Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is one of the most prestigious as well. The tournament has been held since 1877 and is still the only tennis major to be played on grass. The Open Era in Wimbledon began in April 1968 when the professional players were allowed to compete with the amateurs, and in the last 57 years, only three unseeded players have ended up becoming the champion across men and women.
A 57-year-old domestic worker died after she was allegedly run over by a woman driving a red Mahindra Thar inside a residential society in Gurugram. The incident took place at Ansal Aralia Society in Sector 67 and has triggered serious allegations from the victim’s family about what happened after the crash.
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Taslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi author and human rights activist, is set to return to Kolkata after nearly two decades. Her visit has triggered a political face-off in West Bengal between the ruling BJP and the Trinamool Congress with free speech religious sentiment factor being cited.
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