• Indian wins USD 1 mln prize in Qatar draw

    Dubai, Sep 12: An Indian national residing in Qatar has won the latest Qatar Duty Free (QDF) dollar millionaire draw.

    Satheesa Babu, an aircraft technician who works with the Qatar Emiri Air Force, bought his ‘lucky ticket’ before boarding his flight from Doha to Thiruvananthapuram in April.  QDF is a subsidiary of Qatar Airways.

    The US Dollar Millionaire raffle was launched in May 2006 giving passengers an opportunity to win the bumper prize.

    Dubai, Sep 12: An Indian national residing in Qatar has won the latest Qatar Duty Free (QDF) dollar millionaire draw.

    Satheesa Babu, an aircraft technician who works with the Qatar Emiri Air Force, bought his ‘lucky ticket’ before boarding his flight from Doha to Thiruvananthapuram in April.  QDF is a subsidiary of Qatar Airways.

    The US Dollar Millionaire raffle was launched in May 2006 giving passengers an opportunity to win the bumper prize.

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  • Yuvraj makes 'emotional' return

     Yuvraj Singh has said his first game for India after his battle with cancer was "a big emotional moment." He bowled two overs for 14 runs, took a catch, and scored 34 runs off 26 balls in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand in Chennai. However, Yuvraj was dismissed in the final over of the chase and India lost by one run.

     
    "There are mixed emotions," Yuvraj said after the game. "We lost a game that we should have won, but for me personally it was a big emotional moment to get on the field. I had tears in my eyes when we were fielding, luckily the cameras did not catch it. I think I am timing the ball well and it can only get better from here."

     Yuvraj Singh has said his first game for India after his battle with cancer was "a big emotional moment." He bowled two overs for 14 runs, took a catch, and scored 34 runs off 26 balls in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand in Chennai. However, Yuvraj was dismissed in the final over of the chase and India lost by one run.

     
    "There are mixed emotions," Yuvraj said after the game. "We lost a game that we should have won, but for me personally it was a big emotional moment to get on the field. I had tears in my eyes when we were fielding, luckily the cameras did not catch it. I think I am timing the ball well and it can only get better from here."

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  • Aseem granted bail, but refuses

    MUMBAI: On a day of hectic developments, Kanpur-based cartoonist Assem Trivedi was allowed bail by the Bombay High Court.

    However, Trivedi, 25, has refused to apply for bail and India Against Corruption (IAC) representative Preeti Menon said that they would be satisfied only when the sedition charges are dropped completely.

    MUMBAI: On a day of hectic developments, Kanpur-based cartoonist Assem Trivedi was allowed bail by the Bombay High Court.

    However, Trivedi, 25, has refused to apply for bail and India Against Corruption (IAC) representative Preeti Menon said that they would be satisfied only when the sedition charges are dropped completely.

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  • 'Titanic' director's firm files for bankruptcy

    Port St. Lucie: Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million.

    Port St. Lucie: Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million.

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  • 10 held for gang-raping woman in Bengal

    Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Ten people have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 32-year-old-woman and assaulting her husband in the industrial township of Durgapur in Burdwan district, police said Tuesday.

    "We have arrested 10 people of which five have supposedly raped the woman. We are looking for five to six more suspects. They have been produced before a court and we have sought for their custody," Commissioner of Police (Asansol-Durgapur) Ajay Kumar Nand said.

    Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Ten people have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 32-year-old-woman and assaulting her husband in the industrial township of Durgapur in Burdwan district, police said Tuesday.

    "We have arrested 10 people of which five have supposedly raped the woman. We are looking for five to six more suspects. They have been produced before a court and we have sought for their custody," Commissioner of Police (Asansol-Durgapur) Ajay Kumar Nand said.

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  • Meet the

    New Delhi: His friend-list boasts of none other than Tiger Woods, but that is no distraction for budding golfer from the hinterlands of Haryana, Shubham Jaglan, as he wants to go a step ahead of the master.

    So, does he want to be like the Tiger, "No I want to be like Jack Nicklaus," pat came the reply.

    "He has won the most number of majors," pointed out the eight-year-old from a small village of Israna in district Panipat.

    "Tiger Woods himself sent him a friend request," informed a proud father, Jagpal Singh Jaglan.

    New Delhi: His friend-list boasts of none other than Tiger Woods, but that is no distraction for budding golfer from the hinterlands of Haryana, Shubham Jaglan, as he wants to go a step ahead of the master.

    So, does he want to be like the Tiger, "No I want to be like Jack Nicklaus," pat came the reply.

    "He has won the most number of majors," pointed out the eight-year-old from a small village of Israna in district Panipat.

    "Tiger Woods himself sent him a friend request," informed a proud father, Jagpal Singh Jaglan.

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  • In unusual snub, Obama to avoid meeting with Netanyahu

    WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: In a highly unusual rebuff to a close ally as tensions escalated over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, the White House said on Tuesday President Barack Obama would not meet Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's US visit later this month.

    The apparent snub, coupled with Netanyahu's sharpened demands for a tougher US line against Iran, threatened to plunge US-Israeli relations into crisis and add pressure on Obama in the final stretch of a tight presidential election campaign.

    WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: In a highly unusual rebuff to a close ally as tensions escalated over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, the White House said on Tuesday President Barack Obama would not meet Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's US visit later this month.

    The apparent snub, coupled with Netanyahu's sharpened demands for a tougher US line against Iran, threatened to plunge US-Israeli relations into crisis and add pressure on Obama in the final stretch of a tight presidential election campaign.

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  • 2014 World Cup qualifiers: Late Lampard penalty saves point for toothless England

    Wembley: On the night a breeze of change blew through the England side, they were winded by the failure to take all three points under the Wembley arch.

    The ever-reliable Frank Lampard spared the Three Lions’ blushes with an emphatic 87th minute penalty following some late pressure from Roy Hodgson’s team.

    But, it failed to dispel the impression that they had been taught a lesson in technique and passing by their visitors.

    The difference between the teams was Yevgeni Konoplianka, the Ukraine No.10, who not only scored a peach of a goal in the 38th minute from around 30 yards but caused panic in the hosts’ jittery defence every time he bombed forward down the left flank.

    Wembley: On the night a breeze of change blew through the England side, they were winded by the failure to take all three points under the Wembley arch.

    The ever-reliable Frank Lampard spared the Three Lions’ blushes with an emphatic 87th minute penalty following some late pressure from Roy Hodgson’s team.

    But, it failed to dispel the impression that they had been taught a lesson in technique and passing by their visitors.

    The difference between the teams was Yevgeni Konoplianka, the Ukraine No.10, who not only scored a peach of a goal in the 38th minute from around 30 yards but caused panic in the hosts’ jittery defence every time he bombed forward down the left flank.

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  • 34 killed in Himachal bus accident

    SHIMLA: A total of 34 people, including eight women, were killed when a state roadways bus skidded off the road and fell into a 1,000-foot-deep gorge Monday night in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, an official said.


    All 34 bodies have been recovered, most of them Tuesday morning, from the wreckage of the bus, while six injured people, including conductor Sumir Kumar, have been hospitalised, Deputy Commissioner K.R. Bharti told IANS Tuesday.

    SHIMLA: A total of 34 people, including eight women, were killed when a state roadways bus skidded off the road and fell into a 1,000-foot-deep gorge Monday night in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, an official said.


    All 34 bodies have been recovered, most of them Tuesday morning, from the wreckage of the bus, while six injured people, including conductor Sumir Kumar, have been hospitalised, Deputy Commissioner K.R. Bharti told IANS Tuesday.

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  • Death toll in Pak. factory fire rises to 85

    At least 60 people have been killed in a fire that raged in a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi, bringing the death toll in two deadly fires in the country to 85, a Pakistani hospital official said.

    At least 60 people have been killed in a fire that raged in a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi, bringing the death toll in two deadly fires in the country to 85, a Pakistani hospital official said.

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