Venus Williams of USA wipes her face with a towel during a break in her singles first-round match against Paula Ormaechea of Argentina on Day 1 of the French Open at Roland Garros. Venus won 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. (Getty Images)Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand during her singles first-round match against Elena Baltacha of Great Britain. Stosur won 6-4, 6-0. (Getty Images)A general view of a packed Court Philippe Chatrier as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France stretches to play a forehand during his first-round match against Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia. (Getty Images)
11:13 AM, May 28, 2012

Roger Federer despairs following his defeat against Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Australian Open. (Getty Images)Rafael Nadal's joy knows no bounds after making the final of the Australian Open. (AP)Federer's twin daughters, Myla and Charlene, in attendance. (Getty Images)
06:35 PM, Jan 26, 2012

Kim Clijsters of Belgium is congratulated by Maria Joao Koehler of Portugal, after winning their first-round match at the Australian Open. (AP Photo)Rafael Nadal of Spain prepares to serve in his first-round match against Alex Kuznetsov of the United States during day one of the Australian Open. (Getty Images)Jelena Jankovic of Serbia plays a forehand in her first-round match against  Laura Robson of Great Britain. (Getty Images)
06:15 PM, Jan 16, 2012

Telangana stir cripples Andhra, hurts industry New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh is on the verge of an economic crisis as the Telangana stir enters day 10 with power cuts, crippled courts and road transport affected across Telangana regions. Government employees have paralysed the region's state administration. In Hyderabad, courts and civic services have been partially shut. Power Cuts and bus strikes have brought life to a virtual standstill. Members of the Telangana Congress Steering Committee met Andhra...  
08:18 AM, Sep 23, 2011

Maruti strike: two lakh more workers to join in New Delhi: The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant has entered its 13th day with the management refusing to reinstate 11 sacked employees. "The situation is the same as yesterday... There is no change," a company spokesperson said. The Maruti strike in Manesar is spreading to other automobile plants with more than two lakh workers planning to go on hunger strike from Friday. Workers in about 65 factories in the Gurgaon-Manesar...  
09:26 AM, Jun 16, 2011

Maruti strike: crisis at Manesar plant worsens New Delhi: The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar facility continues to be completely shut down, with a workers' strike at the plant entering its 10th day on Monday. On Sunday, the stalemate seemed to be melting when the management agreed to recognise the new union formed by the workers. "The talks are going on, but the strike is still continuing. The production at the plant is stopped," a...  
07:27 AM, Jun 13, 2011

AI remains crippled: 3rd round of talks today Mumbai: With two rounds of talks between the striking pilots and the government failing to end the deadlock, both have agreed to meet again on Friday, even as the domestic operations of the national carrier Air India remaned crippled for the tenth consecutive day. With the strike still on, the airline has grounded up to 90 per cent of its operations and has been operating around 30 flights a day...  
01:05 PM, May 06, 2011

Gujjar stir continues, protest in Delhi today New Delhi: It's the tenth day of the Gujjar protest and it is set to spill over to the national capital on Wednesday. A Gujjar mahasabha will be held at the Jantar Mantar today. The city is likely to see some disruptions as the Gujjars bring their protest to the capital. A faction of agitators are also threatening to call an NCR bandh in support of their demand for 5...  
08:47 AM, Dec 29, 2010

Israeli operation's day 15, Gaza death toll up to 854
by IANS
Over 3,500 are reported injured in the offensive that began on December 27. ...  
07:50 AM, Jan 11, 2009