Marathon Boy

Unwilling to return to the state-run Sports Hostel in Bhuabaneswar, marathon wonder boy Budhia Singh today recorded his statement with the police and Child Welfare Committee in connection with a case over his alleged kidnapping.

Marathon boy Budhia Singh, who could not be contacted after the end of the summer vacation of his sports hostel in early June, was today spotted at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu even as police have registered a case of abduction on his "disappearance".

Budhia Singh, who shot to limelight after setting a new Limca record by successfully running a marathon of 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in seven hours in May, 2006 at the tender age of four, was staying in the sports hostel after several child rights activists alleged exploitation of the boy

A 13-year old Indian-origin boy has emerged as the winner of a spelling bee contest in the US in an epic verbal duel that lasted a total of 95 rounds, after judges ran out of words in a previous marathon round held last month.

A spelling bee competition in the US has been tied between a 13-year-old Indian-origin boy and a 11-year-old girl after they duelled for 66 rounds until finally the judges ran out of words.

Devastated friends and neighbors on Tuesday mourned the boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings and remembered him as a vivacious 8-year-old who loved to run and climb.

At Boston Children's Hospital, the list of the wounded included a 2-year-old boy with a head injury, a 9-year-old girl with leg trauma and six other children under the age of 15.

Gemma Atwal's documentary Marathon Boy, a film-festival favorite that will be shown on HBO on Thursday night, is a wrenching experience largely because it uses the moods and methods of true crime and pulp fiction to tell a story that is nominally about poverty, politics and the toxic mingling of celebrity culture and national pride in modern India.

At the ripe old age of 100, iconic Sikh marathoner Fauja Singh has one regret. He yearns to read his biography but cannot - he is illiterate.As the book "Turbaned Tornado", penned by Chandigarh-based author Khushwant Singh, was formally launched at the Attlee Room of the House of Lords here Wednesday evening by Lord Anthony Young of Norwood Green a...

Charlie Sheen, who is on a media marathon since he was fired from Two And A Half Men, was paid a second visit by cops to remove firearm.

Unwilling to return to the state-run Sports Hostel in Bhuabaneswar, marathon wonder boy Budhia Singh today recorded his statement with the police and Child Welfare Committee in connection with a case over his alleged kidnapping.

Marathon boy Budhia Singh, who could not be contacted after the end of the summer vacation of his sports hostel in early June, was today spotted at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu even as police have registered a case of abduction on his "disappearance".

Budhia Singh, who shot to limelight after setting a new Limca record by successfully running a marathon of 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in seven hours in May, 2006 at the tender age of four, was staying in the sports hostel after several child rights activists alleged exploitation of the boy

A 13-year old Indian-origin boy has emerged as the winner of a spelling bee contest in the US in an epic verbal duel that lasted a total of 95 rounds, after judges ran out of words in a previous marathon round held last month.

A spelling bee competition in the US has been tied between a 13-year-old Indian-origin boy and a 11-year-old girl after they duelled for 66 rounds until finally the judges ran out of words.

Devastated friends and neighbors on Tuesday mourned the boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings and remembered him as a vivacious 8-year-old who loved to run and climb.

At Boston Children's Hospital, the list of the wounded included a 2-year-old boy with a head injury, a 9-year-old girl with leg trauma and six other children under the age of 15.

Gemma Atwal's documentary Marathon Boy, a film-festival favorite that will be shown on HBO on Thursday night, is a wrenching experience largely because it uses the moods and methods of true crime and pulp fiction to tell a story that is nominally about poverty, politics and the toxic mingling of celebrity culture and national pride in modern India.

At the ripe old age of 100, iconic Sikh marathoner Fauja Singh has one regret. He yearns to read his biography but cannot - he is illiterate.As the book "Turbaned Tornado", penned by Chandigarh-based author Khushwant Singh, was formally launched at the Attlee Room of the House of Lords here Wednesday evening by Lord Anthony Young of Norwood Green a...

Charlie Sheen, who is on a media marathon since he was fired from Two And A Half Men, was paid a second visit by cops to remove firearm.