Kolkata | 18 hours ago
Deepika second Indian woman archer to reach World Cup final
Kolkata, Sep 2 - Teenage archery sensation Deepika Kumari Thursday became the second Indian woman ever to sail into the final of a World Cup Stage IV meet.National champion Deepika, who is also the reigning cadet world champion, will take on Ki Bo Bae of Korea for the gold medal in her maiden World Cup final at Shanghai. Dola Banerjee has done it before winning the Dover World Cup in 2007. Deepika ... read more

New York | 1 day ago
US Open results Wednesday
New York, Sep 2 - Results Wednesday at the 23-million-dollar US Open -.Women's singles, second round Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def Victoria Azarenka, 10, Belarus, 5-1, retired, heat exhaustion x Virginie Razzano, France, def Marion Bartoli, 13, France, 7-5, 6-4 Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, def Jie Zheng, China, 6-3, 6-0 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def Sania Mirza, India, 6-2, 6-4 Men's singles, f ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 1 day ago
Malayalam film 'Nirakazhcha' to be dubbed in Italian
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 - Debutant director Aneesh J. Karanad is a happy man as his Malayalam film 'Nirakazhcha' will soon be dubbed in Italian and will be screened in 600 theatres across Italy.'Nirakazhcha' is about an Italian painter, played by Vincenzo Bocciarelli, who visits Kerala to recreate the magnificent Raja Ravi Varma paintings and falls in love with a model -. Bocciarelli is a popula ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
'Ra.One' release date not yet fixed: SRK
New Delhi, Sep 1 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has clarified that the release date of his superhero film 'Ra.One' has not yet been decided, unlike what has been reported.According to certain media reports Tuesday, the actor-producer is planning to release the film June 3, next year. But Shah Rukh has denied it. 'Nice to know that the release date for 'Ra.One' has been fixed by someone... so ... read more

Luxembourg | 2 days ago
Italy's unemployment rate drops
Luxembourg, Aug 31 - Italy's unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent in July as the country's fragile economic recovery picked up steam, European statistics agency EUROSTAT said Tuesday.The rate of unemployment in the 16 European countries that use euro currency was unchanged at 10 percent in July. The 'situation remains worrisome but it would be wrong not to recognise that it is better than the Eur ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Ash-Abhi to miss 'Raavan' screening at Venice fest
New Delhi, Aug 31 - Bollywood couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan won't be able to attend the screening of their film 'Raavan' at the upcoming 67th Venice Film Festival, due to prior commitments with their brand endorsements.'Raavanan' and 'Raavan' - the Tamil and the Hindi versions of the Mani Ratnam film - and Anurag Kashyap's 'That Girl In Yellow Boots' will be screened at the festival, ... read more

London | 3 days ago
Moore's raunchy ad banned in Venice
London, Aug 31 - A billboard featuring Hollywood actress Julianne Moore posing naked for a fashion campaign has been banned by officials in Venice, Italy after it was deemed 'inappropriate'.The 'Far From Heaven' star stripped off for a recent shoot for Bulgari handbags and plans were in place to erect a promotional poster in the city's famous St Mark's Square but Venice's recently elected mayor, G ... read more

London | 4 days ago
Probe over doctors' labour room brawl in Italy
London, Aug 30 - A probe was launched after a child in Italy was born with brain damage as doctors attending on the mother who had gone into labour came to blows over the need for a caesarean section, a media report said Monday.Laura Salpietro, 30, had her womb removed after the birth. Her husband claims this took place almost an hour and a half late because of the brawl, The Guardian reported. H ... read more

London | 4 days ago
18 people died in Italy while picking mushrooms
London, Aug 30 - As many as 18 people died while picking mushrooms in Italy in little more than a week. The deaths took place after victims fell into crevasses and deep gorges.A rich mushroom harvest in the Alpine valleys of northern Italy had led to people making a beeline for the woods and forests to look for succulent funghi. Many, who were unfit and ill-equipped, ventured into remote areas wit ... read more

4 days ago
Randhawa tied 10th despite poor front half at Gleneagles
Perthshire, Aug 30 - A horrendous front nine with four bogeys cost Jyoti Randhawa a chance to contend for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles as he ended with a round of 75 and a four-under 284 to finish tied 10th - his first top-10 finish on the European Tour this season.Though Randhawa may well be ruing the four-over 40 for the first stretch, it was his best finish on European soil in ... read more