Friday, June 3, 2011

Federer to meet Nadal in French Open final

Federer to meet Nadal in French Open final

Federer to meet Nadal in French Open final

Posted:

Roger Federer defeated Novak Dokovic, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, to reach the finals of the French Open Friday and snap Djokovic's winning streak of 43 consecutive matches dating to last year.


Ex-US presidential candidate John Edwards indicted

Posted:

Fallen Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards was charged on Friday with using US $900,000 in campaign funds to cover up an affair with a film producer with whom he had a baby girl.


Army moves into Maoist area in Chhattisgarh

Posted:

For the first time, an Army brigade has moved into Maoist-dominated area of Chhattisgarh - a move that could be a psychological hit for the rebels. The 71 Brigade of the Indian Army under Central Command has moved to Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh. However, the deployment, Army says, is strictly for training purposes.


Pak hikes defence budget to Rs 495 billion

Posted:

The Pakistan government has hiked the allocation for defence in its budget for fiscal 2011-12 to Rs 495 billion (about US $5.75 billion), marking an increase of nearly 12 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.


Notices to Pak channels for 'provoking anti-national sentiments'

Posted:

The Pakistan government's media regulator has issued notices to four TV news channels, including Geo News and Dawn News, for "being irresponsible" and "provoking anti-national sentiments" among viewers.


Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83

Posted:

Jack Kevorkian, the audacious, fearless doctor who spurred on the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end the lives of dozens of ailing people, died Friday at a Detroit-area hospital after a brief illness. He was 83.


Romney dubs Obama 'failure', announces Presidential bid

Posted:

Casting President Barack Obama as a failure who has tanked the United States' economy, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney seized on Friday's jobs report as he pitched himself as an alternative with the experience to turn around the struggling economy.


Suicide bombing at Sunni mosque in Iraq kills 16

Posted:

A suicide bomber struck a Sunni mosque packed with local officials during Friday prayers, killing 16 people, including a police commander and a judge in Saddam Hussein's hometown, officials said.


Nervously, BJP hitches wagon to Baba Ramdev

Posted:

Baba Ramdev: Because Baba Ramdev is taking on the government over corruption, he has been praised and backed by the Opposition BJP. The yoga icon has always been close to the BJP's parent body, the RSS.


Defiant Mladic calls genocide charges 'obnoxious'

Posted:

Ratko Mladic, frail but defiant after 16 years on the run, made his first appearance before UN judges and his victims on Friday, dismissing a long list of charges of genocide, mass murder and persecution as "obnoxious" and "monstrous words" that had nothing to do with what he called the defence of his nation.


Enforcement Directorate questions Kalmadi, 2 others in Tihar

Posted:

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday questioned jailed former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and two others in connection with the money laundering case registered by it in conduct of the sporting event last year.


More Congress ministers join Mamata Govt

Posted:

Five Congress MLAs were sworn-in as Ministers of State in Mamata Banerjee's government on Friday, taking the strength of the government to 43, one short of the sanctioned strength of 44.


A Hindu father, a Muslim daughter, utter devotion

Posted:

Eight-year-old Sonia is usually inseparable from her father. She met him when she was four. He was a stranger who discovered her alone and frightened after a bomb blast shattered a Hyderabad evening. Papalal and his wife, Jayshree, were desperate for a child. This little girl, who they concluded was a Muslim, seemed like the answer to their prayers.


Yemen President wounded in rocket strike at his palace

Posted:

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammered his palace with rockets on Friday in a major escalation of nearly two weeks of fighting with government forces. At least four guards were killed and seven top officials were also wounded, an official said.


Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal dies of heart attack

Posted:

The last of the three Lal's of Haryana - Bhajan Lal, who formed the trio with two other former Chief Ministers Bansi and Devi Lal - died here at the age of 81 following a massive heart attack.


Swimming coach shot dead in Delhi

Posted:

A 56-year-old swimming coach and in-charge of Baba Gang Nath Sports Complex was shot dead in south Delhi after a heated argument with two people, police said on Friday. The victim, Trilok Singh Tokas, a resident of Munirka, was killed around 11 pm Thursday night at the sports complex in Vasant Kunj area.


Foreign media on Baba Ramdev's proposed fast

Posted:

For more than 40 years, reformers and other agitators have tried in vain to cleanse India of corruption. They have staged demonstrations, candlelight vigils and protest marches for naught. In Parliament, efforts to create an independent anticorruption agency began in 1968. It still does not exist.


At 75, she wants her dowry back

Posted:

Married at the age of 15, widowed and left in the lurch at the age of 65, Satyavati Devi's life is one of penury at the ripe age of 75 years. Now she has sought the 220 grams of gold and Rs 7,000 that her parents gave to her in-laws at the time of her marriage. Satyavati Devi, a resident of Bihar's Nalanda district, has urged District Magistrate Sanjay Agrawal to help her get back the dowry. "Satyavati Devi approached me seeking return of dowry from her in-laws who left her in the lurch and are enjoying their lives," Agrawal told IANS over phone.


Eve teasers drive teenage girl to consume poison

Posted:

A 16-year-old girl attempted suicide by consuming poison, unable to cope with frequent eve teasing she was facing at the hands of a group of boys near her home. The victim, identified as Veena was a first year student at a Pre University college in VV Puram. On Wednesday evening she had gone to pick her brother up from school, when she was followed and accosted by a group of young hooligans (names withheld) from the area.


Nitish refuses to send feedback on Lokpal Bill

Posted:

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expressed his inability to give his opinion on the Lokpal Bill that's being developed in Delhi to combat corruption.


Ramdev should give up yoga, says Digvijaya Singh

Posted:

Unlike others in his party, Digvijaya Singh is not afraid of taking on Baba Ramdev, the yoga icon who plans to launch an indefinite hunger fast against corruption tomorrow.


Who is Baba Ramdev?

Posted:

As Swamis go, he is rather young - turned 45 last year. Before Baba Ramdev became the latest crusader against corruption, he was best known for his efforts to popularise yoga among increasingly health conscious Indians.


In Hyderabad, girl's throat slit at park by co-worker

Posted:

Apparently angered over refusing to marry him, a youth allegedly killed a 22-year-old woman by slashing her throat and later attempted to commit suicide in Khammam, police said. The girl identified as C Srilatha was attacked in broad-daylight by one Srinivas with a knife who had called her at a park, they said.


Life term for couple that kidnapped, abused girl for 18 years

Posted:

Phillip Craig Garrido has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping and raping a California girl and holding her captive for 18 years while fathering her two children. A judge on Thursday imposed the maximum possible sentence of 431 years to life on 60-year-old Garrido, calling the defendant's treatment of victim Jaycee Dugard evil and reprehensible.


Jayalalithaa stops Karunanidhi’s projects

Posted:

DMK today put up a brave face over Jayalalithaa government's decision to set up a commission of inquiry into alleged irregularities in construction of the Rs 1000 crore new Legislative Assembly complex, saying facing such commissions was not new to the party.


Full text of Mukesh Ambani’s speech at Reliance AGM

Posted:

Here's the full text of Mukesh Ambani's address at the 37th AGM (annual general meeting) of Reliance Industries:


Indian girl aces 'cymotrichous' to win Spelling Bee

Posted:

It went on and on and on. Five spellers who seemingly had memorized the entire dictionary simply could not be stumped with any word tossed their way. It was getting late, way past bedtime and well beyond the time slot allotted by ESPN for its telecast.


Indian diplomat's daughter accused of obscene emails

Posted:

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should look into the matter of an Indian diplomat's teenage daughter, who was wrongfully arrested on the suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher, the girl's lawyer has said.


Politician accused of sending lewd photo to student

Posted:

A Democratic congressman has found himself in the center of America's latest political storm after a lewd photo was sent from his Twitter account to a female college student.


Deadliest tornado in US in 6 decades

Posted:

The toll from the deadliest single tornado to strike the United States in more than six decades has risen to 138, officials said today. The toll rose after four critically injured victims died in hospital, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said in a statement.


Posted by Harshad at 7:14 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)