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Novelist Shashi Deshpande today offered her resignation from the Sahitya Akademi General Council denouncing "growing intolerance" in the country, joining a protest by writers and poets who have resigned and turned down honours in recent weeks.

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United or JD(U) parted ways with his 17-year-old ally, the BJP, because it says Narendra Modi, who is the party's poll campaign chief, is not acceptable to the minorities. As the 2014 polls close in, the Congress-led UPA government too is pushing its minority agenda. And so is the BJP, which is coming out with its own visi...

Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman has failed a doping test during the English county championship while representing Somerset, an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday.

Axed from the World Cup T20 squad, experienced Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman said he has got over the disappointment and now wants to form a potent bowling partnership with Saeed Ajmal in other formats of the game.

The uncertainty over whether Bangladesh will tour Pakistan next month and end a three-year drought of international cricket there continues, after BCB president Mustafa Kamal said they would not tour if the ICC did not agree to send their match officials.

Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik has given permission to the Cricket Board to purchase two bomb-proof buses as part of the plan to provide enhanced security for the proposed tour by Bangladesh this year.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has got approval from the Presidency to launch a IPL like T20 league in middle east in association with Abdul Rehman Bukhatir.

Novelist Shashi Deshpande today offered her resignation from the Sahitya Akademi General Council denouncing "growing intolerance" in the country, joining a protest by writers and poets who have resigned and turned down honours in recent weeks.

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United or JD(U) parted ways with his 17-year-old ally, the BJP, because it says Narendra Modi, who is the party's poll campaign chief, is not acceptable to the minorities. As the 2014 polls close in, the Congress-led UPA government too is pushing its minority agenda. And so is the BJP, which is coming out with its own visi...

Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman has failed a doping test during the English county championship while representing Somerset, an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday.

Axed from the World Cup T20 squad, experienced Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman said he has got over the disappointment and now wants to form a potent bowling partnership with Saeed Ajmal in other formats of the game.

The uncertainty over whether Bangladesh will tour Pakistan next month and end a three-year drought of international cricket there continues, after BCB president Mustafa Kamal said they would not tour if the ICC did not agree to send their match officials.

Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik has given permission to the Cricket Board to purchase two bomb-proof buses as part of the plan to provide enhanced security for the proposed tour by Bangladesh this year.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has got approval from the Presidency to launch a IPL like T20 league in middle east in association with Abdul Rehman Bukhatir.