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Cricket can become Olympic sport now, gets IOC approval REUTERS, 12 February 2010, 12:30pm IST VANCOUVER: Cricket was cleared to pursue its bid to be included in future Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rubberstamped the sport's recognition on Thursday. Cricket...

Agni III doesn't pose threat, we share friendly relations with India: China BEIJING: Describing its ties with India as "friendly and cooperative," China today said both countries did not pose mutual threat. Dismissing reports that India's nuclear-capable Agni-III missile, which has a...

India aid to Bhutan, ties with Russia worrying China Saibal Dasgupta, TNN, 8 February 2010, 08:19pm IST BEIJING: India is “intensifying military penetration” in Nepal and Bhutan, a Chinese analyst said in a government-run website. The Himalayan kingdoms have become theatres of conflict...

UNCLE SAM’S WAR-MART The American arms cartel is cranking up its presence in the big Indian weapons bazaar. Chidanand Rajghatta examines what — apart from bottomlines — is driving the billion-dollar push Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death...

Is the neighbourhood set to get even more dangerous? INDRANI BAGCHI DIPLOMATIC EDITOR , TOI Crest, 6 February 2010, 09:50am IST In December, 2007, Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, threw out two Britons - Michael Semple and Mervyn Patterson- for allegedly bribing Taliban leaders in...

101 ways to torture your husband revealed A new book advising women on the 101 ways they can torture their husbands has been released by an award-winning New York radio broadcaster. According to the Sun , the book, ‘101 Ways to Torture Your Husband’, by author Maria Garcia-Kalb, talks of...

Muslims on social networks are sinners RANIA CAIRO: Terming the use of networking sites such as 'Facebook' as anti-Islamic, a top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa against it saying Mus lims using such cyber platforms must be considered "sinners". And the cleric went to extent of...

Apple unveils new tablet computer, the iPad SAN FRANSISCO: Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off the highly anticipated "iPad" tablet and pitched it at a surprisingly low price aiming to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops. Jobs, who returned to the helm last year after...

MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League is always full of surprises. After all the fuss over Pakistan being 'excluded' from the 2010 auction comes a soothener: IPL-2 champions Deccan Chargers will be signing up Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, as an injury replacement for IPL-3. Incidentally...

China promotes pop singer in Sanskrit Sa Dingding Likely To Perform At World Expo To Showcase Country’s Rich Culture Saibal Dasgupta | TNN Beijing: China’s official media is promoting what it describes as the first pop singer who sings in Sanskrit. She is one of the singers being...

China-specific Agni-III test by Feb-March TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: After beginning to base Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets in the North-East, India is now finally gearing up to conduct another test of the China-specific 3,500-km-range Agni-III ballistic missile in February-March...

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Today is the trial run for the country's first Monorail Rail in Mumbai.:cool: Just 1 monorail coach FOR R-DAY TRAILER Train To Move At 5-10 Km/Hr On 200 Metre Wadala Track Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: The much-touted monorail test drive on Republic Day will be little more than just a...