Former Lyon coach Alain Perrin is reported to be the Chinese national football team’s new head coach and a confirmation from the Chinese Football Association (CFA) is awaited. A web company quoted CFA’s vice president Yu Hongchen saying that the 57-year-old Frenchman Perrin will take over from caretaker Fu Bo, who has been in charge […]
Film: “Shaadi Ke Side Effects”; Cast: Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar, Vir Das and Purab Kohli; Director: Saket Chaudhary; Rating: **** “When I do something wrong, I say sorry to my wife. When my wife does something wrong…. I say sorry to my wife.” One of the gems that flows out of Farhan Akhtar’s mouth while […]
World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are among 42 sporting giants nominated for prestigious Laureus Awards to be presented next month. Three times winner Bolt and Fraser-Pryce have been nominated among the six men and six women shortlisted in the sportsman and sportswoman of the year categories. Three other athletics […]
Top-seeded David Ferrer, three-time winner, has reached the Mexican Open ATP quarterfinals by defeating fellow-Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (1), 6-2 Wednesday. Ferrer will next play South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, who ousted American Sam Querrey, 7-6 (2), 6-4, reports Xinhua. Sixth-seeded Gilles Simon of France beat Donald Young of the US 6-4, 6-3. Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov […]
Ten years ago, on May 18, 2004 to be precise, the Central Hall of the Indian parliament witnessed political theatrics of an exceptional variety. Two hundred Congress leaders extremely dejected, feeling almost orphaned, desperately pleading with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to reconsider her “renunciation”, sat on one side of the rectangular table. Ten years is […]
Bags are prohibited from this year’s Boston Marathon for security concern following last year’s deadly bombing, authorities announced. Marathon runners typically are allowed to bring bags or backpacks to keep personal items. But this year, runners will not be allowed to bring backpacks or bags, which will also not be allowed in certain areas near […]
A total of 146 rhino have been killed so far this year in South Africa, with 95 poached in the Kruger National Park bordering Mozambique, said the South African National Parks (SANP) Wednesday. “The Kruger National Park remains hardest hit by rhino poaching, having lost 95 rhino since Jan 1,” Xinhua quoted SANP spokesperson Albi […]
The Obama administration has asked a special court for permission to hold on to National Security Agency (NSA) phone records for longer than five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The daily describing it as “an unintended consequence of lawsuits seeking to stop the data- surveillance programme”, Xinhua reported. The Justice Department, in a […]
A trooper shot dead five of his colleagues and then turned the gun on himself in north’s Kashmir Ganderbal district, sources said Thursday. An inquiry into the incident has been ordered. Police sources told IANS that an angry trooper of the Rashtriya Rifles went berserk inside the Safapora (Manasbal) camp in the district, 35 km […]
Shimla, Feb 26 A two-day film festival will be held in Himachal Pradesh’s capital, Shimla, in April, event organisers said here Tuesday. The Shimla Film Festival 2014 will be held April 12-13. It will have two sections – one for Himachal filmmakers and the other for national and international filmmakers, festival director RavinderMakhaik told reporters. […]