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Saina Nehwal etched her name in India's Olympic folklore by becoming the country's maiden badminton medallist. Take a look at other top stories on hindustantimes.com:
Saina Nehwal etched her name in India's Olympic folklore by becoming the country's maiden badminton medallist. Take a look at other top stories on hindustantimes.com:
Saina’s bronze, China collapses
Medals don't come about by mere chance, they come from strategy. Saina Nehwal earned India’s first badminton Olympic medal — a bronze — when Wang Xin’s left knee refused to bear her medal hopes.
Manoj Kumar cries 'cheating' after exit from Games
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar (64kg) cried "cheating" as he made a controversial exit from the Olympics, losing a thrilling pre-quarterfinal bout to home favourite Thomas Stalker at the ExCel Arena in London.
34 killed in Uttarakhand flash floods, search for bodies on
ITBP and police personnel on Sunday searched debris of flattened homes and dug rubbles to look for more bodies in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand where the toll due to the incessant downpour reached 34. Six people were still missing in the Uttarkashi district, said a top government official.
'Playmate' Sherlyn Chopra considers herself pioneer for sexual freedom in India
The first Indian woman to pose naked for Playboy magazine says she is proud to have "pushed the envelope" in a country where public nudity in any form remains largely taboo. Minor Bollywood actor Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will feature in a nude spread in the November issue of Playboy magazine, although her Indian fans will be hard pushed to get hold of a copy.
MOCKED ONLINE! Top 5 Kristen Stewart jokes
Following the news of the (in)famous affair between Twilight actress Kristen Stewart and director Rupert Sanders, the internet has been on a mocking-spree. Parodies, stinker videos, spoofs and fan-ridicule are strewn all across the internet, and their butt of jokes is Stewart.