Indian police blamed terrorists for blasts that killed as many as 60 people in the northern Indian city of Jaipur yesterday in the South Asian nation’s deadliest attack in more than a year. “It is a terrorist plot, it is obvious,” said A.S. Gill, director general of police. Some people were detained for questioning as the authorities imposed a curfew in 15 regions of Jaipur, known... 

New Delhi, India : The inaugural DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to become one of the richest domestic cricket tournaments in the world offering a whopping winners’ cheque of Rs 4.8 crore and an overall prize money of Rs 12 crore. The much-anticipated and high on glamour event that has teams owned by Bollywood stars and corporate bigwigs kicks off on April 18 and will live upto its... 

Suspended Inspector General of Police Ravi Kant Sharma, and three others, Pradeep Sharma, Sri Bhagwan and Satya Prakash have been found guilty in the case. They are likely to be handed down either a death sentence or life imprisonment for killing a Delhi journalist, Shivani Bhatnagar, on January 23, 1999. The court has held 54-year-old Sharma as the main conspirator and Pradeep Sharma as her killer. In... 

Indian Wells (USA) : Sania Mirza is worried over her recurrent wrist injury as it could either result in a surgery or require her to change her grip and action, an idea she is not keen on at this stage of her career. Sania, who played in pain before losing out to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the Pacific Life Open pre-quarters here on Tuesday, said she would try to avoid surgery but was also not... 

Pakistan’s caretaker minister and Human Rights activist Ansar Burney has said that he will not help Sarabjit Singh, as he has ”no sympathy for terrorists”. Sarabjit, an Indian national, faces a death warrant slated for April 1 in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail. ”Sarabjit Singh was a terrorist, I have no sympathy with him. There is a big difference between Kashmir Singh and... 

NEW DELHI: India has strongly rejected observations of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) that Kashmir issue should be resolved as per UN resolutions, saying that the 57-member grouping had “no locus standi” to comment on India’s internal affairs. “We note with regret that the OIC, in the documents issued following its summit held at Dakar in Senegal on March 13-14,... 

Panaji : Continuing her attack on the Goa Police and politicians, Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British girl Scarlette Eden Keeling, on Saturday alleged that Home Minister Ravi Naik and state Director General of Police of being in nexus with drug mafia. “I had been informed that there is a strong nexus between drug mafia, Ravi Naik (current home minister) and Director General of Goa Police... 

The average crude oil price of the Indian basket in the current fiscal year is around US$78 per barrel as against US$62 in the last financial year With crude oil futures in the US nearly crossing the US$110 per barrel mark, the Indian crude basket has crossed US$100 a barrel. On Monday, the Indian crude basket reached US$100.17 per barrel, up 29 cents from March 7. The average crude oil price of the... 

CHANDIGARH: Left-handed Abbas Ali smashed an unbeaten 64 and raised a match-winning fifth-wicket stand of 61 runs with South Africa’s Nic Pothas to ensure a comfortable six-wicket victory for Delhi Giants over Mumbai Champs in the Indian Cricket League’s Edelweiss 20s Challenge at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium at Punchkula here on Monday. Chasing a none-too-formidable 115 for five scored by Champs,... 

Serena Williams won her first title in 11 months Sunday, defeating Patty Schnyder, 7-5, 6-3, to win the Bangalore Open in India. Williams dominated the final with powerful serves and ground strokes. Schnyder made several unforced errors while trying to hit deep and keep Williams at the baseline. “It’s good to be a champ here, it always feels good to win,” said Williams, who won her 29th career...