World Cup 2015: Mohammed Shami out of UAE match with knee injury

Last Sunday, images of Virat Kohli were all over the place after he demolished Pakistan in India’s opening World Cup match in Adelaide. - Virat Kohli fan? Solve this World Cup puzzleHis composed 107 off 126 balls earned the defending champions a 76-run victory over their arch-rivals.Ahead of the team’s second outing in the tournament against South Africa, he is again in the news. This time though it is not for one of his hurricane knocks but his brand new 'Mohawk' haircut. Check out ...

‘It's a big knock for us to get beaten by 130 runs’ ‘It's almost embarrassing’ AB de Villiers of South Africa tosses his bat after being run out. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images South Africa captain AB de Villiers will turn to his senior players to help lift the team out of the doldrums after they suffered a ‘big knock’ to their confidence in a crushing defeat by India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Prem Panicker: Wallflower in team of ...

A ‘war-chest’ of foreign exchange reserves worth up to $1 trillion in the long run can help India bolster its geo-political influence in an increasingly inter-connected economic world, says the Economic Survey. "If power used to flow from the barrel of a gun, in an increasingly inter-dependent economic world, hard and soft power derive from a war-chest of foreign exchange reserves. “China's abundant reserves have highlighted this fact," said the survey for 2014-15 tabled in ...

The special investigation team on black money has asked the Reserve Bank of India to provide it with HSBC India’s financial transaction details for financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13, according to sources in the know. The SIT will also ask the RBI for details of transactions over the last 15 years, they have said. SIT chairman M B Shah has written to RBI deputy governor H R Khan, seeking financial reports of HSBC India for 2011-12 and 2012-13 as during the period there were amendments in ...

Is AIB’s ribaldry representative of all stand-up acts in India? The next wave of humour may belong to clean comedy 27 February 2015 BY: V Shoba

Chennai: Hailing India’s ‘multilingualism’, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said it was an ‘asset’ and ‘heritage’ and that this plurality must be appreciated.“Multilingualism in our nation extends back to ...

Ravi Shastri speaks with MS Dhoni during a practice session. Photograph: Solaris Images Pleased by Indian bowler’s performance during the game against Pakistan Team India director Ravi Shastri said that it will serve them well if bowlers were to replicate their performance in the rest of the tournament. Ahead of the crucial encounter against South Africa, Shastri was hoping for yet another good show from his bowlers. "I am sure, our bowlers will do well. If they bowl well, bowl ...

Islamabad: Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif today warned India of a “befitting response” to alleged provocation along the Line of Control (LoC), just days before the arrival of Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar ...

New Delhi: Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon vowed to enhance country’s relationship with India by participating in Prime Minister Narendra Modi ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme.Moshe, who was in India participate in the Aero India ...