Li Na retires from tennis
Li Na, the two-time grand slam champion from China, has announced that she is quitting the game because of a long-term struggle with knee injuries. Li has been a transformational presence for the sport in the Far East, having lifted the French Open crown in 2011 and then added the Australian Open... read more »
Pankaj Advani and Others Qualify for Indian Open Snooker
Pune: India’s No. 1 snooker player Pankaj Advani along with five others qualified for the Indian Open Championships after winning their respective knockout matches, here on Thursday. In the qualifiers which concluded at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana tables, Advani blanked Rafat Habib 4-0 while... read more »
MS Dhoni storms out of five-star hotel
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, MS Dhoni was annoyed with a five-star hotel’s refusal to allow his team to have home-made Biryani and forced the entire CSK team and support staff to move to a different hotel, according to a report. The Mumbai Mirror reported that Hotel Grand Kakatiya in... read more »
Three ‘attackers’ involved in Thai island murders, police say
Thai police believe at least three “attackers” were involved in the vicious murders of two British backpackers whose semi-naked bodies were found on a tourist island on Monday. David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, who had met on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, are thought to have been... read more »
NATO alliance agree to take on ISIS threat
The United States and nine key allies agreed Friday that the Islamic State group is a significant threat to NATO countries and that they will take on the militants by squeezing their... read more »
Malaysia, Australia to send investigators team back to MH17 crash site
Malaysia and Australia agreed to send investigators back to the crash site of passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17... read more »
Jammu and Kashmir inundat Death toll expand to 120
The toll in the Jammu floods due to incessant downpour for the last five days has risen to 120 following the death of 14 people in a landslide. The Met Office on Saturday said the “worst... read more »
110 deteriorate in Pakistan floods
A government official in Pakistan said 110 people have been killed across the country in heavy monsoon downpours and flooding as more rain is forecast for the coming days. Ahmad Kamal, a... read more »
Shiv Sena leader held for alleged rape of minor
Sixty-one-year-old local Shiv Sena leader Vasudeo Nambiar was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a minor, who studied in a school run by him. The crime came to light after the girl recently... read more »
