Paris:Rafael Nadal became the first player to win seven French Open tennis titles after he beat World No.1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the final here Monday.
Hyderabad: A special CBI court here Monday extended YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s judicial custody till June 25 in the illegal assets case.The member of parliament (MP) from Kadapa was presented before the special CBI court as his judicial custody was ending Monday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a petition seeking the [...]
New Delhi:West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Monday for talks on the state government’s demand for moratorium on interest payment, said that discussions remained incomplete. “The discussions shall go on… when they conclude, we will come back to you,” Mitra told media persons waiting outside the finance ministry [...]
New Delhi:The national carrier Air India may sack 300 more striking aviators, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said Monday, as the airline advertised for hiring new pilots. The airline has already sacked 101 pilots. “The pilots are on an illegal strike since May. How long do they (pilots) expect us to wait for them to [...]
Islamabad:Pakistan and India Monday began two-day talks to resolve the dispute over Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has sought demilitarisation of the area following a massive avalanche that entombed nearly 140 soldiers.Defence secretaries of the two countries will review several proposals to settle the dispute, officials said. [...]
New Delhi:West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Monday for talks on the state government’s demand for moratorium on interest payment, said that discussions remained incomplete. “The discussions shall go on… when they conclude, we will come back to you,” Mitra told media persons waiting outside the finance ministry [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY: For LeBron James to finally claim his long-sought NBA Finals title, he and the Miami Heat will have to shut down NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Two star-studded teams begin the best-of-seven championship series at Oklahoma City on Tuesday, ending a campaign shortened by a financial dispute between [...]
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi seems to be giving anxious moments to political parties with his election campaign. His oratory skills have become the talk of the town. During the ongoing bypoll campaign, Chiranjeevi is delivering aggressive speeches. These speeches have become an instant success with people who are thronging his meetings. His recent potshots at Jagan and [...]
Barnaby Chesterman GDANSK, Poland: Holders Spain were held to a 1-1 draw by a dogged and determined Italy at the Arena Gdansk here on Sunday in the opening Group C match at the European Championship.Italy took the lead on 61 minutes through substitute Antonio Di Natale only minutes before the world champions equalised through Cesc [...]
What was once the Congress stronghold now seems to be swaying dangerously towards the YSRC, even as TDP jumps into the fray to garner votes There are many Assembly constituencies in the State that are considered to be Congress strongholds. Regardless of the Congress being in power or not, the voters here have always stood [...]
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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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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