Mumbai/ New Delhi: India's Australian Open Grand Slam winners - Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi and Yuki Bhambri - returned to India on Monday morning.
Sania and Mahesh arrived in Mumbai to a rousing welcome a day after winning the Australian Open Mixed doubles title.
With their trophies in hand, the pair was greeted by a huge crowd at the airport.
Sania and Mahesh beat Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 to win the final.
This was their first Grand Slam win together. It's a 11th Grand Slam win for Mahesh and it is also the first time that an Indian duo have won the mixed doubles crown at a Grand Slam event.
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Monday, February 2, 2009
American UN official kidnapped in Pakistan
Islamabad: Gunmen kidnapped an American national working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees after killing his driver in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday.
John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan, was on his way to office when the gunmen intercepted his car shortly after he had left his home and opened fire. His driver, Syed Hashim Raza, was hit by bullets and died in hospital, police said.
The gunmen then took Solecki with them, police said. Witnesses said the car rammed into a house after the driver was shot.
Senior officials rushed to the site of the attack as police cordoned off the area and launched a search for the UN official.
A spokesperson for UNHCR said investigations into the incident were underway. Security at the offices of UN organisations and foreign NGOs, which is already very high, was beefed up further after the incident
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John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan, was on his way to office when the gunmen intercepted his car shortly after he had left his home and opened fire. His driver, Syed Hashim Raza, was hit by bullets and died in hospital, police said.
The gunmen then took Solecki with them, police said. Witnesses said the car rammed into a house after the driver was shot.
Senior officials rushed to the site of the attack as police cordoned off the area and launched a search for the UN official.
A spokesperson for UNHCR said investigations into the incident were underway. Security at the offices of UN organisations and foreign NGOs, which is already very high, was beefed up further after the incident
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Heavy security at Orissa churches, temples
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Bhubaneswar: Armed policemen have been deployed at several churches, major temples and other religious establishments in Orissa as authorities and many Christians apprehend trouble during Christmas in the state that witnessed widespread communal violence in recent months.
"We have posted armed policemen at all major churches across the state. Policemen have also been deployed at Hindu religious places like the Jagannath Temple and the Sankaracharya Math in Puri," a state home department official said on Tuesday.
US pressurises Pak to address India's concerns
Us Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm Mullen arrived in Pak on an unscheduled visit, second after Mumbai attacks.slamabad: Undertaking a visit as tension escalates between India and Pakistan, the top US military official has asked Islamabad to do more to address India's concerns and reportedly sought commitments from Pakistani leadership on New Delhi's demands.
On a second visit to Pakistan since the Mumbai Terror attacks, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is believed to have stressed on the need for Islamabad to do more to address India's concerns, including action against elements linked to the Nov 26 strikes during his meetings with the country's top military leadership on Monday.
Pak Army regular arrested as major terror plot unfurled
Srinagar, Dec 23: A major terror conspiracy was foiled in J&K with the arrest of three on Tuesday.
The suspected terrorists belong to the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit and all of them reportedly hail from Pakistan. One of the arrested is a regular soldier in the Pakistan Army.
The suspected terrorists belong to the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit and all of them reportedly hail from Pakistan. One of the arrested is a regular soldier in the Pakistan Army.The state Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda told the press that the serving Pakistani Armyman is Ghulam Farid alias Gulshan Kumar, a sepoy in 10 Azad Kashmir regiment.
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Pak will respond immediately if India strikes: Kayani
Islamabad: Pakistan's armed forces will mount an equal response "within minutes" if India carries out any surgical strike inside the country, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reportedly assured the nation's leadership.
During a meeting at the presidency in Islamabad, Kayani informed President Asif Ali Zardari about the operational preparedness of the military in the face of mounting tensions with India in the wake of the Mumbai Terror attacks.
The armed forces were "fully prepared to meet any "eventuality" and the "men are ready to (make a) sacrifice for their country", Kayani was quoted as saying by pro-establishment 'The News' daily.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Indian-built European satellite put into earth orbit
Bangalore: The Indian-built European satellite W2M was successfully placed early on Sunday into geosynchronous transfer orbit, about 36,000 km above earth, 32 minutes after its lift-off on board Ariane-5 from Kourou in French Guiana at 4.05 am IST.
"Radio signals from the commercial satellite were received by the master control facility of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) at Hassan. The spacecraft's health is normal," the space agency said in a statement here. Hassan is located about 200 km from bangaloor
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