Reji Joseph, an IT engineer in the Al Diwan software company for Technical Consultancies and IT Ltd had been abducted along with three other Libyan colleagues on March 31.
Humpy created a new national record by winning 11 consecutive rounds in the National women's `A' chess championship.
Malayalam film actor Narendra Prasad died at a private hospital in Kozhikode due to breathlessness.
The Maharashtra girl won the title on a better progressive score after a three-way tie with Tania Sachdev and defending champion N Raghavi.
The second and third seeds are half a point ahead of a group of three players after the penultimate round in the National Junior girls' championship.
Five others are half a point behind the top seed in joint second place, in the National Junior girls' chess championship.
As the situation went out of control, police first used water cannon and then burst tear gas shells to disperse the unruly crowd.
Six intrepid mobike riders undertake a journey from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in support of the armed forces.
The Indian ace shares the top place with China's Gu Xiaobing after the third round in the Asian women's chess championship.
The hijab is never an obstacle, says the 23-yr-old achiever from Kerala.
Antony said the ongoing crime branch investigation in the case would be expedited and the high court approached for setting up a fast-track court to try the case.
You shouldn't miss a visit to Sadashivgad beach and Gopalpur beach!
More discussions are needed to find a lasting solution to the issue, Antony said after visiting Marad village, where nine people were killed on Friday.
Eleven were hurt in the clashes involving two communities at Marad beach near Kozhikode.
It took several e-mails, but the students of Ved Vyasa School finally managed to got their man, in this case President A P J Abdul Kalam.
The two Indians have a half point lead over second placed S Vijayalakshmi in the Asian women's chess championship.
'I have often felt that the powers-that-be tried to influence the sports awards. There are many incidents in which I have seen and experienced cheap politics,' says P T Usha.
The winners and runners-up will represent Asia in the World Youth Chess Championship.
She lost her opening round in the Under-14 girls' event in the Asian Youth chess championship.
With nine more rounds still remaining in this marathon 23-round tournament Ganguly took his tally to 11 points out of a possible 14.
Prominent recruiters were Flipkart, Urban Ladder, AskmeBazaar etc
Nine people died in the clashes and over 20 were injured, 11 of them critically.
Hertha Berlin's Salomon Kalou scored twice, including a stoppage-time penalty, to earn a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
If you think life has made Asna a bitter person, you are wrong; she is one young woman full of positivity and dreams.
'Poker trains you a lot of skills that chess also prepares you for.' 'The most vital is restraint.' 'You may have seen us, chess players, keeping a blank expression or 'poker face'.' 'The idea is to not give away any information to your opponent.'
It is expected to advance into coastal and south-interior Karnataka during the next two days.
Nine people died and several others were reported missing as a string of landslips triggered by heavy downpour battered Idukki and adjoining districts of Kerala on Monday.
The "Kiss of Love" bandwagon on Saturday reached the national capital where a major confrontation was avoided by police when it prevented around 60 protesters, mostly students, from reaching the RSS office in central Delhi where they wanted to stage a demonstration.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Dinesh Maheshwari said it was only going into the aspect of security of the two women -- Bindu and Kanakadurga, and would not like to entertain any other prayer made in the petition.
In Odisha and Kerala, the BJP is being accused of engineering splits in the BJD and the Congress
Kohinoor lacks the sparkle, feels Paresh C Palicha.
The woman showed her Aadhaar card to them to prove that she did not belong to the 'traditionally barred' age group of 10-50 years.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
The NIA detained 31-year-old H Subuhani from Kadayanallur in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district for plotting terror activities.
Describing the Uri terror strike a transit destination in the "war" forced on India by Pakistan, BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday said the attack was an outcome of frustration after security forces foiled 17 infiltration attempts and that the final victory will belong to India.
The attacks, which disrupted normal life, marked return of political violence on large-scale after a gap of over a year in Kannur.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances