Sochi (Russia): Lewis Hamilton won a dramatic Russian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday to take a huge step towards his third world championship after Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg retired early on with throttle failure. The win was Hamilton’s ninth of the season, and the 42nd of his career, and the Briton’s untroubled afternoon was a stark contrast to his […]
» Read moreVIJAYWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday proposed to set up 100 health care ATMs in the state on a pilot basis to supply medicines to people at reasonable rates. Naidu said this during a review of the health department on various issues of health sector here today. Based on the response to the ATMs under the […]
» Read moreChennai: Veteran Tamil actor Manorama died of cardiac arrest late in the night on Saturday in Chennai. She was 78. Fondly called Aachi, Manorama has acted in more than 1,200 films and 1,000 plays. She set a Guinness record when she completed 1,000 films. Manorama has acted with five chief ministers including Anna Durai, M G Ramachandran, M Karunanidhi, N […]
» Read moreKabul: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a Nato convoy in downtown Kabul on Sunday, triggering a powerful explosion in a rush-hour attack that comes just days after the resurgent militant group overran a key northern city. No casualties were immediately reported from the bombing, which sent a thick plume of smoke rising into the sky, as the Taliban ramp up […]
» Read moreTOKYO: Top seed Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided final to capture his fourth title of the year. French Open champion Wawrinka needed just 65 minutes to complete victory in Tokyo with Paire, who underwent a scan on his swollen left ankle before the match, clearly struggling. Fierce pressure from […]
» Read moreLondon: Teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is considering leaving Britain to study for a politics degree at Stanford University in the US. The Pakistani schoolgirl survived a Taliban bullet to her head after being airlifted to Birmingham, where she now lives with her family. The 18-year-old has already made a visit to the California-based Ivy League university campus, ‘The Sunday […]
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