• Unflappable Virat Kohli makes No. 4 grade

    JOHANNESBURG: The camera was focused on the Indian dressing room the moment M Vijay got out. More than the replay of the dismissal, the broadcasters were interested about the player coming out to bat at No. 4. It was going to be a departure from a 25-year-old habit and the moment had to be captured.

    JOHANNESBURG: The camera was focused on the Indian dressing room the moment M Vijay got out. More than the replay of the dismissal, the broadcasters were interested about the player coming out to bat at No. 4. It was going to be a departure from a 25-year-old habit and the moment had to be captured.

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  • I prefer the challenge of batting up the order: Kohli

    JOHANNESBURG: Virat Kohli hadn't said this before, but now that he is in a different zone, he finally said it on Wednesday. "I was desperate to bat at No 4...I had been waiting for that opportunity for a long time. I know these are very big shoes to fill but I am happy to have started off well," Kohli said at the end of the first day's play at the Wanderers.

    JOHANNESBURG: Virat Kohli hadn't said this before, but now that he is in a different zone, he finally said it on Wednesday. "I was desperate to bat at No 4...I had been waiting for that opportunity for a long time. I know these are very big shoes to fill but I am happy to have started off well," Kohli said at the end of the first day's play at the Wanderers.

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  • Up to 500 killed in South Sudan clashes, UN diplomats told

    UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has received reports from local sources in South Sudan that between 400 and 500 people have been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence in Africa's youngest country, UN security council diplomats said on Tuesday.

    UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has received reports from local sources in South Sudan that between 400 and 500 people have been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence in Africa's youngest country, UN security council diplomats said on Tuesday.

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  • Russian bailout wins Ukraine economic respite but deepens political rift

    MOSCOW: Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich has secured a $15 billion bailout from Russia, offering respite for an economy heading ever closer to default but also drawing accusations he has sold his country out to its former Soviet master.

    MOSCOW: Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich has secured a $15 billion bailout from Russia, offering respite for an economy heading ever closer to default but also drawing accusations he has sold his country out to its former Soviet master.

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  • Glaxo to stop paying docs to promote drugs

    The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will no longer pay doctors to promote its products and will stop tying compensation of sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write, its chief executive said on Monday, effectively ending two common industry practices that critics have long assailed as troublesome conflicts of interest.

    The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will no longer pay doctors to promote its products and will stop tying compensation of sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write, its chief executive said on Monday, effectively ending two common industry practices that critics have long assailed as troublesome conflicts of interest.

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  • Now, onion over-supply leads to crisis

    NEW DELHI: The government seems to be facing another onion crisis. If just a month ago it was scarcity and high prices that forced the government to almost stop export, this time abundant production and crashing prices is likely to cause unrest among onion growers ahead of the general election.

    NEW DELHI: The government seems to be facing another onion crisis. If just a month ago it was scarcity and high prices that forced the government to almost stop export, this time abundant production and crashing prices is likely to cause unrest among onion growers ahead of the general election.

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  • UP riots: Accused BSP MP surrenders

    LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Qadir Rana surrendered before a district court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday. Rana had been booked for making an alleged hate speech in Khalapar village of Muzaffarnagar on August 30 and charged with promoting enmity between different religious groups. The court remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.

    LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Qadir Rana surrendered before a district court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday. Rana had been booked for making an alleged hate speech in Khalapar village of Muzaffarnagar on August 30 and charged with promoting enmity between different religious groups. The court remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.

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  • Overloaded trucks will now be fined 10 times the toll

    NEW DELHI: Truckers carrying goods beyond the permitted load will end up paying 10 times higher toll charges, as per the new norms notified by the government as part of amendment in toll rules for national highways in the country.

    NEW DELHI: Truckers carrying goods beyond the permitted load will end up paying 10 times higher toll charges, as per the new norms notified by the government as part of amendment in toll rules for national highways in the country.

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  • India face tough challenge at pacy Wanderers

    JOHANNESBURG: The nip in the air is back. There's a bit of green on the pitch, the clouds are hovering and the beautiful Bullring is getting ready for India's trial by fire.

    JOHANNESBURG: The nip in the air is back. There's a bit of green on the pitch, the clouds are hovering and the beautiful Bullring is getting ready for India's trial by fire.

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  • 2013: When cricket lost its favourite son, and some sheen

    NEW DELHI: A teary-eyed Sachin Tendulkar ended his cricketing journey in glorious Mumbai sunshine and as the sport bade farewell to its favourite son, the dark side of the "gentleman's game" was once again exposed.

    NEW DELHI: A teary-eyed Sachin Tendulkar ended his cricketing journey in glorious Mumbai sunshine and as the sport bade farewell to its favourite son, the dark side of the "gentleman's game" was once again exposed.

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