MUMBAI: Stung by the two-year ban imposed on him, veteran tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi today hit back at the AITA, accusing the game's governing body of resorting to "divide-and-rule" policy and said its "dictatorial attitude" will be harmful for the future of Indian tennis.A hurt Bhupathi made a scathing attack on AITA and its president Anil Khanna who, he...

NEW DELHI: Salman Rushdie feels "hurt" by the "rebuffs" given to him by India where his books are rejected for university syllabus on the grounds that he was "not really" an Indian writer."What kind of rebuff" from India had "hurt him a lot", he was asked during an interview to CNN-IBN ahead of the release of his memoir 'Joseph...

HOUSTON: Record-breaking Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over the command of the International Space Station, becoming the second woman in history to do so.Williams, who holds three records for female space travelers, took over as a three-member crew of the Expedition 32 returned safely to earth, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months.The three-man crew onboard...

WASHINGTON: Taliban carried out the most destructive single strike on US and NATO forces in nearly 11 years of war in Afghanistan by attacking a heavily fortified base damaging eight fighter aircraft on the ground, ringing alarm bells in Pentagon.In the attack, 15 Taliban fighters in three tightly choreographed teams wearing American uniforms penetrated the Camp Bastion in Helmand...

NEW DELHI: The government will take more policy steps in the next one-and-half months to revive growth, Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram said while appreciating the RBI's initiative to unlock Rs 17,000 crore of banking funds through reduction in CRR by 0.25 per cent."I am very confident that between now and October 30 the government is expected to take...

PATNA: Maintaining his opposition to FDI in multi-brand retail, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said there was no question of allowing investment of foreign capital in the retail sector in Bihar."There is no question of allowing FDI in retail in Bihar .... it will be opposed tooth and nail. There is adequate capital in the sector that generates local...

NEW DELHI: As many as 12 cases of alleged graft in Commonwealth Games related projects carried out by various government departments have been closed following months of investigation by the Central Vigilance Commission.The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in India from October 3 to 14 in the year 2010.The cases in which...

RAJKOT/PATNA: Taunted by Congress that Rahul Gandhi had a national stature while he was a state leader, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the party, saying the young leader was an "international leader" who can also contest elections in Italy.Raking up the issue of foreign origin of Congress President Sonia Gandhi again, the BJP stalwart,...

MOSCOW: The delivery of the much-delayed Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to Indian Navy is likely to be postponed till next year due to the malfunctioning of its engines during sea trials.According to reports in Russian daily Kommersant, three of the eight boilers of the 44,500 ton warship were found to be malfunctioning as "they cannot reach their full...

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned Arvind Jayaswal, Director AMR Iron and Steel Private Limited, in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander Coal block in western Indian state of Maharashtra to the company.Jayaswal has been named by the agency in its FIR in which it alleged that the company concealed and misrepresented facts...