Kalburgi murder: Body resembling rationalist's killer found

An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer M M Kalburgi,......

Yeddyurappa has assets worth Rs 5.97 crore

B S Yeddyurappa has loaned Rs 17 lakh to his son B Y Ragavendra, who until recently was a Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party. As per Yeddyurappa’s affidavit which was filed......

Stung Yeddy tells children to leave CM's house

Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to shift from his official residencein......

'We'll let loose 300 bulls. What'll the cops do?'

A day before the Tamil harvest festival Pongal, Alanganallur village, 18 km from Madurai district, is abuzz with festive anticipation. A huge mandap greets you in the village centre. At least a......

Sports Shorts: Chitra Magimairaj wins World women's senior snooker

Chitra Magimairaj made light of an early exit from the World Snooker Championships to pocket the Senior snooker title on her first appearance in the event, in Leeds, on Tuesday. Competing against......

World Billiards: Advani, Sethi continue great form

Seven-time World champion Pankaj Advani, veteran Geet Sethi and Dhruv Sitwala continued their unbeaten run in the Time Format after outplaying their rivals in the World Billiards Championships in......

National billiards: Sitwalla stuns Sethi

Dhruv Sitwalla pulled off a 4-2 upset victory over former World champion Geet Sethi to enter the men's semi-finals, while Maharashtra's Meenal Thakur claimed the women's crown in the National......

Pool probables for Asian Games

Veteran Alok Kumar and national snooker champion Manan Chandra were included among the probables for the 8-ball and 9-ball pool events at the Doha Asian Games in December.The Billiards and Snooker......

Top cueists for 9-ball pool

The Nine-ball Pool Nationals, to be hosted at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club's premises in Mumbai from August 27-September 4, has attracted the country's leading cueists, barring six Railways......