Indian Wells absences to hit Williams pair hardINDIAN WELLS - The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) will take a hard financial line with the Williams sisters, who have boycotted the Indian Wells Masters since a booing incident in 2001. Fergie does not believe Man U can win QuintupleLONDON - Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe the current Manchester United squad, which he says is the best of his tenure, can win five trophies this season. Force India’s Sutil improves timing in F1 test sessionBARCELONA - Force India’s Adrian Sutil improved his lap time by one minute, 21.834 seconds around the 4.655 km Circuit de Catalunya on the second day of the four-day Formula 1 test session. Caste outfit turns into political party in Andhra PradeshHYDERABAD - A caste outfit in Andhra Pradesh has transformed itself into a political party just a month before the assembly and Lok Sabha polls, adding to the political uncertainty in the state. ICC had warned Sri Lanka of Pakistan’s worsening security sceneLONDON - The International Cricket Council (ICC) says the Sri Lankan board had been made fully aware of the risks facing their players in Pakistan ahead of their tour that was abruptly called off Tuesday in the wake of the Lahore terror attack. Real Madrid fans confident about winning Spanish football leagueMADRID - The supporters of Spanish giants Real Madrid are very confident about the chances of their team winning a third straight Liga title. Lok Sabha hails Oscar success of ‘Slumdog’,'Smile Pinki’NEW DELHI - The teams of Oscar winning films ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Smile Pinki’ - both of which were based in India - were Tuesday praised in the Lok Sabha, with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee terming the success of composer A.R. Rahman, lyricist Gulzar and sound technician Resul Pookutty as ‘a historic achievement’. Oscar could make India’s cleft-lipped kids smileNEW DELHI - The Academy Award for ‘Smile Pinki’ has brought into sharp focus the plight of children with cleft palates in India who live forever with emotional scars. But doctors here are hoping that Oscar glory for the film will change much of that. Refrain from infighting: Sonia to partymen in poll messageNEW DELHI - Sounding the poll bugle, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday asked partymen to work unitedly for victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and said while the ‘energy’ of the young cadre would play a major role, it would be in tandem with the ‘experience’ of senior party leaders. Indian American named to key White House positionWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has named Indian American lawyer Nicholas Rathod as one of three Deputy Associate Directors of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, a key staff position. Yuki wins junior Australian Open to create historyMELBOURNE - Yuki Bhambri Saturday joined a select band of three other great Indian tennis stars by winning a junior Grand Slam tennis title, but the only one to do it at the Australian Open by outclassing German Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas 6-3, 6-1. Work on GMR’s Chhattisgarh project to begin by SeptemberRAIPUR - GMR Energy will begin construction work on its ambitious, albeit contentious, 1,200 MW Chhattisgarh power project by September, a top company official said Thursday. UPA government ‘paralysed and directionless’: BJPNEW DELHI - Terming the Congress-led UPA government as ‘paralysed and directionless’, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday that it had done ‘nothing concrete’ about the 26/11 Mumbai attacks despite clinching evidence and the time for a ‘war of words’ with Pakistan was over. LTTE’s Iranaimadhu airstrip captured: Sri Lankan militaryCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops expanding their positions on the eastern flank of former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bastion of Kilinochchi have captured yet another rebel airstrip in the Mullaitivu district, the defence ministry said Thursday. US sure of ‘exceedingly good’ ties with India under Obama tooWASHINGTON - Noting that India US relations have been exceedingly good during President George W. Bush’s administration, White House sees no reason to expect that it won’t continue when Barack Obama takes over Jan 20. Photography happened just by accident: Daboo RatnaniNEW DELHI - The moment he clicks his camera, you know he has captured another timeless expression or a wonderful moment. But few know that for celebrity photographer Daboo Ratnani, it all happened by accident. After government pressure, oil strike called offNEW DELHI - A strike by public sector oil firms that almost crippled India was called off after three days Friday evening, soon after the government warned that the strikers would be sacked if they did not resume work. Vistaar Religare invests over $1 million for ‘Victory’ publicityNEW DELHI - Harman Baweja’s second film ‘Victory’, which also stars over 30 national and international cricketers has come into big money. Vistaar Religare Film Fund (VRFF) is investing Over $1 million in the movie’s promotion. Jubilation in National Conference camp in Jammu and KashmirSRINAGAR - There was jubilation in the National Conference camp as the party emerged as the single largest party in another hung 87-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Azad among first to cast vote, confident of Congress winJAMMU - Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was among the first 15 to cast his vote in the Jammu East constituency where polling began early Sunday in the last phase of the state assembly elections. He said he was sure the Congress would come to power in the state. |
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