Clarke defends his players in Hot Spot controversy

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 17:33

Australia captain Michael Clarke today backed his players, stating that none of his teammates have used silicone tapes on their bats to beat the controversial Decision Review System (DRS).

Barack Obama meeting with lawmakers on NSA surveillance

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 23:28

US President Barack Obama is meeting with lawmakers to discuss surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.

`US snooping programme had one server located in India`

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 20:30

A controversial US surveillance programme that sweeps Internet usage data had 700 snooping servers installed at 150 locations around the world.

National Security Agency phone spying document declassified

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 21:39

The Obama administration is declassifying documents about its telephone spying program to try to tamp down congressional opposition to domestic surveillance.

British `migrants go home` van stirs controversy

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 22:24

Britain`s government on Monday defended a controversial campaign featuring lorries with billboards urging illegal immigrants to "go home or face arrest", after criticism from a senior minister.

Birender controversy: INLD asks Cong to clarify position

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 21:13

Senior Congress leader Birender Singh kicking up a controversy with his claim that there are people who shell out upto Rs 100 crore to get a Rajya Sabha seat.

Grand Mufti calls music ‘UnIslamic’, seen enjoying it in video

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 21:47

A video showing Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Bashiruddin Ahmad enjoying music, an act he termed as forbidden in Islam, went viral, drawing sharp reactions online.

Plea against Dhoni: Police say photo was work of art

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 18:43

The Delhi Police on Saturday told a court here that the photo of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a magazine posing as God and holding a shoe in his hand "is a work of art" and the player had "no intention" to insult religion.

US House rejects effort to curtail surveillance

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 09:25

The US House of Representatives narrowly beat back an effort to cut funding to National Security Agency programs.

NSA surveillance: 19 organisations sue US govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 08:27

Nineteen US organisations have filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency, claiming that its secretive surveillance program violates the Constitution.