Paris: Roger Federer equalled Jimmy Connors' record of 233 career Grand Slam match wins by beating Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the French Open on Monday. Federer, who owns a record 16 major championships, is 233-35 at tennis' top four tournaments, a .869 winning percentage. Connors was 233-49. Kamke, meanwhile, fell to 6-10 in Grand Slam matches. He's never been past the third...
07:39 PM, May 28, 2012
Hardoi: A newborn baby girl was found abandoned near the railway tracks near Sandila Railway Station in Hardoi, the third such case involving baby girls this week. The girl was found lying near the railway tracks on Thursday morning, RPF sub-inspector S K Singh said. He said the girl was admitted to a community health centre in Sandila where doctors have described her as healthy. Earlier, this week two baby...
12:02 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Just a few days after a couple from Jodhpur in Rajasthan abandoned their baby girl, a father allegedly blinded by superstition, assaulted his six-month pregnant wife with an iron rod that resulted in a miscarriage. The 30-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh lived to tell the tale of horror unleashed by her husband and his family. Six months into her pregnancy, she was brutalised by her husband with an...
09:36 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Commenting on the Andhra Pradesh forced abortion incident, NCW Chairperson Mamata Sharma said that the 'baba' who ordered the act should be held. ...
01:34 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Hyderabad: In a brutally shocking incident, a man in Guntur district along with his parents, allegedly beat up his six-month pregnant wife with an iron rod on the stomach causing her to undergo a miscarriage on Sunday. Police say the family, blinded by superstition and faith in a baba, believed that she was pregnant with a girl child and hence decided to terminate the pregnancy. The victim claims that this...
12:09 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Indian Student Anuj Bidve's murder in Manchester has brought the focus back on racially motivated crimes in the UK. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Kolkata: Popular singer song-writer Anupam Roy, who broke fresh ground in Bengali film music with his lyrics and compositions, now wants to graduate to filmmaking, though music will remain his first love. The singer of 'Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao' (Let Me Stay As I Like) from the hit film 'Autograph', which is still ruling the radio waves, has in fact already prepared a script, albeit roughly. "I wish to...
11:49 AM, Nov 07, 2011
London: Late Pop legend Michael Jackson has topped a poll of the greatest dance moments ever captured on film. It was done by Disney Channel. The King of Pop's creepy routine in the horror-themed promo for his 1984 track "Thriller" topped the list, while "We're All In This Together", a song and dance routine from 2006 American television film "High School Musical", came second. Third place went to dancer Tobias...
03:57 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday dismissed the charge of bias in its actions and made it clear that steps for the conduct of fair and free polls are "not directed against anyone". "It is totally unwarranted. All decisions at the Commission are taken unanimously," Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said on the charges by some political leaders in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal that the EC was "biased"....
03:44 PM, Apr 11, 2011
New York: A senior human resources manager at Toshiba Corp has filed a $ 100 million lawsuit accusing a U.S. unit of the Japanese technology company of "systemic" gender bias against women in pay and promotions. The plaintiff, Elaine Cyphers, contends that Toshiba America Inc pays women lower salaries and bonuses than men who perform similar work. She says the company steers women into lower-grade positions, and favors men in...
11:51 AM, Feb 01, 2011
The Indian woman is celebrated today for being at par with her male counterpart. ...
02:46 PM, Jul 19, 2009
About 50 Indian passengers allege the staff ill-treated them. ...
04:31 PM, May 12, 2009
Psychologists say that a child who lives with abuse becomes violent. ...
04:16 PM, Nov 19, 2008
Melbourne: Young Australian opener Matthew Wade has proved his worth with his match-winning performances in a few games he has played, but the young Tasmanian does not want to look too far ahead than the three ODIs for which he has been selected. In a short time, Wade has become a thorn in India's flesh and his 67-run knock in the first one-day international was another proof of his growing...
01:00 AM, Apr 20, 2008
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians' cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto, who was sent home midway through IPL-4 for exposing the antics of some of the top players on a blog, has been offered a role in a major Bollywood movie and also been invited to the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in October. According to a report in a South Africa newspaper, the 22-year-old has been flooded with media requests from all over the ...
01:02 AM, Jan 27, 2008
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