Naxals carried out a brutal and well-planned attack on Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, killing Salwa Judum leader Mahendra Karma and 20 others. ...
11:49 AM, May 26, 2013
Eyewitnesses say the body next to slain Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel's body is that of his son's Dinesh. They describe the brutal and well-planned attack that the Naxals carried out on Saturday. ...
11:45 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: The condition of senior Congress leader VC Shukla, who was injured after Naxals ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, was critical on Sunday, according to doctors treating him. 84-year-old Shukla was airlifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon from Raipur early this morning. Dr Yatin Mehta, Chairman Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology, Medanta Hospital said, "Shukla is undergoing treatment. He is critical but doctors...
11:30 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Maharashtra on Monday to interact with farmers has been cancelled, his office said Saturday. However, it did not assign a reason for cancelling the visit. An earlier statement had said that Rahul Gandhi was to go to villages in Osmanabad and Jalna districts of Maharashtra. He was to visit piped water schemes and interact with farmers. ...
11:15 AM, May 26, 2013
New York: Former world champion Tyson Gay, free from injury for one of the few times in recent years, blitzed his rivals on Saturday to win the 100 metres at the Adidas Grand Prix. Kenya's Olympic champion David Rudisha also outclassed his opponents to easily win the 800m at the New York leg of the Diamond League series. Croatia's Blanka Vlasic, competing for the first time since 2011, won the...
11:13 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp is such a bouncy character that not even a Champions League final defeat can really get him down, but the decision not to send off Bayern Munich defender Dante in Saturday's 2-1 defeat did rankle. Dante was already on a yellow card when he kneed the impressive Marco Reus in the chest to concede an obvious penalty but Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli did not...
10:54 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: N Srinivasan has rejected the request made by some BCCI members to step down in the wake of IPL betting scandal in which his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been arrested and sent to police custody, sources said. Some BCCI members met the cricketing body's President and suggested former chief Shashank Manohar should replace him, sources added. Meanwhile, BCCI disciplinary committee head Arun Jaitley said BCCI will take action...
10:54 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Japanese car giant Nissan will recall 22,188 units of its small car Micra and sedan Sunny in India due to faulty braking system, as part of a global exercise to rectify the problem. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Nissan Motor India will recall the vehicles, which were produced between June 2012 and March 2013. "Nissan is conducting a voluntary recall campaign on approximately 67,089 Micra and Sunny vehicles in...
10:52 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: CPI on Sunday condemned the killing of 27 people in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, saying that violence and killings do not have a place in democracy. "We firmly disapprove the violence and killings to gain political power in a democratic country," CPI National Secretary D Raja said. Referring to the Salwa Judum movement, he said "Maoists must not resort to the politics of vendetta and revenge killings"....
10:45 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Director Ashu Trikha's 'Enemmy' is set to be released on June 21, 2013. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Mithun Chakraborty, Mimoh, Johny Lever and Zakir Hussain in the lead roles. Kay Kay is playing an orphan who studies hard to become a CID officer. ...
10:42 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Bayern Munich's shock 2012 Champions League defeat in Munich was a dark chapter in the club's history but it sowed the seeds for their fifth European triumph at Wembley stadium on Saturday. Bayern grabbed a dramatic 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund with an 89th-minute winner from Dutchman Arjen Robben to clinch their first European Cup since 2001 after losing both the 2010 and 2012 finals. It could not have...
10:38 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI on Sunday suspended its President N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan from any involvement in cricket or in IPL team Chennai Super Kings pending further inquiry in the betting case. In a statement, the apex cricketing body said it has taken note of the detention by the Mumbai Police of Meiyappan, who is a member of the team management of Chennai Super Kings. "BCCI officials met with...
10:29 AM, May 26, 2013
Berlin: An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000). German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage. Breker claims it is one of only six known remaining functioning...
10:28 AM, May 26, 2013
Mumbai: Slow and steady seems to be the course of Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif's younger sister Isabel's career. She has been signed to play the second lead opposite British Indian actor Kunal Nayyar in French director Jean-Francois Pouliot's 'Dr. Cabbie'. The film, co-produced by Salman Khan, features Vinay Virmani, who played one of the title roles in Bejoy Nambiar's undervalued 'David'. Salman wanted to cast Isabel opposite Vinay, but by...
10:24 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Borussia Dortmund's pain of losing the Champions League final 2-1 to bitter rivals Bayern Munich is acerbated by the knowledge they may never have a better chance to win the trophy again. Arjen Robben's 89th-minute winner limited Dortmund's opportunities to respond, but there is a sense Dortmund's opportunities of playing another final is limited, too, as the team faces the prospect of losing its best players. Mario Goetze has...
10:23 AM, May 26, 2013
Veteran singer SP Balasubrahmanyam a.k.a SPB is back with a bang after 15 years. This time the singer has crooned for Bollywood's superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the upcoming film 'Chennai Express'. The film is directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment. The film will feature Deepika Padukone in leading role, she plays a Tamil in 'Chennai Express'. The music is...
10:22 AM, May 26, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas: Jeff Overton expressed his frustration on Twitter about his disqualification midway through the third round of the Colonial for illegally using a putting aid after starting play. With threesomes going off the No. 1 and 10 tees after the weather-suspended second round was completed earlier on Saturday, there was a backup when Overton's group had completed the ninth hole. He went to a nearby putting green while...
10:19 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: The government is mulling to introduce a witness protection programme based on best international models for guaranteeing anonymity to those who depose in courts against powerful accused in criminal cases. The Home Ministry has sought opinion of the state governments on the move to protect a threatened witness or any person involved in the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during and after a trial. Interestingly,...
10:10 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski could soon join German rivals and newly-crowned Champions League winners Bayern Munich, Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes hinted on Saturday. Dortmund top-scorer Lewandowski, who notched 12 goals in the Champions League this season, has already said he will not extend his contract that runs to 2014 with reports linking him with a move to Bayern. "We all know that [Mario] Goetze has already been signed...
09:59 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has admitted that the United Progressive Alliance government has failed to communicate to the people its achievements in the last four years. He was speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Sibal conceded that this has been one weakness of UPA-II because of which it has suffered in perception. Here's an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: Why is it that your...
09:55 AM, May 26, 2013
