Six-year old boy kidnapped

Jeevan of Tamil Nadu dispatched his unseeded state-mate 6-2 6-2 at RK Khanna stadium here.

Second seed VM Ranjeet also made it to the second round after his opponent Rajat Maheshwari retired when the former champion was leading 6-0.

The other men's singles matches, however, saw some upsets with unseeded Tejas Chaukalkar outplaying seventh seed Abhijeet Tiwari 6-3 6-3, and another unseeded player, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash beating eighth seed Chandril Sood 6-2 7-6.

Meanwhile, in the women's singles, the top seeded players entered into the second round without much trouble.

While third seed Natasha Palha registered 6-1 6-3 win over Amrita Mukerjee, fourth seed Shweta C Rana defeated Shreya Pasricha 6-4 6-4 and fifth seed Eetee Mehta thrashed Natallia Khanijo 6-1 6-0.

Eetee will meet Sonal Phadke, who entered the second round after her rival Anushka Bhargawa retired. When Anushka retired, the match was locked at one-set all with Sonal leading 3-2 in the third set.

Natasha Palha will next take on Damini Sharma, who was stretched to limit before she finally managed to get past Manya Nagpal with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 win.

Sixth seed Srivaishnavi Peddireddy outplayed Nehal Sahni 6-1 6-3, while 8th seed Vaniya Dangwal outshone Niku Amin 6-2 6-2.

Delhi girl Tarranum Handa made her way into the second round with a 6-2 6-0 win over Abhilasha Ahuja, while Megha Sehrawat defeated Disha Saigal.

   Six-year old boy kidnapped

Press Trust of India / Tezpur (Assam) October 09, 2012 11:05 IST

A six-year-old boy has been kidnapped by suspected employees of a biscuit factory in Assam's Sonitpur district, police said today.

The parents of the class one student of Panchmile Jatiya Vidyalaya, Asit Sarkar, have alleged that the boy has been kidnapped by six employees of a biscuit factory last night.

Police have launched a search operation to rescue the child, but was yet to ascertain the reason behind the kidnapping.

Angry residents blocked the road at Panchmile area demanding immediate release of the boy.

The kidnappers have not sent any ransom note to the parents, police said.