Bangalore, May 3: Inspiring bowling by Praveen Kumar and Azhar Mahmood helped Kings XI Punjab pip Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in a thrilling Indian Premier League match and keep themselves in the play-offs contention, here yesterday.

New Delhi: He is an established international captain but Mahela Jayawardene finds Virender Sehwag an “instinctive leader” who has done a fabulous job for Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Kota. Had a little spat and bloodshot eyes. Peoples tolerance is so low that they are shedding the blood of relationships at small talk.

RANCHI: Expressing doubts whether creation of Lokpal will put a lid on corruption completely, former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said Lokpal would only fill up jails and children and youth could begin eradicating corruption from home. "What Lokpal will do is if it finds anyone guilty it would put them in jail, and jails will be filled up. What we want is nobody should go to jail ... as we want good human beings," Kalam said while interacting with children here.

BHOPAL: Outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Tuesday night announced that they would release abducted collector Alex Paul Menon on May 3 in front of the people of Tadmetla in south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

Washington, May 2: US President Barack Obama today said America had “turned the tide of war” in Afghanistan in the last three years, asserting that his goal to defeat al-Qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild was now “within reach”.In a nationally televised address to the nation from Bagram air force base in Afghanistan, where he made an unannounced visit last night, Obama said, “America spent nearly eight years fighting a different war in Iraq. And al-Qaeda’s extremist allies within the Taliban have waged a brutal insurgency. But over the last three years the tide has turned.”

London, May 2: Al Qaeda planned to conduct a Mumbai-style attack to  hijack cruise ships and post footage of passengers being executed online to pressurise governments to release  prisoners, it has been revealed by German intelligence.Documents embedded inside a porn  movie, on a memory disc, show how the terror network wanted to dress tourists up in Guantanamo Bay-style orange jumpsuits before murdering them.
The audacious plan is just one of several plots discovered by investigators who decrypted the hardware found in the underpants of a suspected terrorist arrested in Berlin last year.

Jaipur: Virender Sehwag played his trademark punishing knock after little known left-arm spinner Pawan Negi’s brilliant effort with the ball as Delhi Daredevils juggernaut kept on rolling with a thumping six-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match, here today.This was Daredevils’ eighth win in 10 matches as they now have 16 points and are assured of a berth in the knock-out stages.

Pune: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today said that his nomination to the Rajya Sabha was an honour but made it clear that he was not quiting cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman.Speaking for the first time since he was nominated for a Rajya Sabha seat on April 26, Tendulkar stated he would never enter politics by giving up cricket which he said was his life.

Estoril (Portugal): Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova overcame a late resistance from Eleni Daniiliidou and Andreja Klepac to progress to the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open on Monday. The second seeded Indo-Australia pair got the better of their unseeded rivals 6-2 6-7(5) 10-5 in the opening round of the USD 220,000 clay court event.