Lopez styles teenager for 15th b’day party
Jennifer Lopez made one lucky fan’s dream come true by treating her to a personal styling session for her 15th birthday.
E. Bengal edge out Padang to enter semi-finals
The drive to succeed was writ large on East Bengal players’ faces as they scripted history of sorts after securing their maiden berth in the AFC Cup semi-finals, overcoming a spirited Semen Padang playing in front of a vociferous home crowd here on Tuesday.
Sethuraman back in contention
Grandmaster S.P. Sethuraman was back in the reckoning with a thumping victory over Antonios Pavlidis of Greece in the 10th round of the World Junior Chess Championship at Kocaeli, Turkey.
Indian women cruise into semis
India defeated hosts Malaysia 2-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the 8th women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament on Tuesday.
Cabinet approves Ordinance to negate SC order on lawmakers
An Ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification was approved today by the Union Cabinet, in effect negating an order of the Supreme Court.
Decks cleared for BCCI to impose life ban on Lalit Modi
With the Delhi High Court allowing the BCCI to conduct its Special General Meeting (SGM) in Chennai on Wednesday, the decks are cleared for the board to impose a possible life ban on former IPL chairman Lalit Modi for alleged financial irregularities while being at the helm of cash-rich league from 2008-2010.
Rupee weakens further by 15 paise to 62.75 vs USD on demand
The rupee on Tuesday weakened for the third straight session, moving lower by another 15 paise to close at 62.75 against the dollar on month-end demand from importers as the US currency strengthened overseas.
Parle Agro re-enters cola market after 20 years with Cafe Cuba
Two decades after it hived off its carbonated soft drinks portfolio, Parle Agro on Tuesday announced its re-entry into the Rs 15,000-crore cola market early next year with the launch ‘Cafe Cuba’, a coffee-flavoured carbonated drink.
Firm paid for burqas for BJP’s ‘Mahakumbh’: Digvijay
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday alleged that the ruling BJP had got 10,000 burqas stitched for its ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ to be held in Bhopal on Wednesday, for which a real estate company had paid Rs 42 lakh to the tailor, a charge denied by BJP.
Ishrat case: CBI grills former Guj minister Praful Patel
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned former Gujarat minister of State for Home Praful Patel in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, sources in the Central agency said here.