More on the Olympics

• Frustration creeps in, yet faith in Dalai Lama keeps Tibetans going (Feature)

  By Azera Rahman New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The red-blue-yellow coloured Tibetan flags flutter everywhere in Majnu Ka Tila, a Tibetan settlement in the northern part of the capital. Five decades after the Tibetans fled to India, members of the community living here still have unflinching faith in the Dalai Lama and that their homeland, [...]

• World weightlifting body to take strict action against India

  New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has said it will take strong disciplinary action against the dope tainted Indian federation for the repeated offences of its lifters. IWF legal counsel Monika Ungar said the executive board is waiting for all the pending cases of the six Indian lifters who tested positive to [...]

• France’s Henry tops rogue’s gallery: Australian paper

  Sydney, Nov 21 (DPA) Thierry Henry’s self-confessed handball to secure France a win over Ireland and a place in next year’s World Cup has shot him to the top of the sport’s rogue’s gallery, Australia’s Daily Telegraph said Saturday. It claimed Henry had “outplayed some of the greatest scammers, hoaxers, match-fixers, ball-tamperers and blatant rule-benders [...]

• Mixed feelings in Chicago over Oprah end

  Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey’s decision to end her talk show in 2011 has attracted mixed feelings from the people of Chicago, where the programme is shot. While some people believe it can affect local tourism and businesses in Chicago, others seem unconcerned about her departure from the city. The reason, according to Chicago Tribune [...]

• Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold for doping

  Hamburg, Nov 18 (DPA) Olympic 1,500-metre champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster CERA. Ramzi, who won Bahrain’s first ever Olympic gold medal in Beijing last summer, now faces a two-year ban. In addition, under IOC rules, the Moroccan-born Ramzi [...]

• Special Olympics initiates’ awareness campaign about special children in Himachal

  Shimla, Nov 18 (ANI): Wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known as ‘Khali’ inaugurated an awareness drive about special children organised by the Himachal chapter of Special Olympics here on Tuesday. The main motive behind the campaign was to spread awareness about the problems faced by the mentally and physically challenged children and also about the Special [...]

• India’s nukes are ‘ground zero’ for jihadists: Canadian media

  Toronto, Nov 18 (IANS) Even as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resolved to deepen bilateral ties, the Canadian media says a nuclear deal could be risky because of terrorist threats to India’s sites. They cite the recent alert at India’s nuclear facilities as a warning to the Canadian [...]

• Akshay Kumar presented with the Olympic Torch

  History in the making saw Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar receive the sacred Olympic Torch from Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper at a highly prestigious event held at The Trident Hotel, Mumbai. At the event Akshay Kumar was presented to the media as the Indian Ambassador for the 2010 Olympic games and the only star [...]

• Chicago shocked at School Board President Michael Scott’s suicide

  Chicago, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) People of Chicago are still shocked and can’t believe that the dead body pulled from the Chicago River early Monday is believed to be of Chicago School Board President’s Michael Scott. It is being reported that apparently he shot himself in the head, thus it is clear that it [...]

• Canadian PM meets S M Krishna and Advani

  New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister (PM), Stephen Harper met Foreign Minister S M Krishna and senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani here today. Earlier on Monday, Harper addressed delegates and media persons in Mumbai. The Canadian Prime Minister has come here on a mission to strengthen the bilateral economic [...]

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