-old Indian has won a USD one million lucky draw in Dubai Duty Free's 130th Millennium Millionaire festival.Sreeju Nambron, who works for a construction company in Saudi Arabia, had the winning

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  Indians leave a footprint on 'God Particle'

  World | July 04, 2012 17:33 IST

  Geneva, Jul 4: As all eyes today focus on the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, famously known as CERN, Indian scientific and technological contributions are among the many that keeps the world's biggest particle physics

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  Indian business houses buy all seven Sri Lanka Premier League franchisees

  Cricket | June 29, 2012 22:37 IST

  Colombo, Jun 28: Indian business enterprises showed keen interest in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League and bought all the seven contesting franchises on offer, even as the BCCI decided not to

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  Indian among 10 killed in Nepal micro-bus accident

  World | June 26, 2012 17:38 IST

  Kathmandu, Jun 26: An Indian national was among 10 people killed today when a micro-bus they were travelling in veered off a hilly road and fell into a gorge along the Indo-Nepal border.The micro-bus carrying

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  Indian currency notes found floating in Guwahati wetland

  India | June 26, 2012 20:35 IST

  Guwahati, Jun 26: A large number of residents of the city's Chachal area, mostly youngsters, dived into the water body to get hold of currency notes floating in Silsako Beel, a wetland. It all started

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  Victorian PM condemns attacks on Indian cab drivers

  World | June 20, 2012 15:02 IST

  Melbourne, Jun 20: Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu today condemned a violent attack on taxi drivers, including one Indian cabbie, by an armed gang with baseball bats in the western suburbs of Melbourne.The gang, wearing balaclavas

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  Pak SC citing Indian apex court verdicts, Indian experts divided

  World | June 20, 2012 20:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 20: The legal fraternity was today divided on the appropriateness of the citing of Indian Supreme Court verdicts by the Pakistan's apex court while disqualifying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.While legal experts

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  First target is Olympic semis, says Chetri

  Hockey | June 19, 2012 17:53 IST

  Kolkata, June 19: Indian hockey team captain Bharat Chetri today said that their first target would be to make the semifinals at the London Olympics, to be held from July 27 to August 12.“Germany and

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  Indian Sikh cab drivers beaten up, robbed in Melbourne

  World | June 18, 2012 22:15 IST

  Melbourne, Jun 18:  Five cabs run by Indians in Melbourne were attacked by thugs last night in Melbourne causing a scare among the Indian community here. Sunny Singh, owner of two taxis ambushed by masked

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  Patience, calm attitude made the difference, says Saina

  Other Sports | June 10, 2012 17:38 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 10: Elated after lifting her second title of the year, Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today said that patience and a newly-acquired calm demeanour made all the difference in her Thailand Open Grand

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  Indian Sikh pilgrims cross into Pak on foot via Wagah border

  World | June 09, 2012 19:12 IST

  Lahore, Jun 9: Around 200 Indian Sikh pilgrims crossed into Pakistan on foot via the Wagah land border today after a mix-up prevented them from travelling across the frontier by train, officials said.The Indian Sikhs,

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  China stops Indian Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims from entering Tibet

  India | June 07, 2012 21:08 IST

  Kathmandu, Jun 7: Hundreds of Indian pilgrims have been stranded in Nepal on their way to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet as Chinese authorities stopped them at the border entry point saying that their vehicles did not

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  108 Dies, Fate of 250 More Unknown in Assam boat tragedy

  India | May 02, 2012 22:18 IST

  Dhubri, May 02: Divers today fished out bodies of five passengers of Monday's ferry disaster here, taking the death count to 108, but the fate of at least 250 more is still not known.Indian and