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Bihar boy dies as 'doctor' performs surgery watching Youtube videos

A teenage boy died in Bihar's Saran district after a 'quack' allegedly performed a gall bladder-stone removal surgery on him taking help of YouTube videos, police said. Image used for......

'Go home' chant getting louder as pressure mounts on Gotabaya to quit

A massive anti-government street protest demanding Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation has turned into an all-night vigil as over 10,000 demonstrators gathered at the Galle Face......

Lankan presidential secretariat reopens after blockade; 3 held for theft

Sri Lanka's presidential secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, resumed operations from Monday, 100 days after the building's entry gate was blocked,......

Charges false, an attempt to arrest me: Fonseka

Defeated joint opposition candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka rejected the Sri Lankan government's allegations on Thursday that he had attempted to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapakasa, terming it as......

19 killed in Sri Lanka bus accident

Nineteen passengers of a bus were killed and another 58 injured when their vehicle crashed into a truck transporting beer in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday along the same route taken by a South......

The businessman behind the Mumbai sea link

Ajit Gulabchand is not fond of the arclights, but he shed his reluctance for once - just like a proud father would do in the company of his famous child. So Gulabchand was happily posing for the......

Not far behind the dragon

Is there anyone who has been to Shanghai and hasn't been impressed by the corporate palaces of Pudong, the city's sparkling 13-year-old suburb? Back in 1990 a visitor could have stood on the......

Is India heading for another economic crisis?

The government thinks that it can buy peace with its own people, not by providing an environment for growth, but by bribing them into silence, writes M R Venkatesh. The confluence of two......

How to make a claim for insurance

Claiming insurance compensation can sometimes claim your peace of mind. The territory is agog with complaints like that of Mumbai-based jeweller Rohit Bajaj, 36. His insurer did not pay him to get......

Forget IPL. Wanted, a JPC to probe tax havens!

Nothing could trivialise the sanctity of Parliament than a JPC on the IPL. We need a JPC to cover the tax havens and its impact on the Indian economy, says M R Venkatesh. The tagline could not......

Mr & Mrs Smith bring the house down

Jane Smith is peeved, and it's understandable. She's knee-deep in household debris, her house is under siege by heavily armed bounty hunters. And she has finally learnt the terrible truth about her......

Juned's Journey: From Driving Autos To Winning Irani Cup

'I was irregular for practice because I had to drive the autorickshaw to sustain my daily expenses in Mumbai and also to send money to my mother back in Kannauj, so I could not miss even a day of......

Green fuels Australia's ascendancy in Galle Test

IMAGE: Cameron Green added 84 runs with Alex Carey to help Australia go past Sri Lanka's 212 on Day 2 of the first Test in Galle on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Australia's Cameron Green......

NZ name 5 spinners for India tour; Boult unavailable

Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme made themselves unavailable for selection due to the prospect of further time in bio-secure bubbles and Managed Isolation. IMAGE: New Zealand pacers Trent Boult......

Cricket Buzz: Controversial Pak spinner Ajmal retires, criticises PCB, ICC

IMAGE: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Photograph: Graham Crouch/Getty Images Pakistan's ace spinner Saeed Ajmal has brought the curtains down on his cricket career with a "heavy heart",......

Test reveals Ajmal's elbow extension beyond 40 degrees

Saeed Ajmal in action. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal failed his biomechanics test in Brisbane because his average elbow extension was more than double the 15......

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