Paris: The seventh seeded pair of Indian veteran Leander Paes and Austrian Alexander Peya advanced to the French Open second round after notching up a three-set win in their opening men's doubles match at Roland Garros here. Paes and Peya defeated Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in a contest lasting a little over two hours. They will now be facing the unseeded Russian-Uzbek combination of...
09:41 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Having set the cash-registers ringing with their rapturous pairing in 'Khakhi' uniforms, Kunchakko Boban and Biju Menon are in for an image makeover. Malayalam cinemas latest hit duo, for the first time in their careers, will be seen in the roles of priests. Both are preparing to wear tunics in 'Janapriyan' fame Boban Samuels yet to be titled movie. After the extra-ordinary success of 'Ordinary', Kunchakko and Biju Menon have...
10:51 AM, May 30, 2012
Manchester: Striker Dimitar Berbatov wants to leave Manchester United because he feels he has fallen out of favour with manager Alex Ferguson. "My time at Manchester United is running out," the 31-year-old Bulgarian told bTV on Sunday. "I no longer feel like a valuable part of this team." The Premier League club took up an extra year's option on the former Bulgaria captain's contract in March despite him slipping down...
09:46 PM, May 21, 2012
Pachmarhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri, who drew flak for his controversial comments against parliamentarians, landed himself in another row by calling Naxals "fighters not terrorists". The 61-year-old actor, who is in Pachmarhi to shoot for Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh', said Naxals were fighters who did not trouble the common man. Justifying the kidnapping of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, Puri said that the Naxals kidnapped him because he supported...
05:38 PM, May 18, 2012
Raipur: A gunbattle is on between police and suspected Maoists near Chhindgarh tehsil in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. Eight police personnel are reported to have been injured, while two are missing in the encounter which began on Wednesday. This is the third time in a week that Maoists have targeted security forces in Chhattisgarh. Sukma district was in the news in April 2012 after its Collector Alex Paul Menon was held...
10:40 AM, May 16, 2012
Sukma district collector Alex Paul Memon was released by Naxal Guerrillas after 13 days of captivity near Tarmetla on May 3. Tarmetla is a small ...
09:16 PM, May 14, 2012
Washington: Adolf Hitler was apparently a coke head who farted uncontrollably, ingested some 28 drugs at a time and received injections of bull testicle extracts to bolster his libido. It's a whole other side to the Nazi dictator, whose poor health condition was revealed in medical documents that are now up for auction online at Alexander Historical Auctions of Stamford. Bidding for the documents - which include ten X-rays of...
09:34 AM, May 08, 2012
London: British scientists claim to be for the first time growing human body parts at a laboratory at the University College London, which they say could soon make organ donation a thing of the past. A team, led by Prof Alexander Seifalian of the varsity's Department of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, claims it's actually focussing on growing replacement organs and body parts to order, using a patient's own cells. "This...
03:39 AM, May 07, 2012
Raipur: Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon has taken charge and joined office on Saturday, two days after his release from Naxal captivity. Tweeting about his his abduction by the Naxal he says the death of his two security guards has left him shattered, but he's looking forward to getting back to work. "Wanna go back to my office, continue doing what all I had planned for this district with the...
11:45 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has clarified that no money exchanged hands to free Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai on India@9, he said that time has come for unified policy to deal with Naxals across states. Here is an excerpt from the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai: There are reports that on the Alex Paul Menon abduction, a backroom deal was struck with the...
09:03 AM, May 05, 2012
The Sukma Collector is back home after 12 days in the Naxal captivity but Chhattisgarh Chief Minister has denied reports of any backroom deal. ...
09:52 PM, May 04, 2012
Sukma: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has denied any secret deal with the Maoists in return for the release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. He has also firmly opposed any swap deal to resolve a hostage crisis as a national policy. All this as the 12-day ordeal for the Sukma Collector came to an end on Friday morning when he was home at last. The mystery behind the...
09:15 PM, May 04, 2012
Jashpur: While the country is discussing the release of IAS officer Alex Paul Menon, people seem to have forgotten the two bodyguards of the Collector who were killed by the Naxals while he was taken hostage. Ahmad Khan and Kishan Kujur were shot dead. Their families are shattered and yet to receive any condolence visit from the government. At the Kujur household, there is a pall of gloom after the...
03:24 PM, May 04, 2012
Raipur: IAS officer Alex Paul Menon, who was on Thursday released by the Naxals after 12-day captivity, was on Friday relieved as the District Collector of Sukma. The District Collector of Dantewada, O P Chaudhary, has been made the in-charge of the district for the time being. A government notification has already been released in this regard. The development came just hours after Menon reached his home in Sukma. He...
01:18 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government had formed a committee under former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch to look into the cases against tribals as per the Maoist demands, who had pressed for the release of innocent tribals from jail in exchange for abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon. Said Raman Singh, "It will help create a positive environment in the area....
12:58 PM, May 04, 2012
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