Belgrade: World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia Open following the death of his grandfather during the Monte Carlo Masters event last week, the Serbian said on Wednesday. "I've made a decision not to take part in the tournament this year," Djokovic, the title holder at the Belgrade clay-court event, said on his website. "This is certainly one of the toughest decisions in my career but...
10:53 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Washington: The Pentagon revealed on Wednesday that partial, incinerated remains of some September 11 victims that could not be identified were sent to a landfill. The number of victims involved was unclear according to a Pentagon report, but it involved some of those killed when a terrorist-hijacked airplane struck the Pentagon, killing 184, and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, killing 40, in the September 11, 2001, attacks against...
07:17 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: IUML leader and Kerala Minister MK Muneer on Friday rejected CPM's demand for his resignation following WikiLeaks revelation suggesting that he had told US consular officials that his party had divisions about the approach towards Kerala-based radical outfit NDF. Dubbing the content of the diplomatic cable, quoted by the whistle blower, as "mere imagination of the US officials", Muneer told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram IUML has always stood firmly against...
08:07 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Kannur: After causing discomfiture in CPM in Kerala, US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks have embarrassed the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) by suggesting divisions in the party over its approach towards extremist outfit National Development Front (NDF). The whistleblower site revealed that a cable allegedly sent to Washington by the US consulate in Chennai a few years back quoted IUML leader MK Muneer as having said that party leaders...
07:48 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Guwahati: If the development plank the Congress rode on in the two previous elections endeared itself to voters in Assam, the near-absence of militancy for a considerable time made the party's position stronger in the 2011 assembly election. Absence of major militant violence ever since the arrest of top NDFB and ULFA leaders, including its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and others, two years ago and their participation in the peace process...
04:09 PM, May 14, 2011
Monaco: World Champion Viswanathan Anand came back to sole third spot after defeating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan 1.5-0.5 in the 10th and penultimate round of 20th and last edition of Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament here. Anand was held to a draw quite easily by Gashimov in the blindfold game but the Indian ace came up with a sterling performance in the rapid game as black to win the...
06:33 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Guwahati: The Assam unit of the CPI on Wednesday promised to include all the insurgent outfits in the state in negotiations to solve the vexed militancy problem. Releasing the party's election manifesto for next month's Assembly poll, Bhogeswar Dutta of CPI state council, said the NDFB and other militant outfits should be called for negotiation following the government's peace initiatives with the banned ULFA. Welcoming the initial round of talks...
03:09 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Monaco: World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered another setback, losing to Levon Aronian of Armenia 0.5-1.5 in the eighth round of 20th Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament here on Monday. For, Anand the loss against one of the direct rivals proved very expensive as the World Champion fell way behind the tournament leader. The loss came in the rapid game after Anand had drawn the blindfold. Magnus Carlsen of Norway...
07:50 PM, Mar 21, 2011
Monaco: World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a major defeat at the hands of Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine to slip to the third position after the sixth round in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament here. The Indian ace went down in the rapid game with black pieces after drawing the blindfold affair. By virtue of the 0.5-1.5 defeat against Ivanchuk, Anand lost his second place in the combined standings...
09:36 PM, Mar 19, 2011
Guwahati: A security alert was sounded in election-bound Assam on Tuesday, a day after militants bombed the ruling Congress party's headquarters, injuring five party workers, and killed nine Border Security Force (BSF) troopers in separate attacks. "A state of high alert was sounded across Assam with police, army and paramilitary troopers deployed in strength to foil any further militant attacks. We would be dealing with the militants with a very...
01:39 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Shillong: Two top NDFB militants, arrested along with three other cadres and a sympathizer in Meghalaya, have admitted their involvement in a number of killings and blasts in Assam, besides links with smaller militant groups, police said. Lachit Boro alias Langana confessed to have killed 26 people, including those in the serial strikes that the outfit carried out in western Assam districts, mainly in Sonitpur, killing more than 20 people...
02:41 PM, Feb 13, 2011
London: A 29-year-old man, who became a father at the age of 14, is set to create a record by becoming Britain's youngest grandfather, after his 14-year-old daughter has become pregnant, a media report said. "It's like history repeating itself. I quite like the idea of being the youngest grandad in Britain, but at the same time I'm fuming that she (daughter) is pregnant. I know myself how tough it...
06:54 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New Delhi: Where porn goes others follow. The winners of the video format battles were decided by the choice of the adult entertainment industry. If history is any indicator, then 3D television broadcast is going mainstream, soon. FriendFinder Network that owns Penthouse men's magazine has announced the launch of Penthouse 3D, the first 3D porn channel. The new channel will will feature adult-oriented programming shot in native high definition and...
06:11 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Guwahati: Three more persons were gunned down by NDFB militants today, while another man succumbed to his injuries, pushing the toll in the overnight violence to 22, as the rebels warned of more killings in Assam. However, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said "We are not going to be cowed down by terror" and the security forces have launched an offencive against National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants. The authorities have...
11:50 AM, Nov 09, 2010
Bangalore: As the city grows and real estate prices shoot up, even landfills are not being spared by the real estate mafia. A right to information (RTI) petition filed by a local activist shows landfills in nine different places have been encroached upon by land sharks. The total area encroached is a shocking 53 acres costing crores of rupees. S. Amaresh, an RTI activist, said: “If nothing is done to...
09:02 AM, Sep 16, 2010
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