Washington: The US on Wednesday charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, along with four alleged plotters, vowing to seek the death penalty in a much-awaited military trial.

Chennai, Apr 5: Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday suffered a eight-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted it was a "rusty" start to their title defence in IPL 5.

Kolkata: Underachievers in the last four seasons, both Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils would look to reverse their fortunes when they kickstart their IPL V campaign against each other at the Eden Gardens here today.

Colombo: Alastair Cook and captain Andrew Strauss frustrated Sri Lanka by scoring half-centuries in a solid 122-run opening partnership to put England in command of the second test on Wednesday.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh cancelled licences of seven 'gutkha' companies and banned its manufacture and sale in the state from April 1. MP is the first state in the country to ban tobacco, magnesium carbonate and nicotine-based 'gutkha' following provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulation 2011.

Mumbai: The CBI today detained two persons including an IAS officer for alleged irregularities in granting sanction to multi-crore Adarsh housing society here.

Chandigarh,: Amid reports that VIP facilities including an LCD TV were being provided to Bibi Jagir Kaur, lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, a top Punjab Prisons official today ordered an inquiry into it.  Punjab DGP (Prisons) Shashi Kant also insisted that rules will be followed in the case.

New Delh: The senior Defence Ministry official, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his south Delhi flat, died of suffocation after he allegedly set himself afire while his wife was strangled to death, police said today quoting their post mortem report.

Karachi, Apr 4: Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing “illegally” in Pakistan’s territorial waters, officials said here on Tuesday.

Villavicencio: Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised but called insufficient to merit a peace dialogue.