Former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin will join the Congress on Thursday. But it is not yet confirmed if the cricketer would contest the coming Lok Sabha polls. Azhar is scheduled to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday afternoon. Immediately after that he is likely to visit the party headquarters and formally announce his decision […]
Sania Mirza enters into doubles pre-quarterfinals of Dubai Tennis Championship
Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Mara Santangelo advanced to the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships after getting a walkover from Poland’s Urszula Radwanska and Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland in the first round. An injury to Radwanska forced the pair to give away the match to their opponents. Sania and Sanatangelo […]
Reporter shot and beheaded in Swat, Pakistan by Taliban
Musa Khan Khel, who was working for Geo News channel and The News daily, was shot dead in the Matta area of Swat, considered a stronghold of the Taliban. He was 28 years of age. Khan Khel had gone to the area to cover talks expected to be held between Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah and […]
Taliban plan to target India: Sources
After Pakistan agreed to enforce Islamic law in large areas of its North West Frontier Province (NWFP), including Swat Valley, intelligence sources on Tuesday confirmed the threat that Taliban actually pose to India which is not far from the Indian boundary. Sources have revealed that the Taliban have plans to attack western cultural centres in […]
More troops to Afghanistan: Obama
President Barack Obama has approved a significant troop increase for Afghanistan. The new troop deployment is expected to include 8,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as well as 4,000 additional Army troops from Fort Lewis, Washington. "This increase is necessary to stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, […]
Obama signs $787 billion stimulus bill into law
President Obama on Tuesday signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Signing the bill, Obama said, "Today does not mark the end of our economic troubles, but it does mark the beginning of the end, the beginning of what we need to do […]