Saina will next face either Thailand's fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon or Korea's Sung Ji Hyun, while Sindhu will take on the winner of the match between Sri Lanka's Kavidi Sirimannage and Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol.
Former badminton No 1 Lee Chong Wei returned home to Malaysia and said he faced a three-week wait for the verdict from his doping hearing.
A joint team of CBI and police officers has left for Indonesia to seek deportation of underworld don Chhota Rajan, two days after India wrote a letter to the authorities there for his return to face trial in various criminal cases registered against him.
Tigerair has announced few free tickets for Singapore flights
Malaysia's popular no-frills airline, AirAsia, has said it will give away two million free seats to mark its fourth anniversary, a media report said in Kuala Lumpur.
India is likely to go offensive on some of the contentious agriculture issues at the G-33 ministerial meeting in Jakarta where developing countries will firm up their stand for the ongoing WTO negotiations.
The United States closed diplomatic missions across Indonesia a day after a website offered chilling instructions on how to attack a US embassy with rocket launchers or a suicide bomb.
World number one Lin Dan battled past Peter Gade as China whitewashed Denmark 3-0 to retain the Thomas Cup on Sunday
Analysts in New Delhi said the move was expected, given China and Pakistan's offer to sell arms to Nepal days after India suspended military assistance.
Overnight joint leaders Atwal and Irishman Michael Hoey were 10-under for the tournament through 13 and nine holes respectively on the second day of the Indonesia Open.
An Indonesian jetliner crashed into a crowded residential neighborhood in the city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing 141 people, some of them on the ground.
This may free up resources for productive or lending purposes.
Eager to fetch an Asian Games gold on his comeback to competitive wrestling after a long hiatus, star freestyle grappler Sushil Kumar will head to Georgia for a ten-day tune-up ahead of the continental showpiece.
Former Indian badminton ace Prakash Padukone will play in the the Legends Badminton Masters Reunion in Jakarta on Saturday.
As last minute efforts, India has reached out to Indonesia to save an Indian man from execution in a drug peddling case, requesting the country to exhaust all legal recourses before the death penalty was carried out.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Singapore-based Tigerair has terminated its passenger swapping pact with Spicejet over a year after the two budget carriers forged the inter-line arrangements.
Hockey Olympian Joe Antic, who had been hospitalised a few days ago, died here last night, according to family sources.
Annan had intended to visit the disaster-hit areas but was told by the government to postpone the trip as it was focused on relief and rescue operations.
Striker Mike Okoro, Baichung Bhutia and Alvito D'Cunha scored goals.\n\n\n\n
Overnight joint-leader Arjun Atwal was 10-under through 13 holes, in the Indonesia Open golf tournament.
'After I won the final I gave my father a call.' 'He said the family had followed my progress on TV and saw that I had won.' '"We are going to sleep now," he said.' 'I told him 'I am a world champion and you are going to sleep!'
'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi.
After having launched a thrice-weekly service to Bangalore in August, premier international carrier Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it would enhance its frequencies to Mumbai
Was it badminton sensation PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold medal? Or is it the young shooting progidy Saurabh Chaudhary? Or his India colleague Elavenil Valarivan, who recently took over as World No 1? What about India's heroes on the cricketing field -- Virat Kohli? Rohit Sharma?
A gritty India survived waves of attacks from Qatar to hold the reigning Asian champions to a goalless draw to steal an unexpected point from their away match of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
India were drawn in Group A with Korea, Iran and Macau for the Asian Zone tournament.
It was disappointing for Jinson Johnson not to win the 800m but the 1500m Asiad champion was far from surprised that compatriot Manjit Singh pipped him for the top prize in his pet 800m event.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Parupalli Kashyap shocked World No 1 Chen Long to make it to the semi-final of the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament.
World number one Saina Nehwal disposed off Nichaon Jindapon's challenge in straight games, but PV Sindhu crashed out of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament after a close first-round defeat, in Jakarta, on Wednesday. In the men's singles, both the Indians in the fray -- Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth -- advanced to the second round with contrasting victories.
Most Japanese and Chinese imported oil and one-third of the world's traded goods pass through this area in Southeast Asia.
Dhillon, who has been training Tejinder for the last five years, revealed that his ward could not give his best at the Commonwealth Games due to his father's cancer.
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