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Vijender open to pro boxing career

May 21, 2013

The strapping six-footer, who was content being an amateur till not too long ago, has had a change of heart after the recent rule change by the international body. #Sports #NewsTracker #Boxing #Vijender Singh
The nightmare is finally over, says Vijender Singh

May 21, 2013

The Olympic bronze-medallist opened up about what he went through before being given an "all-clean" certificate by the NADA #Sports #NewsTracker #Boxing #TheySaidIt #NADA #Vijender Singh
Style and the City makes a fashion statement (sometimes with foot in mouth)

May 20, 2013

Style and the City has a dash of glamour, some fashion advice, a looksie at a celebrity, and then get a little bit of a dekko at a city. Now if it would only bother to talk to the darzi who does the actual stitching. #TheIdiotBox #StyleAndTheCity #Rina Dhaka

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Everything I wanted to know but Vijay Amritraj didn't ask Hugh Hefner

Sep 25, 2012

What happens when a tennis pro meets the Playboy-in-chief? It's love-all says Rajyasree Sen about Vijay Amritraj's new interview show. Her rec? More spice, less vanilla especially with a guest like Hugh Hefner. #TheIdiotBox #Hugh Hefner #Vijay Amritraj #Dimensions #Sharon Stone
Sangwan, Vikas were handed out a lesson at Olympics

Aug 08, 2012

Both Sumit and Vikas can either learn from their experiences at the Olympics and scale new heights or fall victim to the situation. #Boxing #WhatNext #Olympics #London 2012 #Sumit Sangwan
Sharma vs Jairam: Cong flyweights in shadow-boxing bout

Jun 06, 2012

Anand Sharma, the Commerce Minister, thinks Jairam Ramesh is not reformist enough. UPA's skirmishes are now percolating to less senior ministers. #Pranab Mukherjee #Jairam Ramesh #Politics Decoder #Anand Sharma #Shadow-Boxing #UPA Jockeying

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Vijender Singh might try his hand in professional boxing

2013-05-20 22:17:00

New Delhi: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh is open to the idea of competing in professional boxing as he feels with the headguards going out of the equation in the amateur arena, the dividing line between the two formats has blurred considerably. The st #Vijender Singh #New Delhi #India
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I’ll put Worcester on boxing map says Mooney

2013-05-21 10:22:00

MICHAEL MOONEY: The 27-year-old light-welterweight, originally from Ronkswood, wants to put Worcester on the professional boxing map. FIGHTER Michael Mooney says he is ready to put Worcester on the boxing map after entering the professional ranks for the #Second City #Sugar Ray Leonard
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Boxing club could be homeless by June

2013-05-20 23:00:00

A boxing coach has made a desperate plea to businesses and schools which may have room to re-home his club. Bracknell Boxing Academy (BBA) may be forced to close if it can’t find a new home after being served notice to leave The Wayz Youth Centre by the #

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Hamid Karzai's visit: Why supplying arms to Afghanistan is a hard choice

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.