Four years ago, Spain made history at the Euros, finally ending 44 years of pain and misery as the perennial under-achievers of international football. Now they arrive at Euro 2012 as defending champions and World Cup winners, looking to become the first side to win three major international trophies in a row. It is no surprise that Spain are the favourites once again, with the core of the squad that...
11:49 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Paris: Caroline Wozniacki made no apologies for her behavior on court at the French Open, even calling the officiating a "disgrace" after losing in the third round. Russian player Mikhail Youzhny did take the time to express his regret to the fans at his match. The ninth-seeded Wozniacki, still searching for her first Grand Slam title, argued several line calls in a 6-1, 6-7 (3) 6-3 loss to No. 23...
06:33 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Caroline Wozniacki has knocked out of the French Open in the third round on Saturday, losing to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-1, 6-7 (3) 6-3. The former top-ranked Dane argued several line calls while playing against Kanepi, including a ball that was judged to have hit the baseline early in the second set, and called the officiating a "disgrace" after the match. "It's a disgrace that mistakes like this...
05:59 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Lucknow: Police have busted a gang of vehicle thieves headed by an engineering student in Uttar Pradesh. The gang used to lift luxury cars from Noida, adjoining Delhi, and sell them in Gorakhpur and Bihar, a police official said on Saturday. A Honda City car was seized from the student. The police stumbled upon the criminals when they intercepted a car and sought to see its papers. When police verified...
08:23 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Gandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Gujarat is emerging as a global hub in the automobile sector. After signing of the State Support Agreement(SSA) agreement with Maruti Suzuki for its manufacturing facility, Modi said that Gujarat has emerged as a prominent global hub in the automobile sector. "The journey started with Tata Nano, Ford, Peugeot, and now Maruti has entered in Gujarat which will strengthen the...
01:30 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results for 2012 are expected to be declared on Friday, June 1. Over 11 lakh students across the country are anxiously waiting for the same. Candidates can go to http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html to check out their results. The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is conducted to screen candidates for admission into various engineering courses offered by the National Institute of Technology (NITs)....
12:46 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported 4.99 per cent fall in total sales at 98,884 units for May. The company had sold 1,04,073 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. In May, MSI recorded domestic sales at 89,478 units, compared to 93,519 units in the year-ago period, registering a fall of 4.32 per cent. Similarly, MSI's exports went...
12:21 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Bhopal: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has issued notices to five telecom companies in the state for not following due procedure while issuing SIM cards. The notice comes after some SIM cards were allegedly procured by five members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Indian Mujahideen (IM) on fake identities. The members of the terror outfits were arrested in June 2011 from Bhopal and Jabalpur. ...
12:09 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Chef Sayed Alam of the Leela Palace explains the recipe of a healthy carrot cake. ...
11:15 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Her participation in the Olympics may have been jeopardised by a first-round exit from the French Open but top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Thursday asserted that she has done enough to "deserve" a wild card into the London Games. Sania has had a successful season so far, forcing her way into four WTA finals and winning two titles. She, along with Russian Elena Vesnina, was also...
01:19 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A game based on the much-awaited film "Madagascar 3 - Europe's Most Wanted" is set to hit the markets around the movie's release date. The game will be the first product to be launched under a newly-formed partnership between Reliance Home Video and Games in association with Japanese game developer Namco Bandai. To be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it will bring a carnival games with...
10:57 AM, May 31, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav earlier on Wednesday in Lucknow. The focus of the meet was on healthcare, which the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gates's office had met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh meeting. Gates reportedly presented a five-point programme that his...
06:10 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Peter Carl Faberge, the famed Russian jeweller who is the subject of Wednesday's Google doodle, in his position as the the court jeweller to the last of the Russian Czars, designed his first Imperial Easter egg in 1885. [Images] The Romanovs had a tradition of presenting elaborate eggs on Easter. Czar Alexander III wanted something special to gift the Czarina Maria Feodorovna and asked Faberge for a special...
05:13 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Peter Carl Faberge, the famed Russian jeweller who is the subject of Wednesday's Google doodle, in his position as the the court jeweller to the last of the Russian Czars, designed his first Imperial Easter egg in 1885. [Images] The Romanovs had a tradition of presenting elaborate eggs on Easter. Czar Alexander III wanted something special to gift the Czarina Maria Feodorovna and asked Faberge for a special...
05:13 PM, May 30, 2012
New York: Stephen King will take on crime for a novel coming out next year. The author of 'Carrie' and other horror classics has a deal with the publisher Hard Case Crime for 'Joyland,' a whodunit scheduled for June 2013. King was an early advocate for e-books, but in a statement released Wednesday he said he has such fond memories of reading crime stories as a kid that 'Joyland' will...
04:30 PM, May 30, 2012
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