Infra sector grows by 5.1% in September

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 19:29

Annual growth in the eight core sector industries more than doubled to seven-month high of 5.1 percent in September on good production in coal, cement and petroleum refinery sectors.

China struggles to cope up with festival rush traffic

Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 20:52

China struggled to cope with surging traffic on road, rail and air as millions of inbound passengers rushed home to celebrate the eight day national holiday to celebrate the mid Autumn Festival.

Core sector growth slows to 2.1% in August

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 12:06

Eight core industries grew at a slower pace of 2.1 percent in August, as against 3.8 percent in the same month last year due to negative growth in crude oil, natural gas, fertiliser and cement.

ICC World T20, Super Eight: South Africa vs Pakistan - Preview

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 09:56

They have so far maintained a clean slate and there is very little to separate the two teams as South Africa lock horns with Pakistan in what is expected to be a battle of attrition in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match on Friday.

ICC World T20 2012: Australia wary of spin stocked India ahead of crucial tie

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 11:20

Ahead of Australia`s first Super Eight clash against India, batsman Michael Hussey on Wednesday said the team is chalking out an appropriate strategy to cope with the variety of spinners on offer by the 2007 World Twenty20 Champions.

Former Pak players suggest changes in pace attack for WT20

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 09:54

The below-par show of Pakistan`s pace battery in the ongoing World Twenty20 has left the country`s former cricketers worried and they have called for changes in the line-up in the Super Eight stage starting on Thursday.

Playing with Dhoni, Raina in IPL will certainly help: Morkel

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 19:36

Albie Morkel, a regular in the Chennai Super Kings line-up during IPL, says the experience of sharing the dressing room with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, R Ashwin and Suresh Raina will help South Africa when they take on India in their final Super Eight game of the World Twenty20.

ICC T20 World Cup 2012: Sri Lanka vs South Africa - Preview

Last Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 14:23

Already assured of their places in the Super Eight stage of the ICC World Twenty20, both Sri Lanka and South Africa would be eyeing a win to top their pool when they play against each other in the marquee Group C clash on Saturday.

TN: Eight-year-old boy murdered near Hosur

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 00:02

An eight-year-old boy was allegedly murdered by unidentified persons who stuffed the body in a gunny bag and dumped it near his house near Hosur in the district on Saturday, police said.

Delhi Metro to induct eight coach trains by December

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 13:19

Delhi Metro will start inducting eight coach trains on its network by this December to tackle the ever-increasing rush and has begun conducting mandatory tests on a train that has been assembled.

Shah Rukh Khan to make 8-pack abs for Farah Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’

Last Updated: Saturday, June 30, 2012, 16:03

The last time we saw Shah Rukh Khan sporting those delicious six pack abs in ‘Om Shanti Om’, the entire nation went about drooling on King Khan’s hotness quotient. However, the washboard tummy did not last for a long time.