Indian Tennis doubles ace Mahesh Bhupati has fiercely and successfully battled it out in the tennis court, but, recently India’s first Grand Slam player was left baffled by the questions of a young kid ‘Captain Tiao’ a.k.a Sadhil Kapoor.
Mahesh Bhupati will also be seen divulging some interesting facts about the sport and its terminologies, in the upcoming episode of Disney Channel’s new celebrity chat show ‘Captain Tiao’.
South Africa survived a massive scare and kept themselves in the running for a place in the semi-finals after narrowly beating the Netherlands by six runs in a Group 1 encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here Thursday.
Netherlands, who have the distinction of having the lowest T20 score — 39 all out in their previous match against Sri Lanka, almost pulled off a huge upset but suicidal shot-making cost them the match.
Ahsan Malik took his maiden fifer (5/19) as South Africa threw away a good start to be restricted to 145 for nine.
The Supreme Court Wednesday proposed to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that its defiant president Narayanaswami Srinivasan step down on while Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals be kept out of the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that starts April 16.
An apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla suggested that in the intervening period, the affairs of the BCCI maybe be looked after by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar or any other player of his eminence.
Indian shuttlers P.C. Thulasi and Sourabh Varma entered the quarter-finals in their respective categories at the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold here Thursday.
While Thulasi overcame compatriot Tanvi Lad 21-2, 17-21, 21-18 in a one-hour and eight-minute marathon women’s singles match, eighth seeded Varma ousted Japanese ninth seed Kazumasa Sakai 21-15, 17-21, 21-19 in an equally tough men’s singles match which lasted an hour and 11 minutes at the Stadium Perbandaran Pasir Gudang.
A mobile app that enables viewers watch their favorite TV programmes while on the move was launched here Thursday by Airtel Digital TV, the DTH service arm of leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel.
Airtel ‘Pocket TV’ is loaded with over 150 Live TV channels and more than 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels on anytime TV, a company statement said.
“Pocket TV now promises a never-before library of video content which is available at an affordable price,” the statement said.
Pakistan Thursday promised Iran all help in locating a group of five kidnapped Iranian guards, one of whom was killed by captors this month, but asserted that he or others were not present on its soil.
The Pakistani foreign ministry made the remarks a day after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani issued a warning to the country after the reported execution of the Iranian soldier, Xinhua reported.
President Rouhani spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday and demanded stern and fast action from Islamabad to secure the release of the abducted soldiers.
The national capital experienced a pleasant Thursday, with light drizzle in the morning. The Met office has forecast a partly cloudy sky Friday with one or two spells of light rain.
A total of 2 mm of rainfall was recorded till 5.30 p.m. Thursday and the day’s maximum temperature settled three notches below the season’s average at 29.1 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature was at 19.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average.
China Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to crack down on fake news and prevent journalists and newspapers from extorting money in return for stories.
The campaign would seek to “prevent extortion by news reporting and contain the spread of fake news”, Xinhua reported citing an official statement.
The campaign, organisers say, would involve more hotlines and online platforms for the public to report malpractice by journalists and newspapers.
Director Ashutosh Gowariker, who was assisted by Saad Khan in 2010, has tagged his protégé’s debut film “Station” as “gritty” and “very high on energy”.
“I am proud that Saad, who was my assistant in direction on ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’, is now making his debut with ‘Station’! I found the film very exciting. It is gritty, stylishly shot and very high on energy! And the performances are extremely nuanced and natural. I surely want to visit the ‘Station’ again,” Gowariker said in a statement.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is considering four names for the post of the chief minister of Sindh province, including Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
The decision to replace present Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah was based on his bad performance in the education and health sectors, The Nation reported Thursday.
The final decision on the replacement will be taken April 4 by former president and co-chairman of PPP Asif Ali Zardari.
US-based storage solutions provider Western Digital (WD) Thursday launched a personal cloud solutions product named “My Cloud” in India that enables users to organise, centralise, secure and access digital contents from anywhere in the world.
By connecting “My Cloud” device to internet users get anywhere, any device access that they can get from the public cloud, without having to pay monthly fees or giving up control to their personal data.
Delhi government has issued a notice to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal asking him to pay a rent of Rs 85,000 per month for the flat in which he has been staying for the past more than a month even after resigning from the chief minister’s post.
Kejriwal had sought an extension to stay in the C-II/23 house at Tilak Lane in central Delhi till his daughter’s examinations in May.
The notice was issued by the special secretary of Public Works Department on Monday. When asked, an AAP spokesperson said Kejriwal will pay the rent.
In a move that will please Colombo, India Thursday sprang a surprise by abstaining from a UN Human Rights Council resolution in Geneva calling for a probe into alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka.
India said the resolution ignores the efforts at reconciliation being done by Sri Lanka in the predominantly Tamil north, including holding of elections.
Contrary to what was widely expected to be a repeat of earlier moves of backing the UN resolution, India Thursday said it “cannot go along with the resolution and will abstain on the resolution under consideration”.
Terming her Puducherry counterpart N.Rangasamy weak and non-functional, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Thursday charged him with betraying both her AIADMK and the people by forming the government with the support of an independent.
Addressing an election rally here, Jayalalithaa said in 2011 assembly elections, her party had aligned with N.R.Congress and the people had voted for the alliance.
Bollywood’s style icon Sonam Kapoor is single, and she would like to maintain that relationship status publicly until she makes a final decision about a person in her life. Besides, her father Anil Kapoor has “trained” her to say “just friends” when anyone asks her if she’s dating someone or not.
The father-daughter duo came together for a tete-a-tete with filmmaker Karan Johar on his celebrity chat show “Koffee With Karan”.
Karan asked the “I Hate Luv Storys” actress – “Currently apparently there is some boyfriend…is that not true?”
Upping the ante against TDP President, YSRCP Honorary President YS Vijayamma has said that his manifesto is full of impracticable schemes and Chandrababu Naidu has never shown concern towards the poor but only helped his close associates to further their business interests while YSR has been a role model Chief Minister in balancing welfare with development.
West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra Thursday batted for former India captain Sourav Ganguly to take over as the country’s cricket board chief, hours after the Supreme Court proposed cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar as its interim president replacing incumbent N. Srinivasan.
“Who better that Sourav? Sourav means clean cricket, Sourav means youth and energy. If the SC wants to know about Sourav’s credentials for the post, the people of Bengal will vouch for that by hitting the streets,” Mitra told media persons.
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Dr N Raghuveera Reddy on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the week-long bus yatra that he led in 13 districts of Seemandhra region.
Speaking to media persons here after the conclusion of bus yatra, Raghuveera Reddy said that bus yatra was successful and it has helped in boosting the morale of the Congress cadre. He also announced that the first list of candidates from residuary State of Andhra Pradesh would be released in the first week of April.
Many people like to save their denims for the winter season, but now you can feel cool in jeans as sun reflecting denims have hit the stores.
Denim brand Wrangler has launched its latest range of innovative apparel called Sun shield. The jeans range is treated with a special finishing technology for textiles that reduces heat build-up and protects from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, said a statement.
Dark coloured textiles tend to absorb heat and the new technology used in the spring-summer collection reduces heat absorption especially in the case of dark colours.
(IANS)
Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy on Thursday expressed confidence that he would be re-nominated by the Congress party from the Bhongir seat in the ensuing general elections.
Speaking to media persons here, Komatireddy said that the party would certainly re-nominate him from the seat as he had the capability and chances of retaining the same. He said that the party would suffer a major loss if it gives ticket to other aspirants. He said his re-nomination from Bhongir would be in the interest of the party and social justice.
An Indian-origin man has been given a suspended jail term in
Britain on the charge of drug possession.
Narandraprasad Sookun, 42, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, and 200 hours of unpaid work, by a Guildford crown court in Surrey, getwestlondon.com reported.
Police found cannabis worth 5,000 pounds ($8,282) at his home in Hayes in west London in August last year.
He was convicted for illegal drug possession Feb 26 after a five-day trial.
District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar along with Hyderabad District Collector Mukesh Kumar Meena and other officials held a meeting on Thursday at Panwar Hall, GHMC Head Office with all the recognized political parties in connection with the proposed shifting of polling stations for ensuing general elections.
Bolstered by their stunning win over Pune FC in the last game, Churchill Brothers are confident they can carry the momentum forward in their next I-League clash against Dempo Sports Club at Nehru Stadium here Friday.
Churchill Brothers scored two goals in the last four minutes of added time to stun title-challengers Pune FC and are now confident they can continue with their winning momentum.
The Congress Thursday clarified party vice president Rahul Gandhi’s statement on job reservation in the private sector, saying the party only wants the sector to provide jobs to 10 crore unemployed people.
Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha told the media that Rahul Gandhi and the party were batting for “affirmative action” and not reservation in the private sector.
“There is no question of reservation in private sector jobs, although we want the private sector to take ‘affirmative action’,” Jha said.
Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) has joined FIFA’s health programme “Protect the Goal” together with Myanmar National League and UNAIDS, said MFF Thursday.
The programme will create the opportunity to reduce the number of those infected with HIV among youths and educate people through the media and share experiences publicly.
Some locally famous football players — Kyaw Ko Ko and Than Than Htwe — will take part in the initiative, local Freedom Daily said.