HIDDEN FEAR OF 'THE AVATAR'Sathya Sai Baba's refusal to explain anything other than what pleases himself makes it difficult to have confidence in many of the statements he makes on whatever subject, quite apart from what concerns the 'unseen' world

Noted journalist Prabhash Joshi died of a heart attack here on Thursday.

With the Naxals facing the heat of an imminent concerted operation by security forces, a top Maoist leader on Thursday said the ultras were ready for talks "if there was ceasefire on both sides".

Sachin produced a breathtaking 175 to very nearly take India to a sensational win in a nerve-wrecking fifth ODI against Australia but the hosts flaundered in the dying stages to succumb to a three-run defeat.

The Delhi High Court has held that information stored in Electronic Voting Machine cannot be made public under the RTI Act.

Congress said that its negotiations with NCP on govt formation in Maharashtra are over and all issues including portfolios have been settled.

BJP leadership is understood to have offered a compromise formula under which Rural Development Minister Shobha Karandlaje may be removed in an attempt to buy peace with Karnataka dissidents.

The arrest of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda by the Enforcement Directorate is "imminent" as the evidence against him for allegedly carrying out hawala transactions "is satisfying".