Four share lead in National Premier chess

October 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) Woman Grandmasters Meenakshi Subburaman (IA), Nisha Mohota (PSPB) and Mary Ann Gomes (AAI), and Candidate Master Bhakti Kulkarni scored their second consecutive wins and moved into shared lead with

2.0 points after the second round of the Velammal 38th women’s National Premier chess championship here Sunday.

Half a point behind the leaders at 1.5 points were International Masters Tania Sachdev (Del) and Eesha Karavade (Mahaashtra), WGM Swathi Ghate (LIC), Woman FIDE Master Saranya J. (Tamil Nadu), A.G. Nimmy (Kerala) and Pratyusha Bodda (Andhra Pradesh).

The interesting top board game between Swathi and Tania was a marathon affair and was the last to conclude. Swathi held the upper hand for most part of the Ruy Lopez game, but had to be satisfied with a draw in the end. Moving into the sixth hour of play, the rook and pawn end game lasted 74 moves, displayed the keen fighting spirit among the top women players.

In other boards, experience and ELO rating prevailed, as Mary Ann Gomes scored over Chandika Divyasree, Nisha Mohota defeated Aarthie Ramaswamy and Meenakshi Subburaman put it across Sai Meera.

Defending champion and WGM Soumya Swaminathan bounced right back after the first round loss to beat WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa.

Nine more rounds are to be played in this Swiss tournament the winner of which will qualify for the World Cup.

Results (second round): Swathi Ghate (LIC) 1.5 drew Tania Sachdev (Del) 1.5, A G Nimmy (Ker) 1.5 drew Eesha Karavade (Mah) 1.5, Mary Ann Gomes (AAI) 2 bt C Divyasree (AP) 1, Aarthie Ramaswamy (AI) 1 lost to Nisha Mohota (PSPB) 2, Sai Meera (IB) 1 lost to S Meenakshi (IA) 2, Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 2 bt R Bharathi (TN) 1, Padmini Rout (Ori) 1 drew Pratyusha Bodda (AP) 1.5, A Akshaya (TN) 0.5 lost to J Saranya (TN) 1.5, Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) 1 bt Kiran Manisha Mohanty (Ori) 0.5, Bayashree Thipsay (AICF) 0.5 drew Swati Mohota (WB) 0.5, P V Nandhidhaa (TN) lost to Shweta Gole (Mah) 1, M Mahalakshmi (TN) 1 bt P Michelle Catherina (TN), C Sahajasri (AP) 1 bt P Bala Kannamma (TN), S Harini (TN) 1 bt Madhurima Shekhar (Del), Supriya Joshi (Mah) lost to Pon N Krithika (TN) 1.

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Oz woman may pip Slim as world’s richest

June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

LONDON: Gina Rinehart, an Australian business woman who inherited a debt-ridden mining company from her father 20 years ago, is predicted to become the world’s richest person, a media report said on Tuesday.

Rinehart, 57, is the richest Australian and her fortune has more than doubled in the past year because of a commodities boom. She is on course to overtake Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate worth $73 billion, and the Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is worth $55 billion.

Citigroup calculates that three coal and iron ore projects she is developing will lead her to overtake the men. “If Rinehart was a company listed on Australia Stock Exchange and valued using the same 11-times price-to-earnings ratio as her partner, Rio Tinto, she would be worth $30 billion, putting her in top 10 of the Forbes rich list,” said SmartCompany, an Australian business website.

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Khap panchayat slaps Rs one lakh fine on woman for eloping

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 6 (PTI) A self-styled caste council has slapped a fine of Rs one lakh on the family of a woman after she eloped with her husband”s cousin and banished the couple from the village at Kishanpur village here. The decision was taken by the Khap Panchayat yesterday after Anuj Kumar complained to the council that his wife Rina had married his cousin brother Niraj Kumar on April 26.

The members of the panchayat yesterday asked the family members of the couple to pay a fine of Rs one lakh to Anuj. The community elders also asked the couple to leave the village after the woman refused to leave her second husband and return to Anuj.

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Woman crosses over to PoK

May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A woman on Monday crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) from a border village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Noorjahan, 32, married to Abdul Majeed of Gotaraya village crossed over from Kerni forward belt along the LoC early today, they said.

Police have registered a case in this regard and investigation has begun.

Kerni village is divided into two parts, one part on either side of the LoC, they said.

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Newlywed woman demands divorce over hubby’s voracious sexual demands

May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, May 19 (ANI): A newlywed woman has lodged a police report against her husband for alleged rape after hardly 16 days of their marriage.

The 21-year-old wife from Kampung Tabuan Hilir wanted a divorce and therefore had to lodge the report as advised by the Syariah Court.

She claimed her cook husband, 31, had insisted countless sex sessions during the first week of their marriage.

But when she refused to his voracious sexual demands; he ignored her pleas and forced himself on her on numerous occasions, reports the Star Online. (ANI)

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Nando”s stripper mum ad most hated in Australia

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): A commercial for fast food chain Nando”s featuring a topless, pole-dancing mum who serves a chicken dinner to her children is the most complained about Australian advertisement of the decade.

The ad, in which a stripper gyrates topless in front of a male nightclub patron before sitting down to eat Nando”s with her family, prompted 350 complaints to the Advertising Standards Bureau when it first aired in 2007.

The amount of complaints was the most the bureau had received for a commercial since 1998, reports News.com.au

An ad for Mentos Ice chewing gum was the second most complained about commercial of the decade. The ad features a man whose nipples extend after eating a mint.

The Advanced Medical Institute”s billboards and a confronting anti-smoking campaign featuring a woman”s rotting mouth also came up high on the list.

The Advertising Standards Bureau, however, dismissed all complaints about the ads. (ANI)

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Brit dog walker ‘snaps Victorian Age ghost in park”

May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 15 (ANI): A dog walker has spoken of his amazement after snapping what he claimed was a Victorian Age ghost in a park.

Paul Reed, a father of two, spotted the phantom appear behind a park bench while he was walking through Kelsey Park in Beckenham, Kent, reports The Telegraph.

The man, 46, said he was walking pet pooch Harry in the park when the spook suddenly appeared.

“It was really spooky,” he said.

“Harry wasn”t his usual self. He was cowering back towards me and I must admit I was shocked when I saw the ghost appear before my eyes.

“Another walker said the ghost could belong to a woman who was buried in the park in the late 19th century,” he added.

Local Samuel Allan said: “There was a case of a woman being buried in the park in the late 1890s because she loved walking in it so much.

“It appears she still haunts the park and comes out now and again, much to the surprise of walkers.” (ANI)

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Brit transsexual launches legal challenge to give boobs a boost

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, May 12 (ANI): A British transsexual, who made a bid to boost her breast size on the NHS but was refused, has taken the matter to the High Court.

The woman, referred to only as Miss C, was seeking to overturn a refusal of funding for the treatment through a judicial review, reports the Daily Express.

Miss C, who began hormone treatment 12 years ago, says she was left in physical and psychological limbo by West Berkshire Primary Care Trust’s decision not to pay for her “breast augmentation”.

A case review committee ruled there was no compelling health reason for the procedure, which it described as cosmetic.

The court heard medical experts told Miss C her current size was insufficient to secure the “final transition from male to female”.

The hearing continues. (ANI)

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Cynthia Nixon describes lesbian lover as “a short man with boobs”

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Cynthia Nixon has candidly described her lesbian fiancée, Christine Marinoni, as “basically a short man with boobs”.

“A lot of what I love about her (Christine Marinoni) is her butchness. I”m not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her sexuality – it”s a big part of what I love about her – but I feel like it was her.

“It wasn”t something in me that was waiting to come out. It was like, ”This person is undeniable”. How can I let this person walk by? Christine would probably kill me for saying this, but my daughter said one time that if you really had to break this down, (it looks like) she would be butch and I would be femme … but really once you get to know us it”s really the opposite,” The Daily Telegraph quoted the star as telling Advocate.

Nixon said her former publicist did not want her to come out of the closet.

“He just kept saying, ”It”s your life, and it”s private, and that”s it.” And we kept asking, ”That”s the whole thing? We never move past that? We”re at the playground with the kids, and pictures are taken of us, and we say, ”No, she”s my friend?””

Nixon said being gay was a political stance.

“If anybody, prior to my meeting and falling in love with Christine, had asked me about what I think about sexuality, I would have said I think we”re all bisexual. But I had that point of view without ever having felt attracted to a woman. I had never met a woman I was attracted to (before Christine). And maybe if I”d met her when I was 20, I would have fallen in love and only dated women. But maybe if I”d met her at 20, I wouldn”t have responded at all. Who knows?,” she added. (ANI)

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Spicejet plane makes emergency landing in Kolkata after alleged terror scare

May 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Kolkata, May 5 (ANI): A Spicejet plane made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport on Wednesday following a terror scare.

Initial reports quoted airport officials as saying that two male passengers traveling on the Pune-Delhi-Kolkata SG-203 flight were overheard discussing a hijacking plan.

Flight crew said one of the suspicious males was dressed as a woman.

The plane made a priority landing in Kolkata and was taken to an isolated spot. The two suspects were taken off the aircraft and handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for interrogation. Further details are awaited. (ANI)

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Yeddyurappa orders CID probe to rape charge against Karnataka minister

May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bangalore, May 3 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has ordered a CID probe into the rape charges lodged by a woman against former State Food and Civil Supplies Minister H Halappa.

Talking to reporters here, Yeddyurappa said: “I have decided to order a CID probe. Let the truth come out. Whoever is guilty, should get punishment.”

Yeddyurappa further accused the opposition of trying to give a new form to the issue.

Halappa quit on Sunday after a leading Kannada daily published a front-page report alleging he sexually assaulted his friend”s wife.

Speaking to media after submitting his resignation to Yeddyurappa, Halappa said he was holding discussions with his lawyer to take further legal actions.

Halappa claimed that he resigned on moral grounds and to boost the morale of party workers.

After Halappa”s exit, the woman and her husband lodged a complaint of rape and criminal intimidation against him.

She filed a complaint under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

She also released a CD to media, which contains visuals of Halappa in his house. (ANI)

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Toyboy romance makes a woman feel four years younger

April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, Apr 27 (ANI): If you”re a woman who wants to feel younger and have more fun, then start dating a younger guy – that’s the conclusion of a new study.

According to the study, by dating site toyboy.com, women who choose a junior partner enjoy more outdoor activities and mix with people who have more youthful hobbies.

A spokesman for the dating site said: “It’s always been believed having a younger man makes you feel younger and now we have proved this is true.”

To reach the conclusion, 1,000 women members aged between 18 and 65 who had younger partners, were asked: “How much younger does he make you feel?”

The average was four years.

However, one in 10 said their toyboy made them feel a decade younger, reports The Daily Express.

Older men were said to be more set in their ways and “grumpy”. (ANI)

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French Connection model to play Depp’s lover in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’

April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New York, April 26 (ANI): The fourth part of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ will have a new face.

Disney has declared that the French model/actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey has been signed to play Johnny Depp’s love interest, Syrena the Mermaid, in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’.

Frisbey happens to ‘The Woman’ in French Connection”s latest ad campaign, reports The New York Post.

Rumours say that the producer of the film Jerry Bruckheimer first saw Frisbey on the chain’s billboard in SoHo. (ANI)

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Average woman dates more than 24 men to find her ”Mr Right”!

April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, Apr 24 (ANI): An average woman spends over 2000 pounds and dates more than 24 men in a bid to find her “Mr Right”, claims a new study.

The study conducted by UKDating.com points that a single date can cost a woman 85.38 pounds.

“Although you cannot put the price on true love, it seems you can certainly put a price on finding it,” The Telegraph quoted spokesman for UKDating.com, as saying.

“While men are still traditionally footing the bill of the date on the night, this shows how much women are prepared to pay behind the scenes to make each date successful,” he added.

The report said that before going on every date women spend 12.86 pounds on their hairstyles, another 26.55 pounds on a new outfit and 8.35 pounds on accessories to match the dress.

The study also showed that seven per cent of women have been on between 41 and 60 dates before finally finding someone to share their life with, the paper reports.

The report also said that despite spending a lot of money preparing for a romantic rendezvous, a third of women left halfway through the date after realising that they were sitting with “Mr Wrong”. (ANI)

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Woman who claimed to be MJ’s wife denied slice of his estate

April 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, April 19 (ANI): A woman who claimed to be married to Michael Jackson has been denied a slice of the late King of Pop’s estate.

According to TMZ.com, a court has denied Shellie Doreen Smith’ request for spousal support.

Shellie had claimed she exchanged vows with the singer at a low-key marriage ceremony in 1970s at a hotel in New York City and had requested the court to grant her monetary help, reports The Daily Express.

However, her bid for getting a slice from Jackson”s estate was denied in court on April 15 (10). (ANI)

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Woman who claimed to be MJ’s wife denied slice of his estate

April 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

London, April 19 (ANI): A woman who claimed to be married to Michael Jackson has been denied a slice of the late King of Pop’s estate.

According to TMZ.com, a court has denied Shellie Doreen Smith’ request for spousal support.

Shellie had claimed she exchanged vows with the singer at a low-key marriage ceremony in 1970s at a hotel in New York City and had requested the court to grant her monetary help, reports The Daily Express.

However, her bid for getting a slice from Jackson”s estate was denied in court on April 15 (10). (ANI)

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MJ’s ‘secret’ wife denied share in his property

April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Washington, April 17 (ANI): According to a court’s ruling, the woman who had claimed that she was Michael Jackson’s wife will not be getting any share in the King of Pop’s estate.

A woman named Shellie Doreen Smith had claimed that she and Jackson had married in the seventies in New York City and had hence requested a part in the property.

Shellie had filed a creditor’s claim with the Jackson estate in December 2009, reports TMZ.

But, as per court documents, Shellie’s request for a share in the pop star’s assets has been denied. (ANI)

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Sentence stands for death of Olympian’s brother

April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A woman convicted of causing the death of Cathy Freeman’s brother in a car crash has been refused leave to appeal against her seven year jail sentence.

In the District Court in Mackay last year, Christalea Patricia Blackaby pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death.

She had been driving with a blood alcohol reading of nearly five times the legal limit in September 2008 when her car swerved into a parked truck.

Norman Freeman – the brother of Olympic champion Cathy Freeman – was a passenger in Blackaby’s car and died from head injuries.

Blackaby sought leave to appeal against her sentence because of her troubled background, but the Court of Appeal in Brisbane today found that had been taken into account when the sentencing judge set an early parole date of 18 months.

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Murder accused ‘doused husband’s genitals’

April 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

An Adelaide woman will stand trial for murder for allegedly killing her husband when she set his genitals alight.

Rajini Narayan, 45, is also charged with arson for the alleged attack in December 2008 which burnt the family’s house at Unley.

It is alleged Narayan doused her husband’s genitals with methylated spirits and ignited the liquid because she thought he was having an affair.

Narayan fought back tears as she pleaded not guilty to murder and arson in the Supreme Court.

Three charges of endangering the lives of her children were dropped but no explanation was given in court.

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Six people charged for allegedly assaulting police

April 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Six people have been charged after allegedly assaulting two police officers at Mornington Island in Queensland’s Gulf country.

The officers were called to a disturbance on Saturday night and attempted to arrest a woman for illegally possessing alcohol.

The officers were not seriously injured but their police car was damaged.

The group of four men and two women have been charged with a range of offences including serious assault of police, wilful damage and riot.

They are expected to appear in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court this morning.

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