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By Rahul Banerji Jaipur May 26: It was time for farewells at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Monday night. A goodbye from a resilient city to their brave team. And what a send-off Shane Warne’s men received from a Jaipur that turned out to fill t...

By Our special Correspondent Jaipur May 26: What is it about Shane Warne that has earned such high praise from his teammates and commentators. Not to mention a golden run of form that has seen the Rajasthan Royals coast into the semifinals of the India...

By Julian Guyer Manchester, England May 26: Andrew Strauss’s 106 was the centre-piece of England’s run chase in a come-from-behind six-wicket win against New Zealand in the second Test here at Old Trafford. England, set 294 for victory, finished on...

By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi May 26: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday convened a two-day Chintan Shivir at Dwaraka in Gujarat on June 7 and June 8. All senior leaders from Gujarat, including Union ministers, MPs and MLAs, would take ...

By Ramesh Mohan Chaturvedi New Delhi May 26: There are differences in the way Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee see the much-discussed India-US civilian nuclear deal former foreign minister Natwar S...

Mumbai, May 26: A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray held a rally in Pune without obtaining necessary permission, Maharashtra deputy chief minister R.R. Patil on Monday said strict action would be taken against such persons. &quot...

Mumbai, May 26: The Dhamra Port Co said on Monday it will invest Rs 2,463 crore in the phase I of Dhamra Port project, which will have a handling capacity of 25 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). Over 25 per cent of work on the port has already been comp...

State-run oil firms on Monday hiked the security deposit charges for new cooking gas (LPG) connections by up to Rs 1,250 per cylinder, even as uncertainty continued over the issue of raising fuel prices. Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petro...

BY SHAFQAT ALI With Agency Inputs Islamabad May 26: The ruling PPP is not moving to impeach Pervez Musharraf to avoid political instability, party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said ahead of a planned meeting with the embattled leader amid pressure ...

Islamabad, May 26: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday summoned the Budget Session of Pakistan’s Parliament on June 2 during which the PPP-led coalition government is expected to table a package of constitutional reforms aimed at clipping his wings....

Rangoon, May 26: Voters in Burma have overwhelmingly approved a constitution that critics say will perpetuate the military’s decades-old grip on power in this Southeast Asian nation, state radio said on Monday. The Constitution was approved by 92.5 p...

By AUDRA ANG Anxian, China May 26: Chinese soldiers prepared on Monday to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan prov...

Washington, May 26: US President George W. Bush donned a black leather biker jacket as he was given honorary membership in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group which paraded through Washington to honour veterans on Memorial Day. Tens of thousands of me...