Paris: Fourth seed Andy Murray, grimacing in pain, battled his way into the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating Finn Jarkko Nieminen 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 despite back problems. Defending champion Rafa Nadal's progress was rather more swift. The Spaniard, aiming for a record seventh French Open title, thrashed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2 6-2 6-0. Nadal and Murray were joined in the third round by French...
07:56 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Left leaders Prakash Karat, AB Bardhan and Sitaram Yechury on Thursday courted arrest along with a number of their supporters in central Delhi as part of their protest against petrol price hike. The protest was organised at Delhi Gate on Thursday morning and a number of demonstrators blocked traffic. Holding placards and shouting slogans against the government, the Left activists marches towards the Daryaganj Police Station where they...
12:50 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The nationwide bandh called by the NDA and the Left Front evoked a mixed response from across the country on Thursday. While the NDA states were hit by the Bharat bandh, there was a lukewarm response in the Congress-ruled states as they remained partially affected. Most of the protests have been peaceful till now, but sporadic violence has been reported from Maharashtra and Karnataka. In the BJP-ruled Karnataka,...
11:44 AM, May 31, 2012
Kolkata: The supporters of the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike on Thursday blocked some roads in some districts of West Bengal and squatted on railway tracks. BJP workers went on a rampage at Barasat and there was a blockade at East-West by-pass in the city. Protesters blocked the Howrah bridge, which connects the metropolis to the Howrah district. They also blocked roads at...
10:58 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh against petrol price hike started affecting normal life across the country on Thursday. The protests even turned violent at some places with public transport being damaged. In Karnataka, three state-run buses were burnt and 11 others were damaged early on Thursday morning. Following this, the BMTC has suspended operations for now and will review the situation after a meeting. There were similar scenes in Pune...
09:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh call by the NDA and the Left parties started affecting normal life on Thursday with the other parties joining the the protests. Rail traffic was hit as Samajwadi Party and JD(U) workers blocked rail routes in Allahabad and Patna. The Saket Express and Ganga Gomti Express were stopped in Allahabad. The bandh turned violent in Karnataka as protestors burnt three state-run buses and damaged 11...
07:40 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Indian television's longest running detective show 'CID' might soon be a film, says producer B.P. Singh, promising more action, a unique storyline and different styling with the same cast. "There will be a film on 'CID' with the same cast, but one main villian will be from outside," Singh told IANS, adding that he was not sure about the time frame. Launched Jan 21, 1998, on Sony, 'CID' has...
11:37 AM, May 30, 2012
Baghdad: Microsoft Corp. says it has appointed a local company to distribute its products in Iraq in what it says is a sign of growth for the war-plagued country. Manager of Business Development for Emerging Markets Rajai S. El-Khadem said Monday that the software giant had chosen the Baghdad-based Legend Lands Co. as its Iraqi partner. El-Khadem called on Iraq's government to approve laws protecting intellectual property and usage of...
10:12 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: A special court on Tuesday is expected to pronounce its order on the bail applications of 7 accused in the Adarsh housing scam. They are former defence officials, AR Kumar, MM Wanchu, RC Thakur and TK Kaul, former senior IAS officers PV Deshmukh and Pradeep Vyas and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani. All the accused have sought bail on the ground that CBI had not filed a chargesheet...
06:50 AM, May 29, 2012
Los Angeles: The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel 'Men in Black 3' debuted as the No 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That bumps Disney's 'The Avengers' into second-place after three blockbuster weekends on top for the superhero sensation. 'The Avengers' took in $37 million over the three days to...
10:56 AM, May 28, 2012
Bangalore: Another vigilance officer was attacked in Bangalore on Friday by unidentified assailants. The attack came just days after an auditor, SP Mahantesh, was murdered in the city. Chief Engineer Vigilance (Technical) N Devaraju was attacked after he allegedly did not give the suspects a favourable report in a case. Devaraju is employed with the Bangalore Mahanagar Palika. He has now written a complaint to the corporation commissioner. In his...
06:53 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Setting up an office is most expensive in the national capital region in terms of rental cost across the country while it is fifth costliest place in the entire Asia Pacific region, a study has found. The country's second most expensive location Mumbai is the only other Indian city among the 10 most expensive locations in Asia Pacific in terms of office rentals (at 10th place), as per...
05:50 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: It seems the director Ram Gopal Varma's latest venture 'Department' has failed to grab attention at the box office. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets,"EXCLUSIVE DATA: #Department is a disaster in UK, USA, Aus, NZ, Fiji, except UAE." The film was not received with much enthusiasm after its release on May 18. The audiences as well as the critics had shown reluctance in giving a thumbs up to the...
01:59 PM, May 22, 2012
BANGALORE: The road connecting the Chord Road Junction and Gali Anjaneya Temple will be made one-way, probably in the next two months. Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy on Monday said, The move will possibly provide partial solution to the ever-increasing traffic on Mysore Road. Accordingly, vehicles coming from Mysore side have to take a left turn on the West of Chord Road and proceed on the bridge at Deepanjalinagar and then...
08:37 AM, May 22, 2012
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