Mumbai: Two years back, Goregaon locals had barged into the local Saroj Guesthouse to bash up women and pimps reportedly engaged in prostitution, and got the lodge closed. Last week, a similar incident took place in the suburb. Residents of Motilal Nagar gathered around the residence of a Bhojpuri actress suspected to be soliciting customers to her house, and beat her and a producer up. The police arrested two residents...
12:33 PM, Feb 23, 2012
BANGALORE: Over the years, important landmarks in Bangalore have been renamed much to the nonchalance of city-dwellers. The pattern remains the same; an old colony or park named in honour of an important British officer now bears the name of a deserving Indian who made the country or the state proud. While the act is appreciable, it does not hide the fact that the British had a major influence on...
09:06 AM, Feb 18, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After a high drama and impasse that lasted hours, the residents of Vilappil panchayat foiled the move of the City Corporation and the district administration to transport garbage to the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant on Monday. Hundreds of people had gathered at the Temple Junction on the road leading to the waste treatment plant from 8 am. The slogan-shouting agitators, mostly women and children, then fanned across the road...
10:03 AM, Feb 14, 2012
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has rejected a writ plea from the George Town Building Owners Welfare Association seeking to restrain the government and the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) from constructing the underground metro rail line from Washermenpet to Mannadi via Seven Wells, GT and Prakasam Road in Corridor-I. The consequential prayer of the petitioner, which was also rejected, was to direct the authorities to construct the rail line...
08:53 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Tokyo: Japan's Sony Corp will promote its consumer business chief Kazuo Hirai to the role of president as early as April, taking the title away from Howard Stringer, who is expected to remain chairman and CEO, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Such a move would give Hirai, 51, who made his name in Sony's PlayStation video game division, more influence over the whole company and its wide range of technology and...
03:13 PM, Jan 07, 2012
A year that witnessed the passing of one European golfing legend may have heralded the arrival of another. The death of Spanish great Seve Ballesteros in May following a three-year battle with a brain tumor hit the golfing fraternity hard, although the outpouring of grief for the popular winner of five Majors extended far beyond sport. It was fitting, then, that the player who did so much to revive a...
10:28 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Melbourne: Tiger Woods found his putting groove to clinch the Presidents Cup for the United States, who held off a stiff challenge by the Internationals at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Sunday. The 14-times major champion notched six birdies in a crushing 4&3 win over Australia's Aaron Baddeley to hand the Americans their fourth straight trophy with a total of 19 points to 15. "It does feel good. I was...
01:43 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Melbourne: South Korea's Kim Kyung-tae drained a clutch putt on the 18th hole to beat Tiger Woods in their four-ball match and give the Internationals a glimmer of hope with the Americans closing in on a seventh Presidents Cup victory on Saturday. Partnered with YE Yang, Kim's six-foot knee-trembler in front of a massive gallery at Royal Melbourne sealed a 1-up victory over Woods and Dustin Johnson as the Internationals...
04:58 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Melbourne: The United States maintained their grip on the Presidents Cup on Friday, holding off a late charge by the Internationals to share the points 3-3 in the opening four-ball matches as the Royal Melbourne course bared its teeth amid searing northerly winds. As the temperature rose and swirling gusts buffeted the famed sandbelt course, players on both sides were dumbstruck by the pace of the flint-hard greens, but the...
08:10 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Melbourne: The United States recovered from a stunning collapse by Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker to take a 4-2 lead in the Presidents Cup at the end of Thursday's opening foursomes as the nervous hosts stumbled late in the day. Woods and former caddy Steve Williams had moved to defuse tensions following the New Zealander's recent racial slur, the pair shaking hands at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club's first tee...
08:41 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Singapore: Former world number one Tiger Woods said on Thursday he was fortunate to have been picked by US captain Fred Couples for the Presidents Cup defence in Australia later this month. Woods, winner of 14 majors and considered one of the finest players ever, has tumbled to 56th in the world rankings and not won a single title since the explosive revelation of his marital infidelities at the end...
11:38 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Los Angeles: United States captain Fred Couples ended speculation over whether Tiger Woods might be selected for the Presidents Cup in November by saying on Thursday the former world number one would be a wildcard pick. Woods had been eager to take part in the Ryder Cup-style competition against the Internationals in Australia but had no chance of gaining automatic selection after struggling for form and fitness this season. The...
08:19 AM, Aug 26, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday shot off a protest letter to the President, the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister against Governor H R Bhardwaj's move to recommend central rule in the state, saying no attempt should be made to create a constitutional crisis when his government has majority. "The Governor is trying to destabilise the government by joining hands with opposition parties. I have...
10:28 PM, May 15, 2011
Residents living around Borivali National Park allege their pet dogs are being picked up by the leopard. ...
10:54 AM, Mar 27, 2011
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