Sixth seed Praneeth dug deep to see off Malaysia's Kian Meng Tan 21-19, 18-21, 21-17 in a hard-fought contest that lasted for an hour and 14 minutes.

Encouraging earnings from some corporates as well as renewed FII buying interest along with positive global cues too supported the market sentiment.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday defended the steep rail fare hike effected by the Centre last week, saying it was a "compulsion" as no government wants to increase fares.

Cristiano Ronaldo sat out Portugal's exhibition match against Greece on Saturday and his flair was sorely missed as the two World Cup-bound teams produced a tedious 0-0 draw.

World number 45 Praneeth defeated Malaysia's Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif 21-13, 21-15 in half-an-hour in a men's singles match.

The company is offering 15.5 million shares. Existing shareholders are offering another 6.7 million. King expects proceeds of $326 million from the IPO.

Rakhi Birla, who was born in a Dalit family, had shown her assets worth Rs 51,150 in her election affidavit for Assembly polls.

The court had directed the Juhu police station to lodge a case against Mehul Kumar and conduct an inquiry.

Boeing, which is building eight P-8I aircrafts for India, delivered the first one in May.

United became only the second top-flight English champions - after Blackburn - to begin the following season with three or more defeats in their opening six matches.

Raja Sidhu, IOA joint secretary, questioned the NRAI's participation in the meeting on Sunday when it had a court case pending against it.

Iran has installed 18,000 uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the country's outgoing nuclear chief was quoted as saying by Iranian media on Saturday.

Palace have agreed to the Englishman's £40,000-a-week demand and Bent may very well be on his way to Selhurt Park.

Pandey had moved the court, seeking quashing of the FIR filed against him by CBI in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case.

Police said the woman was at her home with her children, when few persons came on a bike and gangraped her on Tuesday.