Dec 30, 2010

Seminar on aquatic biodiversity tomorrow





Girija urges more fast track courts for women harrasment cases





KPCC to set up Karunakaran Foundation





Veterinary Sciences Varsity Bill adopted





Climate change destroys biodiversity: Canadian expert





EC examining legal implications on paid news: Qureshi





Kerala Assembly Polls not to be advanced: EC





India's first Web TV 'Indiavibes' from Jan 1





Pankaja Kasturi exhibits 500 rare medicinal plants





IT@School to upgade 5 schools into 'Smart Schools'





CPI for probe on ex-CJI





WWF-India to hold Forest Certification event





Schools play crucial role in IBC





Tearful farewell to Karunakaran





End of an era: Karunakaran's body consigned to flames





PM pays homage to Karunakaran at Thrissur





Former Kerala CM Karunakaran cremated with full state honours





Strauss demands Ashes series win


England captain Andrew Strauss urges his side to win the Ashes series after retaining the urn in Melbourne.


India beat SA to set up decider


India beat South Africa by 87 runs in Durban to level the three-match series at 1-1.


Hibernian 2-2 Dundee United


Paul Hanlon's late equaliser gives Hibernian a point as they fight back from two goals behind against 10-man Dundee United.


St Mirren 0-2 Hearts


In-form David Templeton inspires Hearts to a clinical win over St Mirren in Paisley.


Angola jails man for Togo attack


An Angolan court sentences a man to 24 years in jail for the deadly attack on Togo's football team in January.


Harris ruled out for three months


Australia paceman Ryan Harris will miss the one-day series against England and the World Cup after suffering a stress fracture of the ankle.


Henin returns after elbow injury


Justine Henin makes her competitive comeback from an elbow injury in the Hopman Cup on Saturday.


Belgian Jupiler League Wednesday Review


Anderlecht enjoyed a regulation 2-0 win over KV Kortrijk to go seven points clear at the top of the Jupiler League.


Liverpool 0-1 Wolves


Liverpool's lost an eighth Premier League match of the season as Wolves won away for the first time since late March.


Wigan 2-2 Arsenal


Arsenal let 10-man Wigan off the hook as a late own-goal prevented the Gunners joining the Manchester clubs at the top.


Premier League Wednesday Review


Champions Chelsea won their first Barclays Premier League game since November 10 with a 1-0 victory at home to Bolton.


Chelsea 1-0 Bolton


It was scrappy and lucky, but Chelsea managed to end their worst Premier League run for more than a decade by beating Bolton.


Chelsea vs Bolton Player Ratings


We rate the players in the Premier League game between Chelsea and Bolton at Stamford Bridge which the Blues won 1-0.


Gareth Bale backs Spurs for title


Gareth Bale firmly believes that Tottenham are capable of winning their first league championship in half a century.


Houllier eyeing double signing


Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier is hoping to make a double transfer swoop early in the January transfer window.


Burnley bid adieu to Brian Laws


Brian Laws has stepped down as the manager of Burnley at the request of chairman Barry Kilby.


Darren Ferguson sacked by Preston


Preston have terminated the contract of manager Darren Ferguson in a bid to retain their Championship status.


Fertile Punjab hit by hunger pangs: Report


The food bowl of the country figures pathetically low on hunger index - a statistical tool to measure the state of countries' hunger situation. Punjab lies below 33 other developing countries ranked by Global Hunger Index.


Pranab Mukherjee to make big Budget change in direct tax laws


Saddled with huge tax arrears of Rs 2,50,000 crore, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to introduce in the forthcoming Budget some major changes in direct tax laws that could help in swift recovery of a significant portion of the arrears.


'God-fearing' banker tapped others' greed to rip off Rs 250cr


Shiv Raj Puri, 32, the man who cleaned out nearly Rs 250 crore from the Gurgaon branch of Citibank, was a modest man who pretty much kept to himself.


CBI draws blank, seeks to close Aarushi case


The Aarushi murder mystery will remain just that -- a mystery.


Over 50% central infra projects behind schedule


Roads may be generating headlines for slow construction but it is the railways which take the cake for missing deadlines and causing loss to the exchequer.


Shaukat Guru freed 9 months ahead of date


Shaukat Hussain Guru, one of the key accused in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament, walked out a free man from Tihar on Wednesday, nine months prior to his official date of release, due to his “good conduct”.


Can't talk, then laugh about sex!


Humour and sex are old friends, says film-maker Q.