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  No major surprises in Brazil's World Cup squad

  Football | May 07, 2014 20:43 IST

  SAO PAULO :  Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari announced his World Cup squad on Wednesday without any major surprises, choosing most of the players who won last year's Confederations Cup.   Scolari's 23-name list includes 17

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  Economy major issue ahead of election in India: Gallup poll

  April 05, 2014 19:50 IST

  Washington: With a record 35 percent Indians saying the national economy was getting worse, India's sputtering economy will undoubtedly be a major issue in the country's month-long election starting Monday, according to a US poll.Suggesting

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  Analysts see no major impact from new Fed tapering talks

  March 23, 2014 21:43 IST

  New Delhi: The US Federal Reserve's latest hint at early ending of the monthly bond repurchases and that interest rates could start to rise from early 2015, is unlikely to have a major impact on

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  16 jawans killed in brutal Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

  India | March 11, 2014 17:07 IST

  Raipur: In a brazen daytime attack, Naxals today ambushed a security team killing 15 personnel including 11 of the CRPF and also a civilian in a chilling reminder of the 2010 massacre of 76 securitymen

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  Army orders court martial against Colonel, Major in Machchil fake encounter

  India | December 25, 2013 21:40 IST

  Jammu: Over three years after the Machchil fake encounter that fuelled widespread unrest in Kashmir Valley, the Army today ordered court martial against six of its men including a Colonel and a Major for allegedly

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  A look at major terror attacks in East Africa

  World | September 23, 2013 20:09 IST

  Johanesburg: A look at the major terror attacks in East Africa, outside of Somalia:Sept. 21, 2013: Gunmen use grenades and assault rifles to attack an upscale mall in Kenya's capital, killing more than 60 people

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  Bengal Government to restore major city roads before Durga Puja

  India | September 02, 2013 20:45 IST

  Kolkata: The West Bengal Government is keen on restoration of major city roads well before the Durga Puja festival if there was no rains further, state's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said here today.  “We

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  Pakistani major falls into ravine, dies

  World | August 25, 2013 17:54 IST

  Islamabad: A Pakistani army major was killed when he fell accidentally into a ravine in the Pakistan part of Kashmir, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on Sunday.Major Saddam Malik met with the accident at

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  Major protest sites of the world: Libya's Tripoli Square (Part-3)

  World | August 04, 2013 6:34 IST

  New Delhi: Carrying forward our series on major protest sites of the world, today we pick  Libya's Tripoli Square. Lets do a quick check about the significance of this protest site. Libya was a colony of

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  B'day Spl: Major Dhyan Chand - The forgotten hero of Indian sports

  Hockey | August 29, 2015 13:42 IST

  New Delhi: There was a time when hockey players of rival countries used to complain that Major Dhyan Chand had some glue on his hockey stick with which he used to control the ball while

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  Major Eid dual looming: Akshay's OUATIM2 and SRK's Chennai Express

  Bollywood | June 01, 2013 6:50 IST

  Mumbai:  Akshay Kumar's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again and Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express are heading towards a major duel during Eid this year. Both the films will release on the same day.

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  Sons are major abusers of elderly parents

  India | October 01, 2012 7:45 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 1: A large percentage of India's elderly face abuse from their sons, rather than daughters-in-law, with financial dependence being one of the main reasons for neglect and abuse. While the government gives

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  Major accused of posting Lt Col's wife phone number on porn site

  India | September 07, 2012 17:11 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 6: A senior Army officer has accused a junior of harassing his wife by posting her mobile number on an adult website prompting institution of a Court of Inquiry into the case.Both

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  56 charred to death in blaze at fireworks unit in Sivakasi

  India | September 05, 2012 21:49 IST

  Sivakasi(TN) Sept 5: At least 56 persons were burnt to death and 100 injured today in a devastating blaze that raged through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Sivakasi, the country's cracker manufacturing hub.The