The Indian representational team put up a spirited performance but lost all their three matches on the first day of the 16th International Racquetball Federation world championships in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on Sunday.

Milagrow HumanTech, a domestic robots company, on Saturday announced the launch of a robot in the name of Saina Nehwal, who won India’s first ever badminton medal at the Olympics.

The Indian rowers might not have stayed in contention for a medal at the Olympics, but national coach Ismail Baig was satisfied with his wards’ performance in London, saying that they had “achieved their target”.

There are strong rumours that in her quest to be back in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela, Kareena Kapoor has pushed her October wedding. According to our sources, both Kareena and Saif had worked out their dates in a way that they would spend 2013 gearing up for their wedding but Kareena wasn’t happy about opting out of SLB’s Ram Leela.

In another case of hooliganism, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena men vandalised John Abraham’s van after an argument over the use of a private road with the watchman of a company, where the actor was shooting. Four days ago, the NCP came down heavily with their moral policing and forced the Mumbai Mayor to remove Jism 2 posters from BEST buses.

There has been a debate on whether the GenY is passionate enough about the Test cricket or not, with even the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar reckoning that players cannot be forced into liking the longer format, there seems some real worry.

Old habits die hard — so giving up a habit could be a hugely difficult task. However, there are those who know how to get their way around such situations and one such person is Salman Khan. Sallu was asked by his doctors not to smoke ever since his last health scare, but the actor has apparently found an innovative way to kick the habit. Word is that Sallu holds a cigarette in his hand but puffs on it without actually lighting it.

Fine knocks by man of the match Ajmer Singh (54 not out) and Nitish Rana (62) guided Baba Hari Das Academy to a three-wicket win over Telefunken Academy in the final of the Baba Hari Das Open cricket tournament at the Najafgarh ground in New Delhi on Saturday.

Remember the good old days of your childhood when your parents and grandparents used to read out your favourite stories and fairy tales? We may have moved on to Android interfaces and Kindles but at some level we still feel nothing compares to the charm of the oldest form of storytelling, when stories used to be read out to us.

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