”Calcutta” News

India looks at sporting life beyond cricket

MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Cricket is not the only sport in India -- that is the message that Olympic officials in the country of 1.1 billion people are trying to get across.
02 28 2008 3:00AM (...more)

Pregnant tigress rescued in India

CALCUTTA, India - Forest guards tranquilized and then rescued a pregnant tigress from a date palm tree after it strayed into a village near the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India, an official said Tuesday.
02 20 2008 3:24AM (...more)

Retired airlines official fights for moustache rights

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Joynath Victor De, a retired Indian Airlines employee, is so fond of his moustache that he is defending it in court after he says it lost him his job with the airline.
02 19 2008 5:46AM (...more)

Vangipurappu Laxman returns to haunt Australia

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Like a recurring bad dream, Vangipurappu Laxman has come back to haunt the all-conquering Australia cricket side.
01 22 2008 3:58PM (...more)

Laxman returns to haunt Australia

MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Like a recurring bad dream, Vangipurappu Laxman has come back to haunt the all-conquering Australia cricket side.
01 22 2008 2:59PM (...more)

Kumble hails Indian players after beating Australia

PERTH (Reuters) - India captain Anil Kumble has praised the character of his players for the gallant way they fought back from the disappointment of losing in Sydney to beat Australia in the third test on Saturday.
01 20 2008 2:59AM (...more)

India wins Test series opener against Pakistan by six wickets

NEW DELHI - Sachin Tendulkar completed a robust half-century as India coasted to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the opening cricket Test Monday.
11 27 2007 1:54AM (...more)

The blind get a helping hand in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The tiny, 5-year-old girlfrom Calcutta is called Kajal. She is blind because an angrystepmother poured acid in her eyes in a now distant spat in herhomeland.
11 21 2007 12:31PM (...more)

Pakistan's Kaneria targets Tendulkar scalp

KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said he will target all India 's batsmen in the forthcoming Test series but getting the wicket that has eluded him so far -- Sachin Tendulkar -- would be a dream.
11 19 2007 6:57PM (...more)

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh in smoking row

MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian anti-smoking group is threatening to take Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to court for allegedly lighting up in public in violation of India 's anti-smoking law.
11 19 2007 6:59AM (...more)