Hockey: India go down fighting against Netherlands
Back in the Olympics after a hiatus of eight years, past masters of the game India produced a valiant fightback in the second-half before losing 2-3 to world number three The Netherlands in their...
View ArticlePaes-Vishnu, Bhupathi-Bopanna win
India’s Leander Paes-Vishnu Vardhan and Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna, advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles competition in London Olympics on Monday. Paes and Vardhan who took on the pair...
View ArticleJwala-Ashwini keep hopes alive
Commonwealth Games gold medalist pair of Gutta Jwala and Ashwini Ponnappa also set the Wembly arena ablaze when they stunned world number 10 Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Chinese Taipei 25-23...
View ArticleKashyap sails into pre-quarters
Parupalli Kashyap scored a dominating straight games win over Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen to progress to the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s singles event of the badminton competition at the London...
View ArticleSaina reaches pre-quarters
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal as she won her second consecutive group stage match to cruise into the knockout stage of the women’s singles competition of the London Olympics at the Wembley Arena...
View ArticleSamsung-Apple patent trial begins
A patent trial between Samsung Electronics and Apple has opened in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. At the trial presided over by U.S. District...
View ArticleBatman shooter faces 142 charges over massacre
James Holmes faces 142 charges after a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded scores more in one of the worst mass killings in US history. Holmes was formally charged on a staggering 142 counts,...
View ArticleYahoo! Premieres IntoNow 3.0: Accelerating Second Screen Experiences
Yahoo!, the technology powered media company, today unveiled the next evolution of IntoNow from Yahoo! that delivers a more innovative and engaging way for people to capture, communicate and discover...
View ArticleIndia Post special discount on Gold Coins for Raksha Bandhan
For this Raksha Bandhan, India Post has announced a special discount of 6.5% on purchase of Gold coins. On 1st August 2012 any customer who buys gold from identified Post Offices in Delhi will get a...
View ArticleTeam Anna apologises for attack on mediamen by supporters
A day after several media persons were heckled by supporters of Team Anna at Jantar Mantar, Anna Hazare on Tuesday regretted the misbehaviour and said sorry for the incident. “I would like to say sorry...
View ArticleChidambaram to get finance ministry, Shinde to be home minister
Home Minister P Chidambaram will be India’s new Finance Minister, it has been confirmed. As per a letter sent to the Rashtrapatin Bhavan by the PMO, the Home Ministry has been given to Sushil Kumar...
View ArticleAdvani blames Bangladeshi immigrants for Assam violence
Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Tuesday said that the root cause of the violence in Assam was illegal immigration from Bangladesh and exhorted the Centre to take a strong view of the problem. “The root...
View ArticleINS ‘Baaz’ – Commissioned by Admiral Nirmal Verma
INS ‘Baaz’ – Commissioned by Admiral Nirmal Verma as First Naval Air Station in Nicobar Group of Islands “INS Baaz Overlooks Strait of Malacca While Also Dominating the Six Degree Channel”: Admiral...
View ArticleTwo children die, 435 people admitted to Kolkata hospital with food poisoning
Two children have died and over 400 hospitalised after eating food at an iftaar party in North 24 Parganas district, Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya said today. The condition of...
View ArticleTerror tunnel: India lodges strong protest with Pakistan
India on Tuesday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan days after unearthing a suspected terror tunnel in Jammu’s Samba sector. The Border Security Force (BSF) handed over a written complaint to the...
View ArticleBlast in Assam kills one soldier
At least seven people were hurt on Tuesday after a high intensity blast occurred in Gopalpara district of Assam. According to initial reports, an Army convoy was targeted in the blast. Assam has been...
View ArticleRBI keeps rates unchanged; cuts SLR to 23%
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday withstood mounting pressure from industry to cut interest rates and warned of difficult times ahead as a patchy monsoon is threatening to crimp food output,...
View ArticleElectricity restored fully in all regions
A day after the biggest blackout in the country, affecting half of India’s population, the main distribution company on Wednesday said nearly 100 percent of the demand had been restored in all five...
View ArticleU19 CWC has benefitted India: Bhajji
India’s World Cup winning off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes India has benefitted from the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup as a number of top performers from the event, billed as a finishing school for...
View ArticleICC U19 CWC is a finishing school: Warner
Flamboyant Australia opener David Warner has advised all the teenagers assembling in Queensland next month for the ninth edition of the ICC U19 CWC 2012 to make optimum use of the opportunity without...
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