• Ashish Nehra in frame for ODI selection: sources

    New Delhi: Veteran Delhi pacer Ashish Nehra seems to be back in the scheme of things for the 2015 World Cup. With a senior pace bowler lacking in the current set-up, sources told the Times of India that the team was looking at someone like Nehra who has the experience of playing big-ticket events.

    New Delhi: Veteran Delhi pacer Ashish Nehra seems to be back in the scheme of things for the 2015 World Cup. With a senior pace bowler lacking in the current set-up, sources told the Times of India that the team was looking at someone like Nehra who has the experience of playing big-ticket events.

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  • Australia's Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize for fiction

    LONDON: An Indian lost out on winning the Man Booker prize second time in as many years as Australian author Richard Flanagan took away the literary world's most coveted prize for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'.

    LONDON: An Indian lost out on winning the Man Booker prize second time in as many years as Australian author Richard Flanagan took away the literary world's most coveted prize for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'.

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  • What led to a midair flood on a Qantas flight

    SYDNEY: A torrent of water which gushed into the cabin of a Qantas superjumbo, raining down on some passengers' heads, could have been caused by cleaning mops loosening a pipe coupling, an inquiry said on Wednesday.

    SYDNEY: A torrent of water which gushed into the cabin of a Qantas superjumbo, raining down on some passengers' heads, could have been caused by cleaning mops loosening a pipe coupling, an inquiry said on Wednesday.

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  • Hong Kong police clear protesters out of tunnel

    HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers moved in early Wednesday to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city government headquarters in the latest escalation of tensions in a weekslong political crisis.

    HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers moved in early Wednesday to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city government headquarters in the latest escalation of tensions in a weekslong political crisis.

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  • Devyani Khobragade may face disciplinary action for TV interview

    NEW DELHI: Diplomat Devyani Khobragade may have bitten off more than she can chew. With her interview to a TV channel about her arrest in New York last year, Khobragade may be inviting disciplinary action from the MEA for speaking out of turn.

    NEW DELHI: Diplomat Devyani Khobragade may have bitten off more than she can chew. With her interview to a TV channel about her arrest in New York last year, Khobragade may be inviting disciplinary action from the MEA for speaking out of turn.

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  • Close shave for Kuwaiti prince off Kochi coast

    KOCHI: A prominent member of the Kuwaiti royal family had a narrow escape on Monday when his speed boat capsized off Munambam near Kochi.

    KOCHI: A prominent member of the Kuwaiti royal family had a narrow escape on Monday when his speed boat capsized off Munambam near Kochi.

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  • Not the right time to hold polls in J&K, Omar Abdullah says

    NEW DELHI: The government is confident of being able to hold assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir by December, according to top sources. While the dates for the elections will be decided by the Election Commission, sources in the poll panel also confirmed that polls in the state, hit by floods recently, could be held in December.

    NEW DELHI: The government is confident of being able to hold assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir by December, according to top sources. While the dates for the elections will be decided by the Election Commission, sources in the poll panel also confirmed that polls in the state, hit by floods recently, could be held in December.

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  • Kumble: I became India's Test captain by default

    Panaji: Anil Kumble, one of the most respected cricketers to have led the Indian team, says if he became the Test captain it was only because no one else was interested in doing the job.

    Panaji: Anil Kumble, one of the most respected cricketers to have led the Indian team, says if he became the Test captain it was only because no one else was interested in doing the job.

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  • UWA raises doubts over new chucking procedures

    In the wake of the recent crackdown by the ICC on illegal bowling actions, there is a fresh controversy brewing. The tough measures initiated by the ICC has put it at loggerheads with the University of Western Australia, an agency long involved in the testing procedures.

    In the wake of the recent crackdown by the ICC on illegal bowling actions, there is a fresh controversy brewing. The tough measures initiated by the ICC has put it at loggerheads with the University of Western Australia, an agency long involved in the testing procedures.

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  • Scotland says Palestine must be recognized as an independent state

    LONDON: Scotland has come out strongly in support of Palestine urging the UK government to allow the country to open an embassy in London.

    LONDON: Scotland has come out strongly in support of Palestine urging the UK government to allow the country to open an embassy in London.

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