Monaco: Nico Rosberg set the fastest qualifying time at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday to secure his third consecutive pole position and a fourth straight for Mercedes.
The German driver finished ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton and, with Monaco's track the hardest to overtake on in Formula One, Mercedes have a great chance to clinch a first win of the season on Sunday. Red Bull have won the last three Monaco GPs - all from pole - but this time defending champion Sebastian Vettel will start from third ahead of team-mate and last year's winner Mark Webber.
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa goes from the back of the grid. The Brazilian was unable to start qualifying after a heavy crash in the morning's third and final practice session, in which he was unharmed. He would anyway have incurred a five-place grid penalty because Ferrari had to fit a new gearbox following his crash.
Rosberg climbed slowly out of the cockpit and clenched both of his fists. It was almost like a win on home track for the German, who has spent much of his life in Monaco....
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06:42 PM, May 25, 2013
It's been a busy year for Siddharth, the actor who marked his new year with Deepa Mehta's 'Midnights Children' was soon seen romantic comedy 'Jabardasth', he then featured in Junior NTR starrer 'Baadshah' and shortly was seen in a pivotal role in Hindi film 'Chashme Baddoor'. Siddharth mesmerised his fans with 'Udhayam NH4' that proved to be a commercial success at the box office is now all set for his...
05:17 PM, May 25, 2013
They say it's made like a gun, but goes like the stuff that comes out of it. It is India's own world renowned classic motorcycle. Earlier it was only available in black. But now it is also available in Forest Green. Some call it Royal Enfield. Most of us grew up calling it a Bullet. Now though, there's a new Bullet in town. And instead of the 346cc motor, it...
04:32 PM, May 25, 2013
On this episode of Overdrive, we bring to you all, the motoring news, first look of Royal Enfield Bullet 500 and much more. ...
04:25 PM, May 25, 2013
Monaco: German driver Nico Rosberg posted the fastest time in the crash-marred third practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday. The Mercedes driver is aiming for a third straight pole position and will be confident heading into the afternoon's qualifying. Monaco's razor-thin, sinewy street circuit again proved hard to handle and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was fortunate to walk away unharmed after a heavy crash. Lotus driver Romain...
03:53 PM, May 25, 2013
Islamabad: Seventeen children and a teacher were charred to death in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday when the bus taking them to school caught fire apparently due a leaking gas cylinder. Seven children were injured in the incident on the outskirts of Gujrat city, located about 200 km from Islamabad. The driver fled from the scene and police were conducting raids to arrest him. Police officials said the vehicle's gas...
11:14 AM, May 25, 2013
Cast: Pooja Gandhi, Raghu Mukherjee, Makarand Deshpande, Ravi Kale, Ravi Shankar, Nisha Kothari, Muni, Karisubbu, Yathiraj and Jaidev; Director: Srinivasaraju; I love a film that doesn't hesitate to present what it had originally planned to such as 'Karimedu', which takes a true story and treats it with such honesty that you want to laud the effort. Even though it is all about heinous crimes and gore, you can't possibly hate...
11:13 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Karthi and Hansika Motwani will be seen in romantic flick 'Biryani'. The film is directed by Venkat Prabu and is produced under the banner of Studio Green. Premji Amaren will be seen in a pivotal role. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for the film. The film will tickle the funny bone of the audience with its over-the-top dialogues. ...
10:40 AM, May 25, 2013
Caretaker manager Gary Bowyer has been rewarded for keeping Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship (second tier) by being giving the job permanently on a one-year rolling contract. "It is a huge honour and a proud moment for me," the 41-year-old said in a statement on Friday. "I have been at the club for nine years, I know the traditions. The foundation of the club was built on hard work...
09:28 AM, May 25, 2013
Monaco: Sebastian Vettel needs to rediscover his speed in qualifying if he is to protect his overall Formula One lead at the Monaco Grand Prix. Monaco is the hardest track to overtake on in F1, with only two drivers winning from outside of pole position in the last 10 years, so starting from the front is crucial. But Vettel's Red Bull has not been its usual dominant self in qualifying...
09:08 AM, May 25, 2013
Sarajevo: The president of Bosnia's autonomous Muslim-Croat federation was freed from jail on Friday after the Constitutional Court ordered his release following his arrest last month on corruption charges. President Zivko Budimir was arrested along with 19 other officials in late April 2013 in the most high-profile anti-corruption drive in Bosnia since independence more than two decades ago. A court ordered Budimir and his four co-accused aides to be kept...
07:02 AM, May 25, 2013
Shimla: In a setback to the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday quashed appointments of 480 teachers made in 2011 as these were not in accordance with law. Delivering the judgment, Justice Rajiv Sharma said the appointments of postgraduate teachers under the Postgraduate Teacher Class III (non-gazetted) Recruitment and Promotion Rules of 2011, which have not been published, are illegal....
04:25 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: The CBI special court on Friday granted interim relief from arrest to three people accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case. The court granted relief to Vimal Patni, Director of RK Marble, senior IPS officer Narasimha Balasubramaniam and police inspector G Shrinivasan. The accused have been granted the relief till June 14 after they moved anticipatory bail applications claiming there was no evidence against them. The special...
03:09 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: CBI has not been able to make any substantial recovery of cash or valuables from the office and residence of its Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt, who was probing the high-profile coal block allocation scam when he was arrested under graft charges, sources claimed. The agency has deputed Vidhi Kumar Birdi, a 2003 batch IPS officer from Jammu and Kashmir cadre, to replace Dutt in the coal block...
09:42 PM, May 24, 2013
Kabul: Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with Reuters witnesses describing shooting in the area. There were at least four blasts interspersed by heavy shooting, a Reuters witness said. The first blast was a suicide car bomb and occurred at about 4 pm (1130 GMT) near an intersection in the district of Borj-e Sharahah, said Hashmatullah Stanikzai, a spokesman...
05:56 PM, May 24, 2013
Ranchi: A political alliance is on the cards again between the Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) headed by Shibu Soren in Jharkhand. On July 18 the central rule in the state ends and the Congress will decide on Friday whether to tie up with JMM or not. CNN-IBN has learnt that the Congress is divided over the question. Sources said one section in the party feels they should call...
03:11 PM, May 24, 2013
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers on making the Central Bureau of Investigation an autonomous body was held on Thursday. The investigating body's autonomy plan ran into trouble as the Department of Personnel and Training resisted the move to initiate a probe on senior bureaucrats without prior permissions. ...
10:15 AM, May 24, 2013
Dr Devdutt Pattanaik and Modern Management infused with Mythological concepts seem to go hand in hand. He has always been at the forefront of exploring and breaking paradigms when it comes to looking at Mythology in the country or for that matter Management as well. With his new book, "Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to Management" he shatters all myths and at the same time urges you to look...
10:07 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that departmental enquiry has been initiated against seven policemen in connection with the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi. Those policemen, who were manning the PCR van in the locality through which the bus had passed, have also come under the scanner of enquiry. Appearing for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),...
04:06 AM, May 24, 2013
