NEW DELHI, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy in England amid media reports he is under Indian police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said Thursday. More »ICC withdraws umpire Asad Rauf from Champions Trophy
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Thursday ended the controversy over its late chief Bal Thackeray's funeral expenses by handing over the billed amount to the municipal authorities concerned, an official said. More »Shiv Sena foots Bal Thackeray funeral bills
Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others are in the contest for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, officials said here Thursday. The poll is slated for May 30. More »PM, two others vie for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) State run Hindustan Copper Ltd Thursday announced a 36.86 percent jump in its net profit to Rs.188.09 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to Rs. 137.43 crore for the same period last year. More »Hindustan Copper Q4 net jumps 37 percent to Rs.188 crore
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the clown. Lewis, 87, laughed his way through a news conference at the world's top cinema showcase with non-stop one-liners about how much he was paid for "Max Rose", his career's ups and downs and his former partner Dean Martin, who died in 1995. ... More »Jerry Lewis plays both straight man and clown at Cannes festival
Gurgaon, May 23 (IANS) A woman employee in a private company here Thursday jumped to her death from a multi-storey building, police said, adding she left a suicide note saying she was "fed up" with her life. More »Woman jumps to death from Gurgaon high-rise
By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which had been shrouded from full view behind secretive tax-exempt Irish-based corporate entities. ... More »Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start
By Claudia Parsons NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Quomodo dicis latine life-jacket?" quipped one of the Latin-speaking passengers on a tour boat circumnavigating Manhattan on a rainy Sunday morning in May, just after the captain's safety announcement. "How do you say life-jacket in Latin?" Luckily, one of the greatest living experts in spoken Latin was on hand with the answer, instantly recalling the word used by the Roman poet Horace in his "Satires" about 2,000 years ago. ... More »Spreading the word that Latin lives, a monk comes to New York
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - European Tour chief executive George O'Grady has apologised for giving an inappropriate reaction to this week's Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia racism row. "I deeply regret using an inappropriate word in a live interview for Sky Sports for which I unreservedly apologise," O'Grady said in a statement at the PGA Championship on Thursday. The tour chief gave a television interview to Sky earlier in the day during which he said: "We accept all races on the European Tour, we take it very strongly. ... More »Tour chief O'Grady apologises for inappropriate remark
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Mumbai Indians are hopeful of having a fit Sachin Tendulkar for their playoff against Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens here Friday. The batting legend has missed his team's last three matches due to a wrist and hand injury. More »Sachin bowls at nets, likely to play against Rajasthan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Inferno," Dan Brown's latest book, shot to the top of the U.S. best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "Inferno" by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $29.95) - 2. "The 12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $27.99) 2 3. "Dead Ever After" by Charlaine Harris (Ace, $27.95) 1 4. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam, $27.95) 3 5. "The Hit" by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $27.99) 4 6. ... More »Dan Brown's "Inferno" tops U.S. best-sellers list
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour's flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th green a frustrated youngster. ... More »McIlroy slumps to 74 after late Wentworth collapse
LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds, making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an overcast sky shot through with a rainbow had been at risk of being sold abroad and its sale sets a record for Constable, the Tate said on Thursday. Its price is still dwarfed by Constable's contemporary rival J.M.W. Turner, whose "Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino" sold for $44. ... More »Britain's Tate museum sets $34 mln record for Constable painting
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Steel Ltd said it expected to take no further charges in Europe and has put no European assets up for sale, following a $1.6 billion writedown for the region in the past financial year due to weak demand. The company reported its third straight quarterly loss on Thursday, which could lead to pressure for further cost cuts and closures, especially in its older plants in Britain. Two-thirds of Tata Steel's 27 million tonne annual capacity is in Europe, where demand has fallen by almost a third since 2007. ... More »Tata Steel says no assets up for sale in Europe
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Leaders of the faction-ridden Delhi Congress Thursday said they will drop their differences and fight the coming assembly elections unitedly following a stern talking to by party vice president Rahul Gandhi. More »After Rahul rap, Delhi Congress vouches for unity
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Riding on their Nigerian firepower, East Bengal made a hattrick of Kolkata premier division soccer league titles with a 3-2 win over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan here Thursday. More »East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 3-2, win Kolkata League
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved classical language status for Malayalam, subject to the outcome of a case in the Madras High Court, an official statement said. More »Cabinet approves classical language status for Malayalam
Ghaziabad, May 23 (IANS) Cracking the gruesome killings of seven members of a businessman's family in Ghaziabad two days ago, Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested the family's former driver who confessed to the murders, police said. More »Driver held for Ghaziabad family's massacre
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The government's decision to allow quadricycles, a category of four-wheelers on Indian roads, is fraught with the danger of further deteriorating road safety and pollution, a global not-for-profit organisation said Thursday. More »'Quadricycles may increase road deaths'
DUBLIN, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - Mohammad Hafeez scored his fifth century in one-day international cricket to put Pakistan in a commanding position in the first match of their series against Ireland at Clontarf on Wednesday. More »Cricket: Hafeez century takes Pakistan to 266 against Ireland