PHOTOS: Russian battle tanks perform a 'ballet'

Russia has produced quite a long list of famous dancers, so it seemed quite fitting that the country organised a 'tank ballet' at a recently-held arms expo, choreographed by none other than the......

Air ambulance crash-lands near Delhi airport, all safe

IMAGE: People gather at the spot where an air ambulance of Alchemist Airlines crashed in Delhi's Najafgarh area on Tuesday. All photographs: ANI An air ambulance coming from Patna with a patient,......

India, Russia to hold talks on arms deals

With deliveries of frontline Sukhoi fighter planes and aircraft carrier Gorshkov in a fresh price-related logjam, a high-level Russian defence delegation is arriving in New Delhi in a bid to sort......

Govt turns down FIIs on GAAR

The finance ministry on Thursday turned down foreign institutional investors' demand that capital market transactions be exempted from the proposed General Anti-Avoidance Rule, to be implemented......

Strike-hit Maruti Manesar unit rolls out 200 cars

The dispute between the workers and the management at the Manesar facility of Maruti Suzuki India Limited entered the eighth day on Monday, but the country's largest car-maker made a smart in-house......

60 penny stocks rise 5 to 31 times

The last four months have been party time for 60 penny stocks, which gained 500 to 3,100 per cent on the bourses. A Business Standard Research Bureau study shows that trading volumes for each of......

China's Amoi unveils mobile at Rs 6000

With its eyes on the lucrative mobile market in India, Chinese company Amoi has tied-up with Banaras House Group for distribution of its mobile phones in the country."The agreement between Amoi and......

Mumbai storm into Ranji Trophy semi-finals

Riding on Ajit Agarkar's five-wicket haul Mumbaistormed into the semi-finals of theRanji Trophywith a convincing nine-wicket victory overHimachal Pradesh at the Sardar Patel Stadium inAhmedabad on......

Rana misses second match ton

Sachin Rana missed out on a century in both innings as the Ranji Trophy match between Haryana and Baroda ended in a tame draw in Sirsa on Monday.Rana, who scored 121 in the first innings in......

South Africa crush hapless West Indies by 163 runs

South Africa completed a comprehensive 163-run win over West Indies in the dying stages of the fourth day of the opening Test at the Queen's Park Oval on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the......

Muralitharan bowls Sri Lanka to easy victory

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed six wickets to help Sri Lanka ease to an innings and 153-run victory over South Africa on the fifth and final afternoon of the first Test on Monday.The......

Kaif steers Central Zone to victory

Skipper Mohammed Kaif slammed an unbeaten 131 to steer Central Zone to an astounding five-wicket win over star-studded North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs league match in Pune on......