In a move which could speed up the extradition of India-born surgeon Jayant Patel from the US to face manslaughter charges in Australia, one of the 14 charges against him has been dropped.

With the trust vote threatening to become a touch-and-go affair, the saffron party has a sudden spring in its strides.

FIH president Els van Breda Vriesman speaks on Charlesworth and India's chances of hosting the World Cup.

Supporters of Dalai Lama shouted and 'spit' on a group of demonstrators belonging to Buddhist sect which alleges that Tibetan spiritual leader is persecuting its members.

FIFA is in talks with Brazil about staging 2010 WC should SA be unable to host the event, a sports newspaper has reported.

The angry parents of two Australian girls abused by a Catholic priest have flown to Sydney to demand that Pope Benedict XVI make good on a pledge to apologise to victims of predatory clergymen.

A Mumbai-based devotee of Lord Siddhivinayak has donated a diamond-studded mobile phone as part of his offering to the Lord.

More babies were born in the United States last year than any other year in history, pointing to a potential start of a new baby boom like the one that followed World War II.

F1 ace Hamilton has set his sights on matching Wimbledon champion Nadal's unquenchable thirst for success.

Former president Bill Clinton has said he was willing to campaign for White House hopeful Barack Obama, who defeated his wife Hillary in a sometimes bitter Democratic nomination race.

ICC will hold a briefing on Sunday for the eight countries taking part in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

The meeting on Kashmir-related confidence-building measures was postponed in wake of bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul.

In an interview with Glamour magazine, Barack Obama said attacks on his wife are "infuriating."

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran continued to toy with the option of abstaining from voting during the July 22 trust vote in Lok Sabha.

Some 778 million people in southern Asia are forced to relieve themselves in the open - a practice known as open defecation.

Ahead of warm-up game, big guns work out ways to counter Sri Lanka's Murali-Mendis-led unorthodox bowling attack.

One person was killed on Friday in a clash between a group of Sikhs & Dera Sacha Sauda supporters in Haryana's Sirsa district.

High value Indian art has boosted sales and profits of Christie's to 1.8 billion pounds in the first six months of 2008, the reputed UK-based auction house said.

PCB has said it has not received any confirmation about the 'substance' from the IPL authorities.

With Olympics less than a month away, Chinese authorities have come out with a manual which will teach citizens how to survive terrorist attacks.