Kolkata: The rift between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and one of her most prominent supporters is final. Months after Mahasweta Devi called Mamata's government fascist, she quit as president of Bengal Academy on Thursday after her nominee was rejected for an award. Devi said, "I feel humiliated and hurt. I didn't expect this. This is the biggest humiliation of my literary career." Increasingly award ceremonies are being seen...
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Colombo: Ramnaresh Sarwan never thought of quitting playing for the West Indies at the World Cup, even after selectors dropped the middle-order batsman. "No, no, no, not at all," said a perspiring Sarwan on Monday after an intense batting practice session at the R Premadasa Stadium in humid conditions. "I believed I have a lot of cricket left in me and hopefully I can contribute more to West Indies cricket."...09:31 PM, Dec 14, 2007
London: Australian spin great Shane Warne has reportedly slept with a London-based porn star and bombarded her with a series of raunchy text messages even while his romance with Hollywood beauty Elizabeth Hurley was blossoming, a report has claimed. The British tabloid newspaper Sunday Mirror reported that Warne had bedded 26-year-old Chloe Conrad in the same presidential-type suite at London's Bentley Hotel where he and 45-year-old mother of one Hurley...03:42 AM, Dec 14, 2007
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