Obamas surprise kids with gifts
Jan. 7: Children at the Father Agnel Ashram in suburban Bandra here, were in for a pleasant surprise when they received Christmas gifts sent by the US President, Mr Barack Obama, and the First Lady, M
Akshardham has no green nod: Ramesh
Jan. 7: The controversial Akshardham Temple, built on the banks of the Yamuna river five years ago, against strong environmental protests, did not receive environmental clearance. The Union minister
Betting racket busted at Open
Jan. 7: A betting racket has rocked the ongoing Chennai Open tennis tournament in the city. The event organisers unearthed the scam after an interrogation of four foreign nationals — two Germans, an I
Hemanth, Irfan shine with ball; Surya hits century
CCOB edged out P&T Colony by two wickets in a keenly-fought ‘A’ division cricket match played in Hyderabad.
Batting first, P&T Colony were all out for 183 with Tanmay Agarwal top-scoring with 68. Y. H
Lee-Hesh in semifinal
Jan. 7: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made short work of Germany’s Phillip Marx and Great Britain’s Ken Skupski 6-4, 7-6(3) to storm into the semifinals of the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament o
Karthikeyan back in the fast lane with Hispania
Jan. 6: Narain Karthikeyan’s agonising wait is over. After five years, the ace Indian driver is back on the Formula One grid for the 2011 season as the 33-year-old has signed a contract with the Hispa
1.5 lakh cell towers yet to meet radiation standards
Jan. 7: Despite missing several deadlines, telcos have still not been able to certify over one lakh telecom towers on radiation emission levels. The past few years have seen concerns over emissions e
Indo-Pak Express derailed
Jan. 6: The Indo-Pak Express ran out of steam as Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi bowed out of the doubles event losing to David Martin and Robin Haase 4-6, 5-7 in the quarterfinals of the Chenn
Sensex tanks on interest rate hike fears
Jan. 7: A lethal combination of fear about an interest rate hike and the result of an opinion poll sent the equity markets into a tailspin on Friday. On Thursday, India saw very high food inflation nu
Jaskaran does the ’trick for Army School
Jan. 6: Jaskaran’s hat-trick helped Army School, RK Puram score an 8-0 win over Chinmaya School in the football event, held at Trimulgherry Ground, during the DC Inter-Schools Sports Meet on Thursday.