January 21, 2013
Melbourne — It was a good day for Indian mixed doubles players at the Australian Open as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the quarter-finals in their respective matches here at the Melbourne Park Monday.
However, the Indian men's doubles campaign came to an end as Mahesh Bhupathi lost his third round match.
Sania and her American partner Bob Bryan beat the American pair of Abigail Spears and Scott Lipsky 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 in the second round of mixed doubles.
January 21, 2013
The Mahaparinirvana will chug through locations in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha and tourists will also make a brief foray into Nepal, where Lumbini, the Buddha's birthplace, is located
January 21, 2013
NEW DELHI - A DNA investigation of bloodstained clothes and body swabs has linked all five men and a juvenile accused of the gang rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi to the crime, providing evidence the prosecution claims will be enough to convict them.
January 21, 2013
MS Dhoni has done it again. After leading India to the pinnacle of Test rankings, in December 2009, the Indian skipper achieved the same in ODIs.
Dhoni-led world champions are No. 1 in the ODI rankings with 119 points.
January 21, 2013
JAIPUR: A day after his anointment as Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi struck an emotional chord with a packed auditorium, moving a collection of battle-hardened party leaders to tears and drawing a rapturous standing ovation that marked a perfect beginning to the tricky task of running the grand old party.
January 20, 2013
BEIJING: China said it was "strongly dissatisfied" Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control of disputed islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row.
January 20, 2013
WASHINGTON: The United States' first mixed race president was sworn in for second term on Sunday amid palpably less popular enthusiasm and energy, pointing to four more challenging years in the White House at a time of gradual waning of American power.
January 20, 2013
Zhao Jiang’s first Tamil book makes debut at on-going Chennai Book Fair
Zhao Jiang, the director of China's only Tamil radio station, has written a book in Tamil, possibly the first of its kind by a Chinese author, to provide an introduction into China's historical and cultural attractions.
January 20, 2013
Washington: The US State Department is warning American citizens about the risks of travel to Algeria and is authorising the families of State Department staff to leave the country if they choose.
The warning comes after the Algerian government reported that special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert to end a standoff with Islamist extremists. Algerian officials say at least 23 hostages and all 32 militants involved were killed.
January 19, 2013
With his appointment as vice president of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi has been elevated to number two position in the party.
Jaipur: Rahul Gandhi was on Saturday named the Congress vice president, making him officially the number two in the India's oldest party.
