The 21st-ranked Russian won her first title since she defeated Radwanska in straight sets at Beijing in October.

Sixty-year-old Pitroda, who was appointed to the new post on Tuesday, will have the rank of a Cabinet minister.

Ketan Mehta and Deepa Mehta organised a filmi do at the Courtyard by Marriott with much fanfare.

I had featured one of my images from Nandi Hills a few days ago on paintedstork facebook page. Browsing through the page this morning, I realized that many of my pictures from Nandi are scattered across several posts on my blog. Nandi Hills has many moods that vary with the season. It may look like a dull rocky hill with scrub forest and a few gardens during the first visit. At least that’s what I thought about it. But subsequent trips revealed many interesting faces of the hill.

Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) The Haryana assembly was adjourned for the day Friday - the first day of its monsoon session - following an uproar in the house by opposition parties who were seeking a discussion on the recent floods in the state.