It may be that a swift resolution to the Afghanistan debate is essential. It may be that political pressures make delay unappealing or even impossible. It may be that President Barack Obama’s growing reputation for leisurely consideration and for easy compromise requires him to make a brisk ruling on American policy in Afghanistan.

A back-nine fightback by Jeev Milkha Singh fell just a bit short and he missed making the semifinals of the Volvo World Match Play championships on Friday.

The start-stop-start saga continued at the Barclay’s Singapore Open as rain and lightning once again came in the way of the day’s programme.

After failing to finish in any of the earlier rallies this year, reigning champion Vikram Mathias finally had the run of luck as he surged into lead at the fourth round of the 2009 Indian National Rally Championship in Nashik on Saturday, reports Deepti Patwardhan.

Star sculler Olympian Bajrang Lal Thakhar will lead a 34-member strong Indian contingent at the Asian Senior and Junior Rowing Championships, to be held in Yi-Lan, Taiwan from November 2.

Hindustan times’ pre-election reportage from all over the state has been a hit, at least with one section of readers. Sumana Ramanan reports.

India’s women boxers L Sarita Devi and Usha Nagisetty entered the semifinals of the third Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi on Saturday.

A 25-year-old accused arrested by the Nallasopara police reportedly committed suicide on Saturday evening in the lock-up by slashing his entire body with a blade. HT Correspondent reports.

With runners set to hit the road, the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon will be flagged off in the early hours of Sunday morning, reports Moonmoon Ghosh.

Located in a corner of the Crawford Market office of the commissioner of police, the ElderLine control room is the second busiest place in the building after the police control room. Megha Sood reports.