Laid up with a leg injury earlier this year, which left him unable to play for his new club AC Milan or for national squad England, David Beckham turned to one of India's great treasures to relieve his boredom, the 35-year-old British footballer recently revealed. And he didn't even have to leave Italy to do it.
Among the casualties, 50 are "seriously injured" according to police.
With Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra tying the knot today, November 22, the venue in Khandala (a hill station near Mumbai) is brimming with activity and excitement.
Sylvain Chavanel's Tour de France chances were nearly ruined by a crash two months ago but more drama on the same Belgian roads gave him the race leader's jersey after the second stage on Monday.
Abay Kewadkar, director, Four Seasons Wines, says there is room for expansion of the facility based on initial consumer feedback to the initiative.
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The music of Madhur Bhandarkar's latest will leave you feeling cheated.
Spain's Jorge Lorenzo won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Sunday to extend his world championship lead over Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi to nine points.
The group had reported a loss of pound 338 million in the previous fiscal due to its write-offs for its acquisition of Borsa Italiana SpA.
The decision was reached after political consensus; sellers offered land-for-land deal.
Recounting her interactions with the veteran leader, Mahasweta Devi told rediff.com on Sunday, 'Basu was a nice gentleman who had the guts to call spade a spade and who was willing to listen to the people'.
Sharif was greeted by Saudi intelligence chief Prince Miqren bin Abdul Aziz, the agency said.
Direct land acquisition in Bengal fiat forces companies to appoint land brokers.
The Euro1.4-billion firm, which opened the first branded Chicco outlet in Delhi last week, also said it will expand its retail operation to 10 exclusive stores across the country by 2011 and tap departmental and pharmacy chains.
Ronaldinho's experience could have a calming effect on Brazil's youthful World Cup side if coach Dunga recalled the 30-year-old to the squad, Pele said on Tuesday. Three-times World Cup winner Pele said in an interview that he would pick Ronaldinho, who turned 30 on Sunday and has played at two finals, helping Brazil win their fifth title in 2002.
Bring out your earthenware and clay pots, don your apron and get cooking!
Reality show moves over the idiot box to shoot into cyberspace.
The second seeded Indo-Czech pair beat the German-Belgian combination 2-6, 7-6(6), 10-7 in the semi-finals of the US $1,619,500 hard court event.
A failing sex drive can be frustrating, but there are a number of things that you can do to perform better in the bedroom.
Nitya Amarnath and Juhi Pandey, graduates of the National Institute of Design-Ahmedabad are conducting a Recycling Workshop in Mumbai.
Giorgio Armani SpA, the Italian fashion company which designs fashion accessories, apparel, cosmetics, fragrances, home interiors, eyewear and watches, among other things, opened its store in India in the middle of a slowdown. The company's deputy managing director John Hooks who has considerable experience in luxury retail in Asia was in India some time ago and spoke to Business Standard's Anoothi Vishal on Armani's India plans.
'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma.
Meet the headturners at the India Beach Fashion Week.
Formula One's governing body will take no action against championship leader Nico Rosberg despite Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton accusing him of a deliberate collision at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.
They said creditors would be paid in full and all 405 jobs at the Silverstone-based team, that was co-owned by embattled Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and finished fourth last year, were safe.
Monza next time out should be very good for them as the team do seem to have fantastic straight-line speed and Singapore after that should be reasonably good as well, as the team have always been competitive on street circuits, says Karun Chandhok.
A huge monkey off Force India's back, team chairman Vijay Mallya said the Formula One outfit has actually delivered on its promise of a podium finish one year before the 2010 deadline it had set.
According to a survey conducted by the Deloitte and Data Security Council of India, 37 per cent of wireless networks had no encryption at all, followed by 49 per cent using a lower-level protection like Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption and just 14 per cent using security layers like Wi-Fi Protected Areas (WPA and WPA2) to secure their networks.
This comes right after DLF, the largest property developer, brought out a range of measures to soothe restive customers at a couple of other housing projects at Gurgaon. The Unitech customer ire is due to alleged delay in completion of World Spa, apartments and villas that carry an average price tag of over Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) per unit.
The Seven-Party Alliance in Nepal has achieved a major breakthrough in the ongoing political logjam by agreeing to elect prime minister, president and vice-president through a simple majority of the Constituent Assembly, but differences continue to persist over the composition of the National Security Council.
Over the past couple of days, several women in Bangalore have been complaining of being assaulted by unknown persons. The same women also claim that the number of cases involving assault on women has gone up.
According to analysts, Indian drug makers are forging alliances with overseas companies such as CD Pharma, Gnosis SpA, Crawford Healthcare and Syrio Pharma to sell drugs for chronic and acute cases. According to analysts, Indian drug makers are forging alliances with overseas companies such as CD Pharma, Gnosis SpA, Crawford Healthcare and Syrio Pharma to sell drugs for chronic and acute cases.
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons was seething with anger after witnessing his team lose to Ireland and get knocked out of the ICC World Twenty20 in Nottingham, on Monday.
McLaren's attempt to reinstate Lewis Hamilton as Belgian Grand Prix winner will be heard by Formula One's court of appeal in Paris on September 22, the governing FIA said on Friday. Championship leader Hamilton was stripped of victory after race stewards at Spa ruled he had gained an advantage from cutting a chicane while challenging Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen for the lead.
Formula One drivers will seek a clarification of the rules before Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after stewards stripped Lewis Hamilton of victory in Belgium last weekend for cutting a chicane. The ruling outraged many fans and dominated the first day at Monza, with drivers divided on the justice of the penalty while other leading figures expressed concern for the fundamentals of the sport.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton promised on Thursday to stay "squeaky clean" for the rest of the Formula One season after being stripped of victory in Belgium last weekend.
Kenyan Surinder Thathi, one of the three stewards at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday where British driver Lewis Hamilton was stripped of victory, said on Tuesday there was no conspiracy against the McLaren team. "There was no conspiracy against anybody, McLaren included. We acted professionally and within the FIA rules. Hamilton took a short cut inside of the corner while off the track," Thathi said.
McLaren appealed on Tuesday against a stewards' decision to strip their Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton of victory in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Italy-based Fiat SpA and domestic auto major Tata Motors, plans to position the car in the premium hatchback segment along with Maruti Suzuki's Ritz, Hyundai's i20, Skoda's Fabia and to be launched Honda Siel's Jazz, the company said.
Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan has signed with Team Kolles to drive in the European Le Mans Series (LMS) for the rest of the season. Karthikeyan, who became India's first Formula One driver when he raced for the Jordan team in 2005, will also be competing in the popular Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in June, but his first LMS outing will be in Belgium at the weekend.
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