Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle with his form as he lost to 16-year old International Master Benjamin Gledura of Hungary in the seventh round of the Masters section of Gibraltar International Chess festival
India scored an emphatic 4-0 victory over South Africa and jumped to joint second spot after the third round of the World Women's Team Chess Championship in Mardin, Turkey.
Continuing his dream run, Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta held higher-ranked compatriot Pentala Harikrishna to a draw, while Viswanathan Anand kept himself in contention with an easy victory, in the sixth round of the masters section of the Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Festival in Gibraltar, on Monday.
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy's crucial victory helped last-minute entrant Indian women's team settle for a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in the first round of the ongoing World Women Team Chess Championship in Mardin, Turkey.
The prayer service for Veeruji, who passed into the ages on May 27, was held at ISKCON, in Juhu, north west Mumbai.
'Some months before his death, when I had inquired about his health, he was annoyed that people assumed the worst.' '"I am not going anywhere," Rishi snapped as only he could.'
Grandmaster D Harika scored the only win of the day for the side as India edged past Greece 2.5-1.5 in the seventh round to stay in medal contention in the World women team chess championship in Mardin, Turkey.
A bailable arrest warrant has been issued against Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries Ltd, by a consumer forum in Thissur for failure to pay Rs 24,000 fine to a person who had purchased a mobile from a Reliance outlet in 2003.
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WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated IM Nisha Mohota of PSPB to move into sole lead after the ninth round of the 38th National Women's chess championship in Chennai on Monday.
The hottest stars marked their attendance for Manish Malhotra's show at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2016.
Sudhir Mishra's Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahin is relevant even today.
The singer talks about her acting debut and reflects on today's films.
'I reached Bhopal the day after the gas tragedy; the smell was still in the air. It was a professional hazard but I was not scared.'
The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
Actors and singers such as Padmini Kolhapure, Manoj Joshi, Sudha Chandran, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, Anup Jalota, Kumar Sanu, Deepika Chikhalia and Shabbir Kumar would be among the prominent figures who would perform during 'Atal Geet Ganga', a poetry event to celebrate Vajpayee's 91st birthday
The committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday.
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The Kapoors prayed for the matriarch at a chautha.
Shakti Kapoor's daughter Shraddha on sharing space with Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley in Teen Patti.
Veteran actress Kutty Padmini's daughter shares insights about her show Arukkani 2 Azhagu Rani.
The base variant of Rio will be priced at Rs 5 lakh (Rs 500,000), making it 30 per cent cheaper than its nearest competitor and the launch will take place this month after Diwali.
Sheena Shahabadi, the daughter of veteran actress Sadhana Singh and producer Rajkumar Shahabadi, on her Bollywood debut.
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Friday demitted office and left for Chennai along with his wife Padmini.
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
Gauri Kulkarni tells Padmini Prabhu how she did it in Frozen.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
The journey of a local beauty to becoming a soap star in Choti Bahu.
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
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Bollywood's who's who come down to watch a film.
Yaaradi Nee Mohini could have been an excellent addition to Yuvan Shankar Raja's impressive repertoire in recent times, but for the Udith Narayan fiasco.
After the first game against the same opponent ended in a draw, Harika was with black pieces in the second and she employed a French defence and Kosteniuk did not have many answers.
The Maharashtra government's decision to phase out the old ubiquitous black and yellow premier padmini taxis that are more than 25 year old in the country's financial capital has given automobile companies, which are facing declining sales due to the economic slowdown, a reason to smile.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
Two of five girls are married off before they attain 18 years in Karnataka, says a study. North Karnataka leads in the percentage of such child marriages with Raichur District at 59.4 per cent followed by Koppal 51.4 per cent and Bijapur 50.1 per cent, Ms R Padmini of Child Rights Trust said on Monday at the launch of Karnataka Child Rights Observatory.
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