Washington, March 17 (IANS) World number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia outclassed Roger Federer by tiebreaker to win the Indian Wells ATP Masters title for the third time, Xinhua reported Monday. The Serb beat Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) Sunday to add another title to those he captured in the California desert in 2008 and 2011. […]
Los Angeles, March 17 (IANS) Actress Amanda Seyfried accidentally boarded a plane with her pocketknife still in her possession because it was undetected by airport security. Huffingtonpost.com reports that one she realised what happened, she took a photo of it and Tweeted to inform TSA (Transportation Security Administration) so that things like this hopefully don’t happen […]
Belgrade, March 17 (IANS) Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said that the new government will try to solve the Kosovo issue, establish “firmer cooperation with its traditional allies, Russia and China” and further advance towards EU. “We will form a government that will continue the EU path with more stability and much faster,” he said after casting […]
Dhaka, March 17 (IANS) Nepal clinched a 80-run victory over Hong Kong in their first match in the qualifying rounds of the ICC World T20 in Chittagong Sunday. Batting first, Nepal set a target of 150 runs in their allocated 20 overs losing eight wickets. In reply, Hong Kong were all-out for 69 runs in 17 […]
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 17 (IANS/CMC) West Indies’ recent series win against England has provided head coach Ottis Gibson with the biggest indication yet, that his side can retain the Twenty20 World Cup. While acknowledging the difficult nature of the task at the March 16 to April 6 tournament in Bangladesh, Gibson said the 2-1 win over […]
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday cautioned voters of Karnataka against electing former BJP ministers B.S. Yeddyurappa and B. Sriramulu in the Lok Sabha elections. “If you elect Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu in this election, and if (Narendra) Modi becomes prime minister, he will make them telecom and mining ministers in […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday wished the nation on the eve of Holi, saying it symbolises India’s “spirit of unity”. In a message to the nation, the prime minister said the festival heralding the onset of spring celebrates “the different hues of the country’s cultural mosaic and is an occasion to […]
Mumbai, March 16 (IANS) Actress Sunny Leone, who scorched the ramp in designer Jyotsana Tiwari’s peach-pink gown Sunday at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2014, says she was “nervous”, but enjoyed the “comfortable” outfit. “I was nervous walking the ramp, but the gown is very comfortable. This is a gown that everybody would love to wear. […]
Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu), March 16 (IANS) Coming down heavily on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday said the nation has not seen such a worst government. Addressing an election rally in Kallakurichi, about 250 km from the state capital Chennai, Jayalalithaa […]
Melbourne, March 16 (IANS) Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has been excluded from the Australian Grand Prix results of the season opening Formula 1 race after his second-place finishing car was found to be run with too high a fuel flow rate here Sunday. The international automobile federation (FIA) stewards found the 24-year-old’s car to have breached […]