Acting on a Central Bureau of Investigation's plea, a special CBI court has issued judicial requests to four countries seeking details of the money trail in the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The Letters Rogatory to the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Malaysia and Mauritius were issued by a Patiala House court last week in the case. The CBI has alleged that Maran had received Rs 547 crore as kickbacks.
Cricket players from Australia and the West Indies have taken part in coaching clinics with local children in Barbados to raise awareness and reduce stigma about HIV and AIDS in cricket-playing countries.
Australia spinner Xavier Doherty took four wickets to lead the visitors to a 64-run victory over the West Indies in the first one-day international of their five-match series in Kingstown, St Vincent, on Friday.
West Indies cricketer Runako Morton was killed in a road accident on Sunday night when he lost control of his car and hit a pole.
Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been left out of their preliminary squad for the limited overs series against Australia in the Caribbean as the Jamaican's row with the regional cricket board rumbles on.
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The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose ancestors migrated from Bihar to the Caribbean islands in the 19th century, visited the state's Bhelupur village on Wednesday afternoon.
Two days ahead of the visit of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, residents of Bhelupur, her ancestral village in Bihar, completed nearly a 4,000 sq feet long road in 48 hours by offering voluntary labour.
'I don't feel any animosity towards the attacker. I only feel sorry for him. He did it out of ignorance, and needs help,' Ramesh Maharaj, the priest at the Hindu temple in New York, which was attacked by a firebomb on Sunday, tells Rediff.com
'I don't feel any animosity towards the attacker. I only feel sorry for him. He did it out of ignorance, and needs help,' Ramesh Maharaj, the priest at the Hindu temple in New York, which was attacked by a firebomb on Sunday, tells Rediff.com
Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez, club mates at Barcelona, sparkled as Argentina and Chile put behind them a weekend to forget with victories in the South American 2014 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
The Isle of Man is busy welcoming hundreds of the Commonwealth's most talented young athletes, officials and supporters to the island.
A depleted Indian team, sans senior players Sachin Tendulkar and regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived in the Carbbean for a limited overs series against the West Indies, starting on Saturday.
With several senior players being rested for the West Indies tour, Team India could now be sweating over stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir's fitness.
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The West Indies scored one of the quickest wins in the World Cup when they beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in their Group B match in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Friday.
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The United States is home to about 1.6 million Indian origin people, making them the third-largest immigrant group in the country after Mexicans and Filipino, a Washington-based think tank has said.
People of the Trinidad and Tobago surprised all when they elected 58-year-old Kamla Persad Bissesar as the country's prime minister. The political coalition led by her won 29 of the 41 seats in parliament, the results of which were announced on May 26. She heads the United National Congress party.
India's debacle at the ICC World Twenty20 raises some crucial questions.
Former players on Wednesday slammed the Indian cricket team for its humiliating exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, attributing the debacle to skipper MS Dhoni's poor tactics, IPL fatigue and the players' failure to cope with rising deliveries.
Facing the risk of an early exit, India will not only have to produce a miracle against Sri Lanka in their last Super Eights match at St Lucia but also hope for a favour from Australia if they aspire to enter the semi-finals of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup.
South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs desperately wants to win the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. He says he is ready to exchange any individual honour of his career for a victory in the Caribbeans.
In the Caribbean islands which spawned a conveyor belt of intimidating pacemen in the 1970s and 1980s, spin is poised to dominate the World T20.
Injury-hit pacer Brett Lee, who was declared fit to play in the Twenty20 World Cup, is satisfied with his bowling performance during the Indian Premier League.
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Former captain Jimmy Adams says the current West Indies team can give any team in the world a run for its money with consistent collective performances.
Adrian Barath's century in his debut Test at Brisbane proved that the visiting West Indies team should not unnecessarily fear the Australians, batting great Brian Lara said.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh arrived on Thursday afternoon from Washington, DC to attend the three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain.
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Trinidad & Tobago's impressive performance in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 would definitely help in putting West Indies cricket back on track, feels the island nation's captain Darren Ganga.
The collective wealth of the richie-rich club has, however, declined from $1.57 trillion.
Jamaica will grant diplomatic privileges to triple Olympic and world champion sprinter Usain Bolt and name a highway after him, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said on Tuesday.
For its Singapore trading desk, the company aims to hire a few top level executives in a few weeks. The desks in London and Houston will also recruit more executives for finding opportunities in those markets. The company has another trading desk in Dubai. An RIL spokesperson declined to comment on the expansion of trading desks.
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A landslide in Mumbai killed 12 and injured about 10 people, after heavy rains sent rocks \nand mud from a hill crashing into a slum late on Thursday.
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