Leander Paes will kickstart his US Open campaign with Czech partner Radek Stepanek against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia.
It happened after a violent clash with a Chinese player during a recent domestic soccer league match in Beijing.
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and National champion Sameer Verma began the new season on a resounding note by winning the women's and men's singles crowns respectively at the USD 120,000 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Lucknow on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Indian clocked 4 hours 7 minutes and 55 seconds, which was 26:57 seconds behind the timing of gold medallist Matej Toth of Slovakia.
Lesser-fancied Indians again stole limelight in the LIC World Junior Chess Championships, being played at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Friday. Nandhidhaa PV created a sensation in the fifth round, upsetting IM Meri Arabidze of Georgia, who is rated and titled higher than her, while 15-year-old Maria Ivana Furtado shocked Nguyen Thi Mai Hung to emerge joint leaders.
Govenor T V Rajeshwar administered the oath of office and secrecy at a special ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow.
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
The Russian beat American wildcard Scott Oudsema 6-4, 7-6 to reach the second round on Tuesday.
Talking of missed opportunities to strengthen the NPT regime, he said, "We cannot afford any more such squandered chances."
The tournament that calls itself the grand slam of Asia Pacific was left without an Asian representative in the men's singles following Danai Udomchoke's defeat by Novak Djokovic on Friday.
Global enterprise software company Oracle on Tuesday said it would increase its headcount in India to 10,000 in the next eight months, while expanding into nine non-metro cities.
Leander Paes questioned partner Mahesh Bhupathi's commitment after the duo's loss in the tennis team event at the Asian Games.
The Indian challenge at the Denmark Open badminton tournament ended after Chetan Anand and Nikhil Kanetkar lost in the men's singles at the pre-quarter-final stage.
Yuki Bhambri won his first ATP Challenger level singles title of the season and second of his career on Monday after humbling top seed American Bradely Klahn (ranked 123) in the rain-hit summit clash of the Traralgon event in Australia.
'It is not just a loss for India or UC Berkeley, it is a loss for the world.'
Nari Contractor described Budhi Kunderan, who passed away in Scotland, as a flamboyant cricketer
Gaurav Ghei came agonisingly close to his second win in as many starts on the Asian Tour.
National Knowledge Commission Member Deepak Nayyar has observed that China would emerge as world factory and India with its knowledge power, the world office.
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Sabine Lisicki, the 2103 Wimbledon runner-up and former World No. 12, now on a comeback trail, found the going too tough against eighth seed Nao Hibino of Japan, losing in three sets in a first round match.
Reader Goutam Das sent us a picture of Andrew Symonds and Mitchell Johnson from Melbourne.
The defeat against Chinese Taipei put India out of the tennis team event at the Asian Games.
Citing the complaint, the Bharatiya Janata Party said in New Delhi asked Gandhi to come clean on the matter.
The Indian stalwart stamped his return with a seven-under-par 64 to take the first round lead.
Top seeded Joshna Chinappa is a step away from retaining the girls title in the Asian Squash Individual Championship.
Angelique Kerber's first Grand Slam match since winning the Australian Open in January ended in despair after she was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 by Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in the French Open first round in Paris, on Tuesday.
Liverpool have been put off by Real Madrid's insistence on a transfer fee for the Portuguese midfielder.
Emphasising on greater transparency at the World Trade Organisation, both India and China have said no last minute surprises should be sprung on negotiators.
Last year, the researchers had developed the world's best single photon source based on semiconductor quantum dots.
The eighth seeded Indian, who won the Indonesia Super Series Premier and Australian Super series Open in June, defeated Russia's Sergey Sirant 21-13 21-12 in less than 30 minutes. The World No. 8 will take on France's Lucas Corvee tomorrow.
Yuki Bhambri avenged his last week's defeat against James Duckworth by knocking out the home favourite Australian from the Traralgon event and earned himself a shot at his second title on the Challenger Tour on Saturday.
Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram, R M V Gurusaidutt and Sai Praneeth entered the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the $120,000 US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after victories over their respective opponents.
The left-hander scored an unbeaten 159 as West Indies reached 281 for six on the first day of the second Test against South Africa.\n
He has bought a five-acre lunar plot and has the legal deed to endorse the claim though how he plans to live there is still not clear.
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