New Delhi: Sudha Singh, one of India's finest long-distance athletes and current national record holder for the 3000m steeple chase, finished 13th in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Her timing of 9:55:67 was set while winning gold at the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou in 2010, and in June this year Sudha qualified for London after breaking going even better with a timing of 9:47.70. Performing at the...
04:21 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Husband of Jacintha Saldanha, who allegedly committed suicide after becoming a victim of a hoax from Australian radio presenters, has informed Indian mission in London that he would like the body to be sent to India. "Husband of Jacintha has informed that he would like the body to be sent to India. Our Mission is in touch with the husband of Saldanha and is assisting in smooth completion...
03:57 AM, Dec 13, 2012
London: Winter is playing havoc in the United Kingdom, where dozens of flights have been cancelled due to thick fog and ice. Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow, has seen a bulk of cancellations. Visibility has been falling across central, eastern and north-west England. Ferry services too have been cancelled in London. Road and rail travel has also been disrupted, especially in North Yorkshire. Heathrow Airport had around 60 cancellations affecting incoming...
08:10 PM, Dec 12, 2012
London: The Indian-origin nurse, who was found hanging after being duped by a prank call from two Australian DJs, was still alive when she was discovered in her flat and attempts were made to revive her, British media reported on Wednesday, ahead of the release of her autopsy report. Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was discovered on Friday morning in her room at staff accommodation near the London's King Edward VII Hospital,...
05:57 PM, Dec 12, 2012
New Delhi: Husband of Jacintha Saldanha, who allegedly committed suicide after becoming a victim of a hoax from Australian radio presenters, has informed Indian mission in London that he would like the body to be sent to India. "Husband of Jacintha has informed that he would like the body to be sent to India. Our Mission is in touch with the husband of Saldanha and is assisting in smooth completion...
05:24 PM, Dec 12, 2012
London: For the first time in history, white British people are now in a minority in London. They have been overtaken by the immigrant population from countries like India, the latest census revealed. Just 3.7 million Londoners described their ethnicity as 'White British' in 2011 - down from 4.3 million in 2001, and making up 44.9 per cent of the city's population. It is believed to be the first time...
09:02 PM, Dec 11, 2012
London: A 17-year-old boy in Britain was on Tuesday found guilty of stabbing his mother 94 times after he lost his temper. Kieren Smith killed 42-year-old Leah Whittle at her home in Weymouth, Dorset, July 21, British newspaper Daily Mail reported. A jury at Winchester Crown Court found him guilty of murder. He will be sentenced Wednesday. Smith inflicted knife wounds across his mother's head, back and front in the...
08:58 PM, Dec 11, 2012
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand finished his campaign with a draw against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the ninth and final round of London Chess Classic here on Tuesday. Anand ended the tournament on nine points and had to content with a fifth place finish among nine contenders as Carlsen emerged as the clear winner on 18 points under the soccer-like scoring system in place here. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia...
08:28 PM, Dec 11, 2012
London: World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an exciting draw with Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in the eighth and penultimate round of the London Chess Classic, here on Monday. After a steady draw with Judit Polgar of Hungary in the previous round, it was a nerve-wracking game in which fortunes fluctuated many a times and the draw was probably a good result from a sporting point of view...
07:52 PM, Dec 10, 2012
The Australian radio station at the centre of the hoax call death controversy has defended its act saying that it did try to get in touch with the hospital before airing the prank call. ...
06:03 PM, Dec 10, 2012
London: World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Judit Polgar of Hungary to go out of contention in the London Chess Classic here. Having lost a game through a blunder in the previous round, Anand was apparently satisfied with the result as Polgar also played it safe after showing early aggression. For the first time in the tournament, all the four games were drawn leaving Norwegian Magnus Carlsen...
08:12 PM, Dec 09, 2012
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand fell prey to an inexplicable blunder in a perfectly balanced position and went down to Michael Adams of England in the sixth round of London Chess Classic at the Olympia here. After a fine victory in the previous round against Gawain Jones of England, the Indian ace survived some anxious moments in the middle game before equalising completely and just when the experts had given...
09:16 PM, Dec 08, 2012
London: Three men accused of stabbing Lt Gen (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar, who led the 'Operation Blue Star' in Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984, have been ordered by a British court on Friday to remain in custody for further hearing on January 18. The trio - Barjinder Singh Sangha, 33, Mandeep Singh Sandhu, 34, and Dilbag Singh, 36 - appeared at a preliminary hearing at London's Southwark Crown Court....
09:41 AM, Dec 08, 2012
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand will be keen to notch up his first victory in the London Chess Classic when he takes on lowest-rated Gawain Jones of England in the fifth round at the Olympia here. A lucky escape after a blunder against Luke McShane of England, a missed opportunity against Levon Aronian of Armenia and a dull draw with Russian Vladimir Kramnik has been the story so far for...
06:18 PM, Dec 06, 2012
London: An Indian-origin woman, who beat her son "like a dog" for not being able to memorise passages of the Quran, has been found guilty by a British court of murdering him and setting his body on fire to hide evidence. Sara Ege, 33, a mathematics graduate from India, was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday of beating her son Yaseen Ege to death at their home in...
04:23 PM, Dec 06, 2012
News of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy and her hospitalisation has generated a media frenzy all over the world with minute to minute updates about each and everything that one can imagine. In what is being called "the best international scoop so far" by the Australian press, announcers Mel Greig and Michael Christian from radio station 2Day FM managed to convince hospital staff to put them through to...
03:37 PM, Dec 06, 2012
The London hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for severe morning sickness admitted on Wednesday it had fallen for a prank call from an Australian radio station, relaying personal details about her condition. Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in central London on Monday suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, very acute morning sickness which causes severe nausea and vomiting. News of her pregnancy...
11:03 AM, Dec 06, 2012
London: World champion Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive victory continued as he was held by the former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia for a draw in the fourth round of London Chess Classic here on Wednesday. Another draw statistically mean that Anand hasn't won for 17 classical games in a row, including four matches in the last World Championship, the Final Masters tournament where he finished winless and three...
05:35 PM, Dec 05, 2012
A Pakistani fish seller in the UK may soon be the next big thing on the Internet after Gangam Style! With his catchy song and singing attracting more than 4 million views on YouTube and landing him a record music deal. "Come on ladies, come on ladies, have-a, have-a look, one pound fish. Very very good, very very cheap, one pound fish," fish seller Muhammad Shahid Nazir can be seen...
03:50 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: The cover page of the December edition of FHM magazine features actress Aditi Rao Hydari. Aditi is known for her roles in films such as 'Yeh Saali Zindagi' and 'London, Paris, New York'. ...
03:43 PM, Dec 05, 2012
