LIMELETTE, May 14: Women’s world number one Justine Henin on Wednesday announced her retirement from competitive tennis, at a press conference in her native Belgium. “I have decided to put an end to my tennis-playing career,” she said, confirming reports in the Belgian press that she was quitting the sport [...]
NEW DELHI, May 14: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the centre on an Indian Hockey Federation petition challenging the IOA’s decision to suspend it. Justice Rekha Sharma asked the centre to file its response on the IHF petition by July 9 when the matter would [...]
NEW DELHI, IANS: Delhi Daredevils are in a must-win situation in their match against Deccan Chargers on Thursday after losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League match on Tuesday. After losing their last three matches Daredevils have slipped to fifth position in the standings. They cannot afford [...]
There’s never a dull moment when you’re Amitabh Bachchan. Constantly surrounded by controversy, the living legend of Bollywood puts across his point of view in a chat with Arnab Goswami. Do you write your own blogs? It has been suggested that they are so elaborate that Mr Bachchan would not [...]
KULLU: Moving with the times and recognising varied roles women play in every walk of life, country’s security establishment has woken up to their capabilities. Earlier this year, BSF began inducting women constables, primarily for frisking duties, checking human-trafficking and drug-peddling along the borders, and now Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) [...]
NEW DELHI: Information relating to AIDS, poverty and slums and their correlation will now be just a simple click of a mouse away. Housing and urban poverty alleviation minister Kumari Selja on Tuesday launched a website, “HIV response corner”, aimed at highlighting the relationship between poverty and the deadly disease [...]
BHARATPUR: Efforts by Rajasthan government to end the 18-day-old Gujjar stir on Tuesday ran into rough weather with the community leadership making fresh demands of release of arrested women activists and withdrawal of murder charges against 20 protestors as pre-condition for further talks. Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, who had [...]
NAVI MUMBAI: The Nago-thane police have booked five top Reliance officials and the contractor under section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code for causing death due to negligence at the chemical explosion in the Reliance-owned Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL) plant on Friday. Among those booked is the Nagothane [...]
GHAZIABAD: A special court on Monday declined to hear the bail application of Rajesh Talwar, key accused in the Noida twin murder case, on the ground that it was not empowered to take up the plea. Special Magistrate for CBI cases Sapna Mishra observed that the sessions court was competent [...]
NEW DELHI: Recent reports of Chinese incursions and Beijing’s claims over chunks of Indian territory notwithstanding, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said India will follow a non-confrontationist approach towards its neighbours. “We (India) are not ignoring (these incidents). To a maximum extent, we will try to avoid confrontation,” [...]