He flew down to Mumbai as a Congress troubleshooter with a mission to save the wobbly coalition government in Karnataka, but minister D K Shivakumar hardly found any support from the Maharashtra unit of his party in his task and was sent packing to his home state.
Top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost to Russian Peter Svidler to liven things up in the 'A' group of the Corus International Chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in just 37 moves at the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
The Indian ace takes on Russian Grandmaster Peter Svidler in fifth round of the Corus International chess tournament.
The funeral will be held Thursday evening, former president of Cine Artistes Association and fellow actor Chandrashekhar said.
The victory will also help him cross the magical 2800 Elo barrier for the first time in his career.
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The Indian ace will play his third round match in the Corus tournament with black pieces.\n\n
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Sergei Tiviakov in the 11th round.
The Indian ace shares the lead in the Corus tournament with Veselin Topalov after nine rounds.
But the Indian ace, despite the defeat continues to have a share of the lead with Veselin Topalov, while Kamsky shares the last place with Etienne Bacrot. \n
The Indian ace drew against Ivan Sokolov to move into the joint lead after the fourth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
The Indian ace has 1.5 points and is in tied second place with Etienne Bacrot and Michael Adams in the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday after battling cancer. He was 70.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The Indian ace drew his third round game with Loek Van Wely in the Corus chess championship.\n\n
After nine rounds in the Corus chess tournament, the Indian ace is in third place.
The Indian ace outplayed Alexander Morozevich in the fifth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament
The former World champion takes the East European nation by storm.
The Indian ace drew with Russian champion Peter Svidler and continues to share the lead with four others in the Corus championship.
The Indian Grandmaster missed a possible victory in the fourth round against Vioral Bologan in the Corus\n\nChess tournament.
The Indian ace is in joint-second place after 11 rounds in the Corus chess tournament.
The Indian ace plays Judit Polgar next in the Corus chess tournament and desperately needs a victory to sat in the reckoning.
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw for the second day on Wednesday with Loek Van Wely in the Corus chess tournament.
After a fine comeback, much can be expected from Viswanathan Anand when he takes on his remaining rivals.
Viswanathan Anand drew with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament.
The Indian ace registered his third win on the trot to join the lead group at the end of the seventh round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
In the final round Anand only needs to draw to retain the Corus Grandmasters Chess title.
The Indian ace played dangerously attacking chess to beat the Armenian in the second round of the Corus tournament.
The defending champion played out a 23-move draw with GM Peter Leko of Hungary in the Corus Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
'Ek ghante ke andar humare paas 78,000 calls aaye.' '78,000!'
"Nobody can do injustice to Ayodhya," he said, adding that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram.
The Indian ace was engaged in an eventful draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the 8th round of the Corus chess tournament.
The India ace avenged his World championship defeat, winning his seventh round match in the Corus tournament in 34 moves.
The victory placed the Indian World Cup champions in the joint lead with Alexei Shirov and Judith Polgar in the Corus chess tournament.
India's World Cup champion Vishwanathan Anand earnd a comfortable draw with veteran Dutch Grandmaster Jan Timman in the fourth round of the Corus chess tournament.
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