The games were scheduled to start at 1000 am local time (2300 GMT) but did not get underway until about 1130 after Victoria state's environment watchdog said air quality had plunged to "hazardous" levels overnight.
Formula One has tossed the refuelling rigs on the scrapheap, souped-up the scoring system and stretched the starting grid and the race calendar for 2010.
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is in soup again for calling United States President Barack Obama "suntanned" for the second time.
Diwali is over and it's time for a detox diet before the festive season gluttony begins again! Share with us your healthy food recipes!
Rediff reader Baishali Ghosh shared this recipe.
Akshay Kumar may land himself in the soup as city police have started inquiry into his alleged obscene "unbutton" act during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.
Apoorba Kumar Patranabish, 37 from Hyderabad reveals how he went from 127 kg to 90 kg in 11 months.
'When the country is jobless, why should I pay through my nose to feed these people who want some perks in office?' 'Let them also join India's unemployed.' 'Let them also taste the bitter medicine of being jobless.'
Few of these highly sought-after socialising and networking hubs are seeing much activity as regulars are missing in action.
The oil sector has been quite lucky for the Modi government. It has often provided an opportunity to the government to mend its finances, notes A K Bhattacharya.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh continues to be in the hot soup. The crisis regarding the Indo-Pakistan joint statement simply refuses to blow over with the party now giving charge to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony to diffuse the situation, retrieve the issue with the least damage to the government.
'Till the foreseeable future, our evenings are chock-a-block with nuptial festivities and merrymaking,' sighs Kishore Singh.
In our enthusiasm to discover zero-cal fruit juices and fat-free desserts, we often overlook a few common sense tips that can bring down the calorific value of everyday food significantly. So the next time you gear up to forego dinner in favour of a watery soup and itt-bitty salad, try going the wholesome route instead -- incorporate these healthy cooking tips into your everyday recipes.
The chef prepared his famous butter chicken on the popular cooking game show.
Google.org announces it will help find ways to tap the heat under the earth's surface.
'It is amazing at Golconda Fort. It was a fantastic two days in Hyderabad,' she said.
Cars are smashed, blown up, driven into each other and there is so much metal-on-metal action that a car fetishist should be well and truly spent by the time the end credits roll on this bad boy starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and John Ortiz.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray has literally found himself in a 'legal soup', as he started his day on Thursday by attending various police stations in Mumbai. Thackeray was released on bail on Wednesday by a Kalyan court in a rioting case and reached home at around 1800 hours after spending 38 hours with the police, including a night in Dombivli's Manpada police lock-up.
Unlike most diets, the economists' regimen is based on more than just counting calories, reducing fat intake or eating specific food combinations, according to Prof Crowson.
All goods and services have been put in slabs of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%
Indian envoy to the US Ronen Sen, who was in a soup over his 'headless chicken' remark, was on Thursday let off by the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee with some critical comments against him and an advisory that a diplomat should be discreet.
Mini Ribeiro lists down 10 of her favourite comfort monsoon foods.
Menu included selection of traditional appetizers, double boiled bean curd soup, stewed porcini, pancake with vegetable.
Jay Talsania, 22, shares his weightloss journey.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
UK-based firm Veetee Fine Foods today said it is planning to make a foray into the health food segment in India with plans to launch ready-to-eat whole grains and soups within this fiscal.
Introducing the never-before tool for retail investors, Outlook Money's annual Ulip ranking.
The special judge Mohammad Shamim's order in the matter came on a review petition filed by Rajesh Bidkar against Tendulkar, saying cutting of a 'Tiranga cake' by the cricketer was an insult to national pride.
The cost of customising the Thar works out to a cool Rs 13 lakh -- which is over and above the cost of the vehicle.
About 17 per cent of the over 6,000 'friends' in Yadav's accounts are from Pakistan.
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The film is a meaningless re-examination of the action/comedy franchise that has already rushed past its final hour.
'A rag-tag coalition is more insecure and hence, more inclined to reform,' argues Devangshu Datta.
The Delhi Police was in touch with the FRRO to ascertain whether any other travel documents were issued in the name of 46-year-old Katara, a second-term parliamentarian from Dahod in Gujarat, or his family members.
A Delhi police constable's over enthusiasm landed him in a soup when he was suspended for climbing a barricade and shouting slogans during the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers.
From India's first Vietnamese restaurant to a molecular restaurant, Gitanjali Gurbaxani lists her choices for a monsoon treat in Bengaluru.
The food pics posted by these chefs on Instagram are nothing short of pure ecstasy.
