Aisam-Bopanna in Paris finals
PARIS: Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna advanced to the finals of the Paris Masters Tennis Tournament. The duo defeated M. Mirnyi of Belarus and D. Nestor of Canada in the semi-final. Aisam and Bopanna won the first set 6-3 and after a tough fight were victorious in the second set 7-6. Aisam and Bopanna More...
Berlusconi resigns, Italians celebrate
ROME: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday, ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in recent Italian history amid the jeers of thousands of protesters gathered in central Rome to celebrate More...
Butt, Asif ask to serve jail sentences in Pakistan
LONDON: Two Pakistani cricketers convicted of fixing and awarded jail terms by a UK court have asked to be returned to Pakistan, to serve the remainder of their sentence, Britain’s The Independent reported. The More...
Another Mumbai will be a setback for Indo-Pak ties: Singh
ON BOARD PM’S AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday defended his outreach to Pakistan, saying that that the army there also favoured peace process, but declared that another Mumbai-type attack More...
‘India was never serious about Headley extradition’
NEW DELHI: In December 2009, national security adviser M K Narayanan had told then US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that New Delhi’s demand for extraditing Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley More...
Court stays execution of Rajiv assassins for eight weeks
NEW DELHI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed for eight weeks the execution of three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. The three — Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan — lodged in Vellore Jail, were More...
Caged Mubarak back in dock for murder trial
CAIRO: Egypt’s toppled president Hosni Mubarak arrived on a stretcher for the resumption of his trial in Cairo on murder and corruption charges on Monday, state television showed. Mubarak was flown in by More...
‘More dangerous’ times ahead: WB chief
SYDNEY: World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Saturday warned of a “new and more dangerous” time in the global economy, with little breathing space in most developed countries as a debt crisis hits Europe. Zoellick More...
