Colombo: Kevin Pietersen struck 151 for his 20th test hundred to help England to a 185-run lead over Sri Lanka on Thursday on the third day of the second test.

Kota. Sanitation officers and employees are to blame as much as we all are equally guilty. Councillors should pay special attention to the cleaning system. If cleaning is not the fault of the party comes to the forehead.

Kota. Heat and humidity in the city on Thursday was a day and the weather was clear, but late at night around 12 pm the rain started again with strong winds. Water overflowing in the streets. The lightning also struck. Fast the storm has blacked out areas of the city. Fast heat of the rain was gone. Before morning the weather was normal.

New Delhi, Apr 5:  The  Indian weekly newspaper Sunday Guardian   has reported quoting "sources" that a senior minister of the UPA government was the brain behind Wednesday's front page story in the Indian Express which detailed the January 16 troop movements.

New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has recommended cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's name for the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan made the announcement in the Assembly on Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar: Bowing to Maoists’ demands,  for securing the release of a BJD MLA and an Italian from the captivity of ultra-Left activists’ captivity, Odisha government today said it would facilitate the release of 27 persons, including 8 Naxals, from jails. 

Visakhapatnam: India today inducted the Russian-origin nuclear-powered submarine ‘Nerpa’ into the Navy, joining the elite league of nations having such sophisticated warships.

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil conferred the Padma awards to late cartoonist Mario Miranda, actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi and former chief vigilance commissioner N Vittal among other eminent citizens on Wednesday.

Islamabad: A combative Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief, today dared the US to carry out a military raid against him like the one that killed Osama bin Laden, saying he was not hiding and would inform the Americans himself about his whereabouts.

New Delhi: Pressure is mounting on Pakistan to act against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. This came after the US announced a $ 10 million reward on him. Islamabad instead of acting on the decision, is now demanding concrete evidence from Washington DC against the 26/11 mastermind and also against Saeed's brother-in-law and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Abdul Rehman Makki.