• Simon Doull questions India's selection policy

    WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull has questioned Indian team's selection policy in the ongoing five-match ODI series, which the visitors have already lost, and said he was surprised by the side's reluctance to change things around them.

    WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull has questioned Indian team's selection policy in the ongoing five-match ODI series, which the visitors have already lost, and said he was surprised by the side's reluctance to change things around them.

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  • India look for consolatory victory in final ODI against New Zealand

    WELLINGTON: Their morale dented after losing the series, India would be desperate to salvage some lost pride by notching their maiden win on the tour when they take on a sprightly New Zealand in the fifth and final one-dayer on Friday.

    WELLINGTON: Their morale dented after losing the series, India would be desperate to salvage some lost pride by notching their maiden win on the tour when they take on a sprightly New Zealand in the fifth and final one-dayer on Friday.

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  • Cuba's Castro calls for integration free of US

    HAVANA: Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at a gathering of all Western Hemisphere nations except the US and Canada.

    HAVANA: Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at a gathering of all Western Hemisphere nations except the US and Canada.

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  • New Zealand PM mulls flag change

    WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said on Wednesday he supported changing the national flag but would hold a referendum before any decision was made to ditch the existing banner.

    WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said on Wednesday he supported changing the national flag but would hold a referendum before any decision was made to ditch the existing banner.

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  • Hong Kong lesbian makes appeal to tycoon dad over dowry

     HONG KONG: The daughter of a flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon whose offer of a massive dowry inspired a movie wrote an open letter on Wednesday asking him to accept who she is after he reportedly raised the price.

     HONG KONG: The daughter of a flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon whose offer of a massive dowry inspired a movie wrote an open letter on Wednesday asking him to accept who she is after he reportedly raised the price.

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  • In Chhattisgarh, villagers take up arms against Maoists

    RAIPUR: Driven to desperation by Maoist excesses and police inaction, tribals of Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district adjoining Jharkhand have taken up arms to drive out the rebels from the forests in a virtual re-run of the Salwa Judum movement witnessed in tribal Bastar region during 2005-08.

    RAIPUR: Driven to desperation by Maoist excesses and police inaction, tribals of Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district adjoining Jharkhand have taken up arms to drive out the rebels from the forests in a virtual re-run of the Salwa Judum movement witnessed in tribal Bastar region during 2005-08.

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  • Raj Thackeray booked for instigating party workers to ransack toll booth

    PUNE: Police in Maharashtra on Tuesday booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly instigating his party workers to ransack toll plazas at Khed-Shivapur on the Pune-Bangalore highway and at Manjari on the Pune-Solapur highway.

    PUNE: Police in Maharashtra on Tuesday booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly instigating his party workers to ransack toll plazas at Khed-Shivapur on the Pune-Bangalore highway and at Manjari on the Pune-Solapur highway.

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  • Rahul too confused, talking in generalities: BJP

    NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's much talked about interview seemed to have only buoyed the opposition further with BJP slamming the Congress vice-president for talking only in generalities and ignoring the specifics. Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said Rahul seemed confused as he tore into the Congress leader for his statement that he was against dynasty politics.

    NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's much talked about interview seemed to have only buoyed the opposition further with BJP slamming the Congress vice-president for talking only in generalities and ignoring the specifics. Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said Rahul seemed confused as he tore into the Congress leader for his statement that he was against dynasty politics.

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  • ICC defers decision on Big 3's takeover plan

    NEW DELHI: Facing stiff resistance from some member boards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board on Tuesday decided against taking any hasty decisions on the proposed plan by Indian, English and Australian cricket administrators to radically revamp the functioning of the world body.

    NEW DELHI: Facing stiff resistance from some member boards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board on Tuesday decided against taking any hasty decisions on the proposed plan by Indian, English and Australian cricket administrators to radically revamp the functioning of the world body.

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  • Livid Dhoni says it's time bowlers used their brains

    HAMILTON: One is not sure what was on the team menu for dinner, but if you saw Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday evening you'd have thought it was humble pie.

    HAMILTON: One is not sure what was on the team menu for dinner, but if you saw Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday evening you'd have thought it was humble pie.

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