Varanasi: On the World Environment Day, CNN-IBN focuses on 'Saving the Ganga', a 45-day campaign that highlights how the sacred river is dying despite thousands of crores of rupees being spent to save it. CNN-IBN's special report shows how dams and pollution are killing the river in every state it passes through. CNN-IBN reached the ancient city of Varanasi, and found why the river is the most polluted there despite...
07:46 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Mathura: To maintain eco-friendly environment in and around its premises, the Mathura Refinery has decided to undertake a massive plantation programme in the forthcoming rainy season. "To ensure survival of the plants, efforts would be made to take help of social organisations as well as individuals would also be taken. Not only employees of refinery would be encouraged to adopt a plant, but people in general would also be motivated...
06:38 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Chennai: Of all the five world titles he has won so far, Indian chess wizard Viswanathan Anand has rated the latest one as the toughest in terms of intensity. Anand has been the undisputed world champion since 2007 and he is back in the country after defending his fifth world title, against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel. "When you finish an event progressive, it is the toughest ever. It was...
02:00 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Arlington, Texas: First-half goals by Giovani dos Santos and Javier Hernandez gave Mexico a 2-0 win over Brazil in a friendly in Dallas on Sunday. It was the second straight game in which Mexico's top two forwards each scored, indicating the Mexican attack is in top form at the right time. "This game served us well in our plans for qualifying," Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre said through...
09:17 AM, Jun 04, 2012
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand said he was not playing badly in Moscow, but he had a difficult opponent. ...
08:17 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Viswanathan Anand said his challenger Boris Gelfand was a tough nut to crack and had his own set of innovations. ...
05:30 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Chennai: He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years, but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title. "There are definitely no thoughts of retirement. In fact quite the opposite. (Winning a fifth world title) has been a...
04:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
After defending his world chess champion title, Viswanathan Anand on Saturday returned to Chennai from Moscow. ...
11:51 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Chennai: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday received a rousing welcome by his fans, who lined-up in good numbers to greet him, as the chess wizard returned home after winning his fifth world title. Anand defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in rapid tie-break in Moscow to defend his world championship title. The fans thronged the Chennai international airport to greet Anand. Parents of Anand and his wife Aruna were...
10:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Batumi: Koneru Humpy of India and Stefanova Antoaneta from Bulgaria kept their unbeaten record intact after day two and six rounds of play at the 2012 women's World Chess Rapid and Blitz Championships. Both Grandmasters (GM) of FIDE merits, scored four wins against two draws for five points from two days of competition on Friday. The Indian GM was slightly ahead, thanks to detailed calculations. Russia's Alexandra Kosteniuk, another GM,...
01:35 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Cairo: An Egyptian court may announce its verdict on Saturday in the landmark trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, 15 months after a popular mass uprising forced him out of power. Mubarak, 84, along with former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six others could face the gallows if convicted of ordering the deaths of some of the estimated 850 people. The case also includes the president's sons Alaa and Gamal....
09:09 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Moscow: Newly-crowned world chess champion Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, prize money of $1.4 million (around Rs 7.9 crore), a memento and a piece of contemporary art displaying him and challenger Boris Gelfand, for his achievement at a ceremony in Moscow on Thursday. Stating that his connection with Russia has been very deep, Anand said, "I benefited a lot from playing chess in Russian Cultural center in Chennai and...
09:14 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: On World No Tobacco Day, CNN-IBN has accessed an RTI query that shows that government run firms have invested in companies like ITC and VST that depend majorly on tobacco for profits. This is in violation of an international treaty India signed in 2004. Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between the government and tobacco majors. The documents show that the government-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India has...
07:10 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: It's world no tobacco day and CNN-IBN has accessed an RTI query that shows government-run firms have invested in companies like ITC and VST that depend primarily on tobacco for profits. This is in violation of an international treaty India signed in 2004. Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between government and tobacco majors. The documents shows that government owned Life Insurance Corporation of India has invested in...
06:40 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The union sports ministry has announced a Rs. 10 lakh cash award for Viswanathan Anand, who was crowned the World Chess Champion for the fifth time. "We have a cash award for any sportsperson who wins in Asian Championships, World Championships, Olympics or any other major event. So, on the basis of that we have decided to give Rs. 10 lakh as a cash award to Anand. It...
05:54 PM, May 31, 2012
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