There is a strong feeling among India's metropolitan youth that things are getting worse and change is urgently required across a whole spectrum of areas from corruption to education,

 CHENNAI: There were two surprise visitors at the 22nd death anniversary function of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur, about 40 km from Chennai, on Tuesday

NEW DELHI: The money trail in the spot-fixing scandal is getting established with Delhi police on Monday recovering Rs 20 lakh from the residence of Ajit Chandila's aunt in Palwal, a Haryana town that's close to Chandila's home town, Faridabad.

JAIPUR: The nightmare continues, but life must go on. It will take some time for the Rajasthan Royals players to get over the spot-fixing trauma, but at this moment, they are focusing on the job at hand: A good show in the qualifiers.

MADRID: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will leave at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish club, paving the way for his expected return to Chelsea.

NEW DELHI: Just a stone's throw away from the Delhi Police headquarters, where the poking and prodding into the IPL's backstage shenanigans is being engineered with increased intensity, the Ferozeshah Kotla resembles a bubble universe.

BAGHDAD: A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq today, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.

 DUBAI: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf kingdom.

MELBOURNE: A vast untapped pool of skilled Indian migrants should be used to teach Hindi in Australian schools and universities, according to a report.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring temperatures.