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| • India-Lanka Rajkot ODI was fixed, claims bookie |
| A top bookmaker in India, who strictly maintains that he is not involved in the player-bookie nexus, says the December 15, 2009 India-Lanka ODI was 'suspicious'. |
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| • Ghaziabad man gives Rs 2 lakh 'supari' for father's murder |
| Prakash, a retired NDMC official, was allegedly killed at the behest of his only son who wanted to usurp Rs 65 lakh that the man had received through compensation for land taken away by the Yamuna Expressway Authority. |
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| • 'Moral misconduct': 9 students of DPS, Dhanbad expelled |
| While 7 students, 6 boys and a girl, studying in classes X-XII, were allegedly found in "objectionable position" inside the school bathroom, 2 girl students had gone to Maithon dam, with their "boyfriends" during school hours. |
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| • Modi was in full control post-Godhra: Zadaphia to SIT |
| Former junior home minister Gordhan Zadaphia has told the Supreme Court-appointed SIT that CM Narendra Modi was in complete control of the goings-on in the state after the Godhra train burning on February 27, 2002. |
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| • Bad roads: Mumbai corporators feel the heat |
| In a rare admission of the liability arising from accidents caused by a road defect, the Berkshire municipal council in the UK recently awarded 7,600 pounds (Rs 4,56,000) to a cyclist who broke several bones after his bike hit a pothole. |
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| • Major fire in UK temple, devotees safe |
| The Hare Krishna temple in the east Midlands town of Leicester was partly gutted when suspected gas bottles used for cooking in the temple exploded. Authorities said those present in the temple were safe. |
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| • Group Capt Tendulkar's 1st mission: Flying Sukhoi |
| Sachin Tendulkar may have touched the sky with glory innumerable times. This time, he will literally do it in the most potent supersonic fighter jet. |
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| • WADA reports breakthrough in gene doping tests |
| Two groups of scientists have developed tests for gene doping in what the World Anti-Doping Agency hailed as a major breakthrough in fighting the next frontier in cheating in sports. |
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| • 2 FIRs OK for an incident if tales conflict: SC |
| If after registering an FIR relating to commission of an offence, the police comes across an entirely different version about the incident from the accused, it is then free to register a 2nd FIR and probe both, ruled the SC bench. |
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| • Ajay's an action aficionado! |
| After pulling off a perilous train sequence in Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, Ajay has attempted some more dare-devilry in Aakrosh. |
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| • Salman Rushdie bowled over by Shriya |
| Shriya Saran has been roped in by Deepa Mehta for her ambitious project that is an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s cult novel Midnight’s Children.
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| • Are you picking the right 'cereal'? |
| What better way to start the day than have a large bowl of cornflakes and orange juice! |
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| • Maoists take to terrorists' bargaining ways |
| The Lakhisarai incident makes a rapid departure from the established Maoist modus operandi and the hostage strategy brings Maoists closure to terrorists, the analysts say. |
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| • Nandita cut from world, for baby |
| The day her son Vihaan was born, Nandita Das cut off completely from the rest of her commitments.
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| • UPSC announces medical services exam results |
| Candidates have been appointed to medical posts in the Railways, Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service, Central Government Health Service, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council.
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| • Pak nukes prevented war with India, says A Q Khan |
| "Our nuclear programme has ensured our survival... Nuclear weapons made the nation walk with heads held high," said the scientist in a published interview. Khan is considered the father of Pak's secret nuke programme. |
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| • Cargo plane crashes in Dubai, 2 killed |
| A cargo plane belonging to a US courier company crashed near Dubai airport on Friday evening, killing both crew members, civil aviation officials said. |
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| • Facebook testing 'Stalk This Friend' button |
| Facebook is reportedly testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.
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| Updated: 131 minutes ago |
