However, Srikanth squandered a one-game advantage to go down 23-21, 16-21, 17-21 to fourth seed Korean Son Wan Ho in the men's singles quarter-finals that lasted an hour and 12 minutes.
Mohun Bagan bounced back into the reckoning after registering their fifth win on the trot by prevailing over Mahindra United 1-0 in an ONGC I-league match at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Monday.
Washington might occasionally make some noises about alleged human rights violations and related issues but commonality of interests will only see the Indo-US ties grow stronger, observes Virendra Kapoor.
"I am happy that the PSI who initially goofed up the case was dismissed from service. But I want the police to investigate his conduct and why he behaved that way," Fiona Mackeown said. Fiona alleged that the PSI's conduct could have stemmed from the influence of some politicians, senior police officers or criminals themselves. She will be writing to Chief Secretary J P Singh, seeking a probe into Nerlon's role in the episode.
Michael Mannion, 35, a British national, who became a crucial eye witness to Scarlette's death is feeling 'stuck' in Goa after the state police refused to lift is look out notice.
Carvalho was arrested along with Samson D'Souza for drugging, raping and leaving Scarlette to die on Goa's popular Anjuna beach on February 18. President of children's court Desmond D'costa released Carvalho on a surety of Rs 25,000 and asked him to surrender his passport before the state police within seven days.
''I hope the Indian police are prosecuted for lying from the beginning. The police system is so corrupt that when the media pressure dies down, they will start messing about with the forensic results,'' said Fiona. She also announced that officers in Britain had agreed to carry out a post-mortem on the body, as she wanted tests carried out in case forensic results from the two post-mortems that were conducted in Goa were changed.
Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British girl Scarlett Eden Keeling, on Thursday said that she would get a third forensic examination done on her daughter's body in the UK. "I have been advised by my friends to get the examination conducted as I may uncover some forensic evidence in that," Fiona said, outside the Goa Medical College and the hospital morgue, where she had come to collect the body along with her lawyer.
The Goa government on Monday suspended with immediate effect Dr Silvano Dias Sapeco, professor and head of the Foreisic Medicine at Goa Medical College and Hospital, for his alleged "acts of commission and omission" in respect of the British teenager Scarlette Keeling's rape and murder case. Confirming this to UNI on Monday evening, Chief Secretary J P Singh, who is also in charge of the home ministry, said the government had already ordered a probe into Sapeco's conduct.
PV Sindhu had a below-par outing as Japan's Akene Yamaguchi beat the World Championship silver medallist 21-14, 21-9 in a thoroughly one-sided semi-final of the French Open Super Series, in Paris, on Saturday.
Almost winding up her crusade against the flourishing drug trade in the coastal state, Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British girl Scarlett Eden Keeling, has moved to an undisclosed destination in South Goa fearing for her life, allegedly from the drug mafia. "There is no point in continuing the fight if state police are not interested in cooperating. The men in uniform are busy leveling allegations against me rather than probing what I say," Fiona said.
A prime suspect in connection with the death of British teenaged girl Scarlette Keeling, whose body was found dead on a beach here, was arrested on Wednesday night and charged with her murder. Placido Carvalho, whose anticipatory bail was rejected by district and sessions court, was arrested and charged with murder (section 302 of IPC), police sources said.
D'Souza has admitted to having consensual sex with Scarlette, while insisting that there was no force used. However, as per India law, sex with a minor girl, even consensual, amounts to rape. Scarlette was 15-years-old when she died.
The report of the first autopsy conducted on Scarlette at the Goa Medical College indicates that the British tourist was sexually assaulted and it is a case of homicidal drowning. Sources say this fact was hushed up and to the public it was reported as a case of death by drowning. It is learnt that the case was being hushed up as it would affect tourism in Goa. Tourism is considered to be the back bone of Goan economy.
Governments in most of the world saw their approval ratings dip as they struggled to contain the raging virus, which hit economy hard everywhere, but Indian politics followed a different script, with the outgoing year marking further shrinking of a rudderless Congress while the ruling BJP soared riding on Modi's enduring appeal.
Fiona MacKeown, who visited Goa last week to follow up on the murder case, tells The Guardian that the man's identity is "common knowledge" in Goa. "I was approached by many people who told me his name. He is a powerful person with money. It would explain why the police have tried to cover up the case," she has been quoted as saying by the newspaper
Today, as Fiona fights the authorities in India over the cause of her daughter's death -- initially passed off as death by drowning, before rape and drugs and murder were added to the cocktail -- the Daily Telegraph, London, met the mother in England.
Several human rights and other groups had also voice doubts over the veracity of the murder probe. The teenager's mother, Fiona Mackeown, unsatisfied with the police probe and alleging cover up in the entire matter, had demanded that the case be investigated by Central agencies.
The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlette Keeling has gone into hiding in Goa saying she feared for her safety. The 43-year-old Fiona MacKeown on Sunday said that she wanted court protection after "stirring up a hornet's nest" in Goa by accusing police officials, politicians and local drugs mafia of a cover-up, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.
"We are writing to the Home and External Affairs ministry not to issue her visa again to come to India. Her entry into India should be banned," Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik, who was accused by Fiona of having links with the drug trade, told media persons in Panaji. He said the state is inquiring into her background and source of income.
If slain British girl Scarlette Eden Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown is charged and convicted under a provision of Goa Children's Act for "neglecting" her minor daughter, she faces upto three years in jail or a fine of Rs 1 lakh. Section 8 (1) of Goa Children's Act, 2003, reads: "All children should be assured of safe environment. A safe environment is an environment in which he or she will not be abused in any way and his/her development will be nurtured."
Fiona MacKeown, mother of British schoolgirl Scarlette Keeling, who was found dead on a beach in Goa, has admitted that she was imprisoned for a year as a teenager for stabbing her employer after he allegedly tried to force himself on her friend, local media reported on Saturday. "It's something that happened, and I learnt a lot from it," 43-year-old MacKeown told The Times. "But it has no relevance to Scarlette's case," she said.
The Scarlette Keeling case has taken a toll on Goa. Goa which is generally known for its serene environment, beautiful beaches, carefree culture is now in the news for all the wrong reasons.
While Goa has received bad press over the death of Scarlette Keeling, many Britons continue to flock to real estate exhibitions to buy property in Goa. Many have relocated to Goa, and some reports from Goa quote them as saying that they feel 'very safe' in Goa, and would never move back to the UK. Reports have also stressed that there is nothing unique about Britons dying in Goa rather than in any other holiday spot.
First a case of drowning, then rape and murder and now drug overdose -- the list of theories surrounding the death of British tourist Scarlette Keeling is endless. And even though the Goa police claims to have cracked the, doubts still linger on whether the cops have hushed up this case further. If one looks closely at the manner in which the investigation has been conducted, it raises several doubts.
The Goa police have zeroed down on their main witness in the Scarlette Keeling murder case. Mike Masala claims to have details about the case has now approached the British High Commission in Mumbai seeking security if he had to testify. The Goa police say that he was popularly known as Masala and he claims to have a lot of information on the entire case.
If you thought the Scarlette Keeling murder case in Goa was mysterious, then take a look at the way in which the first phase of the investigation was conducted. This would seem more mysterious to you. The first question that is being asked is why there was a delay in writing to the head of the Forensic Sciences Department asking him not to send the viscera to the FSL in Hyderabad.
Is the sun setting on Goa? The deaths of 15-year-old Scarlette Keeling and 34-year-old Michael Harvey, both British nationals in Goa, that too in quick succession has made this place a talking point and a pet bashing subject for the foreign media.
The Goa police arrested Samson D'Souza for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of 15-year-old Scarlette Keeling. D'Souza was last seen with the British tourist on the night of her murder. The police say there is evidence to prove that he had sex with Scarlette on the night of her murder. D'Souza has been charged with rape under the Indian Penal Code and Goa Children's Act.
Terrorists planned to drive five vehicles to Goa and park them at the beaches where the foreign tourist population was the highest. They then planned to plant RDX in each of these vehicles and trigger of each of these bombs in quick succession. The entire idea was to create a serial blast only in Goa and the main target was the foreigners.
The Goa Police had initially concluded after the first autopsy that the British girl had died due to drowning. However, Fiona MacKeown, the girl's mother, suspected foul play and claimed that the police was trying to cover up the case. After immense pressure from Fiona, the state police agreed to conduct a second autopsy.
Indian campaign in the Denmark Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament ended with Parupalli Kashyap suffering a straight-game defeat at the hands of second seed Chen Long of China in the men's singles semi-finals in Odense (Denmark).
Wildcard entrant Gaurav Bidhuri's remarkable run at the World Boxing Championships ended with a bronze medal on Thursday after he lost his semifinal clash to American Duke Ragan in Hamburg.
It's easier to see a heart surgeon than a designer whose appearances on social pages far outnumber their presence before clients, notes Kishore Singh.
The body of Scarlett Keeling, the British teenager who was raped and murdered in Goa, was brought back home by her mother on Monday night. Fiona MacKeown arrived at the Heathrow Airport on a flight from Mumbai with her daughter's coffin. ''It is really good to be back. Now, I just want to bury my daughter. Then I will return to Goa. I am worried it will all die down there now I have left,'' Fiona said. The teenager, from north Devon, was on holiday with her family.
Half centuries from Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to 259 for 6 wickets against Pakistan on the first day of the second Test.
Images from Day 1 of the pink-ball first Test between Australia and India, in Adelaide, on Thursday.
"It was a weird start to my Centre Court. I hope the guy is all right," Kendrick said after the interruption to play.
In his address at a conference on Indo-Pak relations, he said relations between the two countries have nosedived but the only way out to check it is to engage in talks.
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