Day: October 7, 2019

Ordinary doesn’t satisfy me, says Bhumi Pednekar

Mumbai, Oct 7 : Bhumi Pednekar believes her journey in movies has been “different” right from the outset, as usual and ordinary characters do not excite her. The 30-year-old actor made debut with “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, which featured her as an overweight newly-married woman, and went on to […]

Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat hospitalised

Dehradun, Oct 7 : Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat was hospitalised here early on Monday after he complained of dizziness. Rawat was admitted to the Max hospital here in the wee hours, his chief spokesperson Surendra Kumar said. “Routine check-ups have been conducted and […]

Seven suspected drug peddlers arrested in J-K

Jammu, Oct 7:Seven suspected drug peddlers, including a university student, were arrested after contraband substance was allegedly recovered from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. Sai Vankat, a student of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Kakryal, was arrested after 220 gms ‘ganja’ was allegedly […]

Youth ‘steals’ bus, drives it from Mangalore to Udupi

Mangaluru, Oct 7 : A youth, said to be mentally deranged, took a bus parked at Ullal near here and drove it to Udupi, nearly 65 km away, on Sunday, bewildering the bus owner and his relatives, police said. However, the owners friends and the police intercepted the bus […]

Don’t cut anymore trees, says SC on Mumbai’s Aarey

New Delhi, Oct 7 : The Supreme Court on Monday restrained authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai’s Aarey to set up a Metro car shed. A special bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Ashok Bhushan said it will have to examine the entire thing and posted the matter […]

Home News Late goal earns Saint-Etienne derby win over Lyon on Puel debut

Robert Beric scored a last-minute winner as Saint-Etienne defeated bitter rivals Lyon 1-0 on Sunday and new coach Claude Puel made a triumphant start in his first match in charge. Former Leicester City and Southampton boss Puel replaced Ghislain Printant on Friday after signing a three-year deal with […]

Ali storms to world 100m hurdles win

Nia Ali of the United States stormed to victory in the 100m hurdles at the world championships as Keni Harrison’s wait for a major title continued. Ali surged into the lead after around 50 metres to take gold in a personal best of 12.34sec at the Khalifa Stadium. […]

Emotional Knight posts first LPGA title on native Texas soil

Texan Cheyenne Knight captured her first US LPGA Tour title in her native Lone Star State on Sunday, firing a 66 for a two-shot win in the Volunteers of America Classic. The 22-year-old rookie rolled in three birdies on the back nine at the Old American Golf Club […]

Bare knuckles to KO record for Myanmar woman breaking MMA mould

Myanmar’s Bozhena Antoniyar had to side-step conservative parents to take up bare-knuckle fighting, but her stealth paid off on her MMA debut when she knocked out her opponent in a record 24 seconds. Bozhena picked up Myanmar’s brutal martial art of lethwei when she was 16, secretly attending […]

The routes to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals — or the plane home

Heading into the last round of pool games at the Rugby World Cup, only two teams have already booked their quarter-final places: England and France. Some pools are all over bar the shouting, in others there’s still all to play for. AFP looks at the various scenarios as […]

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