Mumbai: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father’s time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name. Following news of actor Vindu Dara Singh’s association in the recent spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Deepika [...]
New Delhi: – Sachin Tendulkar will not take further part in the Indian Premier League owing to an injury on his left hand, his team Mumbai Indians said Wednesday. Tendulkar, who did not play the Qualifier I against Chennai Super Kings here Tuesday, has been ruled out of action for three weeks, according to a [...]
London: Two men attacked a man near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in Southeast London Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead, two injured, Britain’s Metropolitan Police said. The two attackers were carrying weapons and were shot by police arriving on the scene, Xinhua reported quoting a police spokesperson who did not give more details. Local [...]
Washington: India has sought from the US access to Pakistani-American 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, both found guilty of supporting Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during a meeting with US Attorney General Eric Holder here Tuesday is reported to have raised [...]
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday extended by five days the police custody of cricketer S. Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila and eight bookies for alleged spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan granted police custody of the players and the bookies till May 26 when they were [...]
Jamshedpur: In a stellar show of indomitable spirit, Arunima Sinha became the first woman in the world to conquer Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs, when she successfully climbed the world’s highest peak Tuesday. The 26-year-old scaled the peak at 10.55 a.m. carrying the tri-colour. The achievement coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first conquest [...]
Washington: At least 91 people were killed, 20 of them children, as a massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs in the US, flattening homes and businesses and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary schools. Emergency crews and volunteers worked through the early morning hours Tuesday in a frantic search [...]
Washington/Bangalore: Indian tech honcho Phaneesh Murthy was Tuesday sacked as chief executive of US-based software services company iGate Corporation “for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate”, over a decade after he was forced to quit Indian IT bellwether Infosys on similar charges of sexual misconduct. “The decision to terminate the employment of president and [...]
New Delhi: More and more sordid details of the spot fixing scandal came tumbling out Friday as the three arrested players, including S. Sreesanth, allegedly confessed to their crime and the involvement of underworld became quite evident. Even as police sources said they stumbled on the spot fixing racket after they recorded the phone calls [...]
Toronto: Britain’s Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest marathoner, will be among those participating in the first ever marathon being organised by the Sikh community of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Canada May 19. The event is being organised by the Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation (GGSCF) to raise funds for children [...]
