National women's champion Tania Sachdev collected her maiden Women's Grandmaster norm after defeating German International Master Mathias Roeder in the final round of Sort International Open chess tournament in Spain.
Gireesh Kumar's script does not ever leave the preachy tone. Besides marital harmony, the film also preaches about the misuse of cell phones and internet by teenagers.
Top seed Arvind Bhat and unseeded Sachin Ratti set up a title clash on a day of upsets that saw the women's top seed crash out in the 1st Tata Open All India Badminton Tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Saina Nehwal, a bronze medallist in 2012 London Olympics, dropped a place to be at ninth position, while P V Sindhu retained her 11th spot in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings issued on Thursday.
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Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt and young B Sai Praneeth advanced to the main draw of Singapore Open Super Series.
Sooryan, Jayaram's new film directed by V M Vinu loses midway.
Early exits at Japan Open and Denmark Open proved costly for ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal as she lost her World No.1 crown to All England and World champion Carolina Marin of Spain.
The actor's Malayalam film Kadal Kadannu Oru Mathukkutty is all set to release on the eve of Eid.
Top Indian shuttlers, including K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap in men's singles and P V Sindhu in women's singles, advanced to the second round after easy victories on the first day of the main draw in the Syed Modi International Badminton tournament, in Lucknow, on Wednesday.
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Top comedians and best friends Ramesh and Jaggesh come together in Tenali Rama.
The Hyderabad shuttler beat Przemyslaw Wacha of Poland to storm into the men's singles pre-quarter-finals at the Hong Kong Open.
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As India inches closer towards the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has emerged as the most searched chief minister on search giant Google.
Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the second round of Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after scoring easy victories in Lucknow.
Sachiin J Joshi and Nazia Hussain essay the lead role in the film.
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The sixth seeded Indian will take on compatriot Shruti Dhawan in the semi-finals of the ITF women's tournament in Mumbai.
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Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the semi-finals of the China Open after defeating local favourite He Bingjiao in straight games at the $700,000 Super Series Premier event, in Fuzhou, China, on Friday.
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I need funds to play more international tournaments, says National Champion Sourabh Verma
The two Indians maintained an all-win record in the the Asian Youth championships.\n\n
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India men's dream run in the ongoing Badminton Asia Team Championships came to an end after a 1-3 semi-final loss to Indonesia, in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
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Rajeev Shukla, who resigned as the chairman of the Indian Premier League, has no problem in chairing the Governing Council meeting in New Delhi on Friday, though he is still unsure whether to continue in that position when his term comes to an end.
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On a comeback trail, Saina Nehwal made a resounding start to her campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series, advancing to the second round of women's singles with a hard-fought win over Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk.
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.
Rio-bound Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will look to boost their confidence ahead of the Olympic Games when they start their title defence at the Canada Open badminton tournament, starting in Calgary on Tuesday. 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallists, Jwala and Ashwini didn't have the best results in the run up to the Rio Olympics and the duo will look to put their best foot forward when they take the court here with just a little more than a month to go for the Games.
P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap cruised to the next round, but it was qualifier Shriyanshi Pardeshi of Air India who hogged the limelight after stunning former women's National champion Trupti Murgunde in straight games at the 78th ATS Senior National Badminton Championships in Delhi on Friday.
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