Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka will clash with Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the summit clash of the ATP Chennai Open Tennis tournament today. Top seed Wawrinka made it to the finals yesterday, after Canada’s Vasek Pospisil conceded the match due to a sore lower back. The semifinal ended, 6-4, 5-5, with Wawrinka winning the first set. In […]
The Reserve Bank is likely to soon issue guidelines to allow banks to act as insurance brokers with a view to boost business and arrest decline in insurance penetration. Agencies quoting a senior central bank official said, the RBI is likely to finalise the norms by next week. The notification will be issued thereafter. Under […]
A US ice-breaker is to help two ships that are stuck in thick ice in Antarctica following a rescue mission. The US Coast Guard said in a statement that the Polar Star has been asked to cut a path through the ice in order to free the Xue Long and the Akademik Shokalskiy. It said […]
Voting is in progress in Bangladesh’s violence-plagued general elections amid calls from opposition BNP and its allies to resist the polls. The polling, which started at 7.30 AM Indian time, will end at 4.30 PM. Election Commission officials said, polling is taking place in only 147 of 300 constituencies due to the boycott by the […]
Countdown for the launch of GSLV-D5, carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, is progressing smoothly at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The home-made rocket, with its own cryogenic stage, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 4:18 PM today.
The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for united efforts by Asian countries towards a fair pricing mechanism for imported Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG in view of Asia being the driver of the global LNG demand. Dedicating the 5 Million Metric Ton LNG terminal to the nation at Kochi yesterday, the Prime Minister pointed […]
Aam Aadmi Party will fight coming Lok Sabha elections in as many states as possible. Briefing media persons after the national executive committee meeting of the party in New Delhi yesterday, senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the party will decide about the seats and candidates for the upcoming elections within one month. He said […]
The death toll in Goa building collapse has gone up to 12. The six storeyed under construction building collapsed at Chavadi near Cancona in South Goa yesterday. More workers are feared trapped under the debris. 23 persons have been rescued so far. 3 of them are in serious condition at Goa Medical College hospital. Chief […]
Daisy Jacob, wife of late minister TM Jacob, has been elected as vice-chairperson of Kerala Congress(J) party. The announcement was made by party chairman Johnny Nellore during the party meeting held on Saturday.
Winter seems to be here, finally. And of all the fashion trends that are set to greet the oncoming cold, the scarf will be mainstay. The long neck wrap — made famous of late though a spiffy Jonny Lee Miller in the modern take on Sherlock Homes — can be quite a girls’ best friend, […]