Kanpur man writes Gita on plywood
Sandeep Kumar Soni, a young man in his late twenties, is on his way to creating a record of sorts.
Sandeep has written the entire Bhagwad Gita with engraved letters on plywood.
Decathlon excels during workout
Decathlon, Machiavellian-ism and Vijayshaurya impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Friday.
11 children fall ill in UP govt's deworming drive
Eleven children today fell ill after they were administered deworming medicine under a state government's health scheme at Sultanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, officials said.
BJP plans to spend big in LS elections
A guessing game has begun on a poll budget of BJP’s election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi in the political circles.
Obama & Putin talk, fail to end Syria rift
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed Friday to end their bitter dispute over American plans for military action in Syria, as half of the G-20 called for a “strong” response to a chemical weapons attack blamed on the Assad regime.
Wowrinka
Defending champion Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open on Thursday as Stanislas Wawrinka pulled a shocker to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final, a matchup with world number one Novak Djokovic.
Akhilesh govt to distribute cycles
After doling out unemployment allowances, laptops, saris and blankets, the Akhilesh Yadav government is now preparing to distribute cycles.
No ‘land grab’ by Chinese in J&K: Antony
Effectively dismissing TV reports on Thursday that cited an NSAB report to claim China had grabbed 640 sq km of Indian territory in Ladakh, defence minister A.K. Antony told Parliament on Friday that National Security Advisory Board chairman Shyam Saran had “not stated” in a report that “China has occupied, or has denied access to India to any part of Indian territory”.
Paes rides wave of New York memories
Leander Paes has eased past the milestone of his 40th birthday, made a car wreck of a Bollywood movie and overcome brain surgery, but nothing beats his 20-year love affair with New York.
Nobel laureate Liberia Prez to visit India
Africa’s first female President and a powerful and respected voice in the continent and in international fora, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, arrives in the capital on September 9 on a five-day state visit.