PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy went on primetime TV on Sunday to unveil plans for new taxes he hopes will fix France’s ailing economy and boost his credibility ahead of polls he is tipped to lose to a Socialist. The right-winger has not confirmed he will stand for re-election, but he gave his strongest hint yet [...]
SYDNEY: Struggling opener Shaun Marsh (below) was Monday left out of Australia’s one-day squad to face India and Sri Lanka, while wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been rested in favour of Matthew Wade. Australia go into the tri-nations series buoyed by a 4-0 Test whitewash of India, and with players such as newcomer Peter Forrest showing [...]
Nick Reeves LIBREVILLE: Eric Gerets (right, in white), in what could be his last match as coach of Morocco, will expect his players to end their curtailed stay in Gabon with a flourish in the ‘dead’ clash with Niger here Tuesday. Both sides are heading home after this final Africa Cup of Nations Group C [...]
Liam Neeson has had quite a bit of success the past few years with January and February action flicks. Taken became an early blockbuster in 2009 and Unknown did solid business almost 12 months ago. That was one reason why new distributor Open Road wanted to open Joe Carnahan’s The Grey this weekend. And it [...]
LONDON: Arsenal staged a remarkable recovery from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 as they kept their FA Cup hopes alive with a dramatic fourth round win at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The Gunners, without a major trophy since winning the FA Cup seven years ago, were booed off by their own fans [...]
Demi Moore is doing better than most people think. At least so says one of her good pals. “I just saw her and she’s doing great,” director Patty Jenkins just told me at the Directors Guild Awards in Hollywood. “I think she’s doing much better than it’s made out to be.” Jenkins continued, “Demi is [...]
The mood at the Oakridge International School, Bachupally, on Sunday was full of excitement and euphoria as students and parents joined in to participate in the two-hour workshop held by Rob, an anchor of a show on Pogo. The children were undoubtedly thrilled to have Rob in their midst and so the scorching sun did [...]
Labour pains, broken ceramics The blue skies of the pristine beauty, Yanam, suddenly turned dark with smoke billowing out of burnt vehicles and machinery. The blue seas of the Bay of Bengal bled. The ceramic hearts broke. The shrill attack on KC Chandrasekhar, 53, president of operations and maintenance of Regency Ceramics, by workers of [...]
He yelled out loudly and the echo reverberated in the well of the blue quadrilateral Rod Laver Arena of Melbourne Park interspersing the tensed up and hissing breath of the audience, flung his racquet into air, removed his T shirt and slowly fell flat stretching his arms and legs. Then he rose, moved around the [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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