Army-Navy sailing expedition flagged off from Kochi

In Kerala, a joint sailing expedition by the Army and the Navy was flagged off on Monday from the Naval Base at Kochi. The expedition is part of the jointmanship initiatives following the affiliation of the Naval Gunnery School, INS Dronacharya with the Indian Army Artillery School, Devlali. Three o...

Centre to withdraw deemed status to 44 universities

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the deemed status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. However, to avoid jeopardising the future of nearly two lakhs students enrolled in thes...

Anand draws with Nigel Short in 2nd round of Corus Chess

World Champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Nigel Short of England in the second round of Group 'A' of the Corus Chess tournament in the Netherlands on Monday. Anand shares the fourth spot with Russian pair of Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Leinie...

Sharapova crashes out at Aussie Open

In the Australian Open Tennis, former champion Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Championship on Monday. Sharapova, a former world number one and the 2008 winner, was a shadow of her former self against Maria Kirilenko, losing 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Meanwhile, fellow Russian and second seed Dinara Safina c...

Sachin hits 44th Test century against Bangladesh

Indian Batting Maestro Sachin Tendulkar today smashed 44th Test century of his career in the first Test cricket match against Bangladesh at Chittagong. Resuming from the overnight total of 213 for 8, India were all out for 243 in their first innings on the second day of the first cricket Test. Sachi...

Dennis Ndiso wins 7th Mumbai marathon

In the seventh edition of Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, Dennis Ndiso from Kenya won the full marathon whereas Binning Lyngkhoi stood first amongst the Indian runners in the full marathon category. Kenya's Bijnul Mohammad was the winner in the women's category. Kumar Sandeep and Jayash...

S Africa slips four pts behind India

South Africa has slipped further behind in its quest to regain the number-one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table. According to ICC statement, South Africa can only now go top if Bangladesh beats number-one ranked India in the two-Test series which started in Chittagong on Sunday...

In the seventh edition of Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, Dennis Ndiso from Kenya won the full marathon whereas Binning Lyngkhoi stood first amongst the Indian runners in the full marathon category. Kenya's Bijnul Mohammad was the winner in the women's category. Kumar Sandeep and Jayash...

Tendulkar becomes first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs

On a gloomy day when the Indian batting order collapsed in a heap against minnows Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar quietly reached yet another milestone when he became the first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs in Chittagong on Sunday.The highest run accumulator in both the Test and ODI versions of the...

India were 213 for 8 at stumps on the first day of the first cricket test match against Bangladesh at Chittagong on S. Sachin Tendulkar with 76 and Ishant Sharma with one were at the crease. Sehwag - 52 and Gautam Gambhir -23 gave India a strong start by raising 79 runs for the opening wicket in jus...