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June 6, 2013 8:22 PM

BCCI convenes Emergency Working Committee meeting on Monday

Rattled by betting charges against Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra, the BCCI today convened an Emergeny Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Monday.Addressing a press conference in Kolkata today, the BCCI Working Group's chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said the entire issue of Raj Kundra'...

June 6, 2013 1:37 PM

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 49 Indian fishermen for entering Lankan coastal waters

Sri Lankan Navy arrested 49 fishermen in 10 trawlers from Tamil Nadu off the coast of Jaffna in two separate incidents yesterday. The two groups of fishermen are being produced in the Magistrates' courts in Talaimannar and Karainagar. Officials of Indian Consulate General in Jaffna will be assisting...

June 6, 2013 12:57 PM

Pak court approves Musharraf's trial in judge detention case at his farmhouse

A Pakistani court today allowed the trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for sacking and detaining dozens of judges in 2007 to be conducted at his farmhouse that has been declared a sub-jail.The Islamabad High Court said anti-terrorism court Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi could conduct 69-year-...

June 6, 2013 8:29 AM

Import duty on gold and platinum hiked

The government has hiked import duty on gold and platinum from 6 to 8 per cent. This was disclosed by Revenue Secretary Sumit Bose in New Delhi yesterday. The hike is aimed at curbing import of gold, which is mainly responsible for the rise in Current Account Deficit (CAD), impacting on the country&...

June 5, 2013 8:38 PM

Nawaz Sharif takes over as Pak PM for record third time

Nearly 14 years after being deposed in a military coup and forced into exile, Nawaz Sharif was today sworn in as Pakistan's Prime Minister for a record third term.He has called for an end to US drone strikes in his first address since being re-elected to the post. Mr Sharif, who was ousted in a...

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