ONGC storm into semis
September 12th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) Holders ONGC booked their berth in the semi-finals of the 87th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey tournament, defeating BPCL 5-2 in their concluding Group A league ... Read more...
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Satish and Savera emerge champs in TSD Rally
August 20th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 20 (IANS) Underling their status as one of the country's top pairs, the husband-wife duo of Satish Gopalkrishnan and Savera D'Souza from Bangalore annexed the overall and Pro-Expert ... Read more...
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Indian hockey’s worst performance ever: Olympic gold medallists
August 10th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) "The worst ever performance" is how former Olympic gold medallists described the Indian hockey team's disastrous campaign at the London Games."This is surely the worst ever ... Read more...
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2000 Sydney Olympics: Controversies affect India’s chances (Sports Special)
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
For the umpteenth time, the Indian hockey team's preparations for the Olympics were hampered by the usual quota of controversies and uncertainties. After the poor finish at the 1996 Atlanta Games, ... Read more...
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1980 Olympics: India win gold as top teams stay out
July 17th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
After a tumultuous period following the hockey debacle at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, India fielded a relatively young but talented side for the Moscow Games where barring skipper Vasudevan Baskaran and ... Read more...
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Karan stars in Bhopal Badshahs win in WSH
March 5th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 5 (IANS) Three snap goals in the third quarter carried Bhopal Badshahs to a 3-1 win against hosts Karnataka Lions in the World Series Hockey league here Monday.Striker ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa sacks confidant Sasikala & Co (Night Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a sweeping move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa sacked from the AIADMK long-time confidant V.K. Sasikala and 13 others who were known to wield ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa sacks long-time confidant Sasikala (Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a dramatic move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa threw out her long-time confidant V.K. Sasikala and 11 others from the basic membership of her ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa removes Sasikala, others from AIADMK
December 19th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a surprise move, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa removed her close associate of nearly two decades V.K. Sasikala and 11 ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu cops face sexual assault probe
November 28th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 27 (IANS) A judicial inquiry is being conducted into the sexual assault charges made by four tribal women against Tamil Nadu policemen in Villupuram district, an official said ... Read more...
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Deysi, Olga share lead in World Junior Chess
August 13th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) With comfortable wins WGMs Cori T Deysi (Peru) and Girya Olga (Russia) built a huge two-point lead in the Girls section after the 11th round of ... Read more...
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World junior chess: Kerala schoolboy upsets Adhiban
August 4th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) Kerala schoolboy S.L. Narayanan delivered a stunning defeat to local favourite and Grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran in the second round of the SDAT-RAMCO 50th World Junior and ... Read more...
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SDAT-RAMCO chess: Rajesh draws with Russian GM
August 2nd, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 2 (IANS) Chennai lad V.A.V. Rajesh, a student of Loyola College, stole the limelight by holding top seed Russian Grandmaster Maxim Matlakov to a draw in the first ... Read more...
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Rajesh To Direct Karthi’s Next Film
October 27th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 27, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Winning praises for his scripts with situational comedies, director Rajesh has leaped into the A-league of filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. Rajesh made his debut ... Read more...
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Arya Is Lucky In Tollywood
October 27th, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 27, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Arya’s films dubbed in Telugu have always had a great market and got huge fan following. Especially his magnum opus 'Naan Kadavul' dubbed in Telugu as ... Read more...
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Nayanthara Refuses To Be A Part Of Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Next
October 22nd, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): With many filmmakers and producers coming up with new avatars as actors, producer Udhayanidhi Stalin doesn’t want to be an exception. Having churned out some of ... Read more...
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Hockey will be the best at CWG: Baskaran
September 28th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The hockey event will provide the highest level of competition at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games considering the quality of teams in the fray, says ... Read more...
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Arya-Udhayanidhi launch Aanmai Thavaral audio
September 24th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In recent times, Tamil film industry has been finding the best titles in Tamil that in turn grabs everyone's attention. Followed by few catchy titles like ... Read more...
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Winning start for Indian men, women at chess Olympiad
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), Sep 22 (IANS) The Indian men's and women's teams began their campaign at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in this Russian city by registering wipe-put wins in their first rounds.
The men's ... Read more...
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Winning start for Indian men and women’s chess teams at Olympiad
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), Sep 22 (IANS) Indian men and women's teams opened the 2010 Chess Olympiad in this Russian city with the maximum results possible registering wipe-put wins in their first rounds.
The men's ... Read more...
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Arya promotes Boss Engira Baskaran
September 16th, 2010 - 11:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 16, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Although Udhayanidhi Stalin is the one publicizing the film, Arya has keenly working on promotional activities for his recent release "Boss Engira Baskaran'. The film that ... Read more...
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Arya stars in ‘Nene Ambani’
September 10th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Some of you might remember the good looking villain in the movie 'Varadu', well, his name is Arya and soon his Telugu movie will come to the ... Read more...
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Hockey coach questions Basavaraj’s role
July 25th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) Ramesh Parameswaran, former assistant coach of the Indian men's hockey team, has hinted that politics played a major role in Basavaraj, who was involved in a sex scandal, ... Read more...
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Hindu temples in Malaysia urged to get Indian religious scholars
March 18th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 18 (ANI): Hindu temples in Malaysia have been urged to appoint religious scholars from India so that they can give advice to the people who visit the places of ... Read more...
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India’s disastrous run continued in Monchengladbach (Eleventh and last of the series on Hockey World Cup)
February 24th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand PhilarEleventh World Cup - Monchengladbach, Germany (September 6-17, 2006)While the game of musical chairs continued with Vasudevan Baskaran back as coach, India hoped to make up for the disastrous ... Read more...
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Another limping performance by India at Utrecht Word Cup (Ninth of the series on Hockey World Cup)
February 22nd, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
Ninth World Cup - Utrecht, Holland (June 20-July 1, 1998)The quaint town of Utrecht with its cobbled streets, canals and roundabouts, and about an hour's drive from Amsterdam, provided ... Read more...
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Girish Puthenchery passes away
February 12th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
February 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Girish Puthenchery, renowned Malayalam film lyricist, passed away on Tuesday night in Kozhikode. The cause of his death was cerebral hemorrhage.He had been admitted to the hospital ... Read more...
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Did Nayan raise her hands on Vijayalakshmi?
December 30th, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Nayanthara, the controversial actress of South Indian film industry, seems to have got into one more problem. Apparently, the actress was shooting for her upcoming film "Boss Engira Baskaran' in Kumbakonam, ... Read more...
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Indian Americans in news for wrong reasons (Lead)
December 12th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Usually hitting headlines with their achievements in this country where they number over 2.5 million, at least four Indian Americans this week made news for crimes ... Read more...
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Two Indian Americans plead guilty to health care fraud
December 12th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) A physical therapist, a money launderer and a patient recruiter trio, including two people of Indian origin, have pleaded guilty in connection with multiple health care fraud schemes ... Read more...
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Divine faith saves wife and baby
February 5th, 2009 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
George Town (Malaysia), Feb 5 (IANS) Asked by doctors to choose between his wife and their unborn child, Malaysian Indian travel agent M. Rajendran turned to Lord Murugan for divine intervention. It ... Read more...
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Increase in number of Indians students in Malaysia’’s Tamil schools
January 6th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 6 (ANI): Due to the migration of estate workers to town areas in Malaysia, there has been an increase in the number of students in Tamil schools.
"Most ... Read more...
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New book on Tamil film legend Sivaji Ganesan
August 11th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) A new book by S. Theodore Baskaran "Sivaji Ganesan: Profile of an Icon" in the memory of Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan and part of a series on the ... Read more...
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Indian hockey left to lament on the sidelines
March 10th, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by admin
(Commentary)
By K.Datta
When Joaquim Carvalho took over as national coach from V. Baskaran after the 2006 Doha Asian Games, where the Indian hockey team suffered for the first time the ignominy of failing ... Read more...
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