London: Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt rallied past Michael Russell of the United States 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round at the Queen's Club on Monday. The Australian has won this Wimbledon warm-up four times as well as the 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon. He has now won 111 matches on grass. Roger Federer leads among current players with 112. Hewitt sent a forehand into the net to...
04:01 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Jakarta: Defending champion Saina Nehwal survived a scare in her campaign opener as she struggled past Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri in an energy-sapping three game thriller at the Indonesia Super Series Premier here Tuesday. World number two Saina had to play out of her skin against the 14th ranked Fanetri, who posed a huge threat to the Indian before surrendering 17-21, 29-27, 13-21 in an hour and 14 minutes in a...
01:52 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: A trial court on Tuesday will examine the defence witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj duoble murder case. This comes after the Talwars had filed an appeal to have those witnesses summoned that were dropped by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court said it was not inclined to interfere with the High Court's order. It added that nothing stops the Talwar couple from calling those witnesses as defence...
09:29 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee opened at a record low on Tuesday tracking weakness in most other Asian currencies while an expected fall in the domestic share market is also likely to weigh. At 9:02 am (0332 GMT), the partially convertible rupee was at 58.35/38 per dollar, a life low and weaker than its previous close of 58.15/16. Traders will watch out for any RBI intervention to prevent the rupee from weakening...
09:17 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a PIL on Tuesday seeking a ban on Ranbaxy drugs. The petitioner cited the pharma giant's case in the US - where Ranbaxy USA admitted to selling substandard and adulterated drugs. The pharma giant was asked to pay a fine of 500 million dollars. Ranbaxy has been facing the heat off late - with a few hospitals banning its drugs. The PIL has...
08:49 AM, Jun 11, 2013
The Indian men's and women's hockey squads are already in Rotterdam - busy with last-minute tune-ups before the FIH Hockey World League semi-finals are whistled off. But this round three of the League is worth much more - it's the entry point for the 2014 World Cup. Sixteen teams will play two semi-finals, each of which will be an eight-team competition. The top three teams from each of the two...
08:41 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Hyderabad: A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Monday dismissed the plea of jailed YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy to conduct joint trial of cases filed against him in connection with alleged quid-pro-quo investments made by different entities. The Principal Special Court for CBI cases dismissed the petition as not maintainable and observed that the offences were distinct though the modus operandi was same in the five charge-sheets filed...
01:58 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) looking into the revival strategy for state- owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL has been deferred by a day to June 12. "It has been deferred to June 12," an official source told reporters. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, was scheduled to meet on June 11. The high level inter-ministerial panel has not met since the time...
08:45 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing Sterlite Industries Ltd to recommence operation of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district under the supervision of an expert committee. "It would be appropriate to wait for the judgement (of NGT). Let the judgement come, then we may see," a bench of Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Madan B Lokur...
07:40 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Chennai: Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal was arrested on Monday by the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID for his role in the IPL betting scandal. "We have been able to establish that he was gambling on IPL matches," said TN CB-CID DSP Venkatraman. Aggarwal appeared before the TN CB-CID today. The police said they have learnt that Aggarwal was in close contact with arrested bookie Kitty and that he used his hotel...
07:21 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: On the day the Board of Cricket Control (BCCI) in India suspended Raj Kundra pending inquiry into the IPL scandal, the Rajasthan Royals' co-owner said he is "shocked, saddened and hurt" with the decision and that he "will fight the grounds of suspension". The decision to suspend Kundra was taken during the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Monday. Here is Kundra's full statement: All those who know me...
05:38 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI confirmed the Indian cricket team's tour of the West Indies starting later this month for a tri-series as well as a series against Zimbabwe following that in its emergent working committee meeting on Monday. The tri-series, also involving Sri Lanka, will be held between June 28 and July 11. The Indian team will also tour Zimbabwe in July-August for a Test and ODI series. The other...
04:44 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Jakarta: Three-time champion Saina Nehwal will look to fashion a turn around when she returns to her favourite hunting ground at the Indonesian Super Series Premier badminton tournament to defend her women's singles title from Tuesday. The World number two Indian has been going through a lean patch this season. Though she reached the semifinals of the All England and Swiss Open earlier this year, Saina has not been able...
04:37 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee fell to a record low of 58 against the dollar on Monday, escalating worries about the current account deficit and complicating the task for policy makers looking to revive an economy that grew at its slowest in a decade in 2012/13. The Finance Ministry's chief economic adviser Raghuram Rajan said India would continue to take measures to curb the current account deficit, calling the rupee fall a...
03:53 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Chennai: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced five of her party nominees for the June 27 biennial election to the six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, giving V Maithreyan a successive term. Maithreyan, chief of AIADMK's Medical wing, is one of the six MPs from the state whose term expires by July 27. The others are AIADMK's A Elavarasan, Kanimozhi and Tiruchi N Siva (both DMK), B S...
03:40 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Umesh Shukla has roped in actor Paresh Rawal to step into Om Prakash's shoes for the new version of the cult classic 'Chupke Chupke'. "So far we have only finalised Paresh Rawal, who will play Om Prakash's role," Shukla, who had directed 'Oh My God' with Paresh in the lead role, told IANS. "Needless to say Pareshji is a wonderful actor and I share a good bonding with...
03:32 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: The FIH Hockey World League has reached its penultimate stop - the semi-finals. But calling these semi-finals bigger than the finals won't be wrong. Finishing among the top three here guarantees a place in the World Cup 2014 to be held next year at The Hague, Netherlands. So in one word, it's big. Sixteen teams will play the two semi-finals, each of which will be an eight-team competition....
01:47 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: In a big blow to the Rajasthan Royals, the Board of Cricket Control in India has suspended the franchise's co-owner Raj Kundra pending inquiry into the IPL scandal. The decision was taken in the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Monday. Also the committee decided that the same probe panel, comprising of Justice R Balasubranian and Justice Jayaram T Chouta, which is inquiring into the IPL spot-fixing case...
01:07 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Having proved herself by portraying strong, independent women characters in films, actress Vidya Balan had no qualms in playing second fiddle to Emraan Hashmi in her upcoming movie 'Ghanchakkar'. The 35-year-old actress is often credited for breaking stereotypes of a Hindi film heroine with her powerful performance in films like 'Paa', 'Ishqiya', 'No One Killed Jessica', 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Kahaani'. But Vidya is happy to step out...
12:15 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association President Ravi Sawant is likely to be appointed as the new BCCI Treasurer at the board's emergent working committee meeting on Monday, say sources. The post of the Treasurer was vacant after Ajay Shirke had resigned with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal hit the board's credibility. More key decisions are on the cards in Monday's BCCI meet. According to sources, the BCCI is considering suspending...
10:58 AM, Jun 10, 2013
