'Too boring' if world follows same political system: Xi

President Xi Jinping today defended the one-party rule in China saying the "world will be too boring" if all countries followed the same political system, a day after the world commemorated 25th......

Sri Lanka refuses to cooperate with UN war crimes probe

Sri Lanka has refused to cooperate with a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes during the final phase of the country's civil war, saying it will not subject itself to the......

Lanka fails to get assurance from India on UNHRC resolution

Brushing aside opposition from the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam and other parties in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa but did not give him......

Mass grave found in former LTTE stronghold in Lanka

Skeletal remains of 80 bodies have been dug out of a mass grave in a former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam stronghold in Sri Lanka, fuelling speculation that the bodies are of Tamil civilians who......

Justice Mudgal elected head of FIFA Governance Committee

Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal was on Thursday elected as head of FIFA's governance committee at the world football governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city of Manama.Justice Mudgal's......

Fourteen Eritrean footballers disappear in Uganda

At least 14 members of the Eritrea soccer squad have disappeared in Uganda while playing in a regional tournament and may eventually claim asylum, Ugandan officials said. Eritrea is one of the......

Pakistan club too good for Indian Navy

Pakistani Star club got off to a flying start in the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament, beating Indian Navy 5-1 in Delhi on Friday.The other foreign side in fray, Dinamo Kazan hockey club of......

Krishnamurthy to lead Mumbai

Half-back S Krishnamurthy of Mumbai Port Trustwill lead Mumbai in the 109th All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament, being played at Kolkata.Mumbaiplay its first match on April 4.The team......