India, Aug. 22 — Are we Indians way too touchy when it comes to the tricolour? If we go by the recent events then yes. A self-styled guardian of national symbols, the Lok Janshakti Party national secretary Ravindra Bramhe, has filed a case against actor Shah Rukh Khan after he stumbled upon an April 3, 2011, video clip showing Mr Khan driving his car carrying the flag upside down after India won the World Cup. He had earlier filed a case against little-known model Gehna Vashist for wearing a tricoloured bikini. …
Assange impact on British-Latin American ties seen limited
LONDON (Reuters) – Latin America has condemned Britain's threat to lift diplomatic protection from Ecuador's embassy to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, yet the damage to London's reputation is unlikely to endure, with Brazil key to where the row goes next. The spat over Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy since June, has come at a bad time for Britain, which is increasingly looking to fast-growing Latin America for commercial opportunities as Europe struggles with debt crises. … S Korean badminton pairs have bans cut to 6 months
The four South Korean badminton players who purposely tried to lose their last group matches at the London Olympics had their bans reduced to six months on Wednesday.
Reid: Vick will be ready for opener
Eagles coach Andy Reid says there’s no question Michael Vick will be ready to play the season opener despite injuring his ribs again.
BCCI extends payout to stalwarts
Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to extend its one-time benefit scheme to Gundappa Viswanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani, who were all left out of the scheme earlier this year.
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