Kapil Sibbal defends PM on coal issue, says BJP spreading canard
September 8th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Defending Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the allocation of coal blocks, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibbal Saturday dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Mehdi Hassan: end of golden era of ghazal (Obituary)
June 13th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan first mesmerised connoisseurs with his rendition of "Gulon main rang bhare", step one of a long musical journey that lasted five ... Read more...
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History, crime & edgy drama on bookshelf (IANS BOOKS THIS WEEK)
March 24th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
The bookshelf this weekend is a colourful and racy pile of books that tickles readers' imagination and sensitivities... Browse with IANSBook: "The Maharajas of Bikaner"; Written by Rajyashree Kumari Bikaner; Published ... Read more...
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I can prove myself again: Rathore
February 1st, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Athens Games silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won the double trap bronze in the nationals here Wednesday, said given a chance he would ... Read more...
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Rakhi Sawant praises Raj Thackeray (Lead)
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Bollywood's item girl Rakhi Sawant, known for making headlines with bold statements, seems to have taken a fancy for politicians. After confessing she has a ... Read more...
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Now, Rakhi Sawant praises Raj Thackeray
January 3rd, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Bollywood's item girl Rakhi Sawant, known for making headlines with her bold statements, seems to have taken a fancy for politicians. After confessing that she ... Read more...
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CWG venues fast becoming white elephants (Year after CWG)
September 30th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Lack of residential facilities and high rentals have scared national sports federations away from holding their training camps or major tournaments at the state-of-the-art ... Read more...
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Come-and-Play scheme has 10,000 on its rolls
September 6th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) More than 10,000 trainees have been enrolled in the Come-and-Play Scheme to utilise the infrastructure created for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG), parliament was informed ... Read more...
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Sports ministry forms committee for venue management
February 5th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The sports ministry Saturday formed a committee to find ways for the best utilisation of Sports Authority of India (SAI) venues after the Commonwealth Games.During a visit ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Narang battles fatigue to carry Indian flag (Lead)
November 12th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 12 (IANS) India's ace rifle shooter Gagan Narang Friday battled fatigue to accpet the honour of carrying the national flag and became the fifth marksman to do so at ... Read more...
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Gagan Narang becomes fifth shooter to carry Indian flag
November 12th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 12 (IANS) India's ace rifle shooter Gagan Narang Friday became the fifth marksman to carry the national flag at the opening ceremony of a mega event like the Asian ... Read more...
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Fear of evil drives boxer Vijender to mom dear (Games Sidelights)
October 14th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India's Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh was everyone's favourite to win the gold at the Commonwealth Games. In fact, one of his bouts was watched ... Read more...
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CWG results, Day 10
October 14th, 2010 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS)The following are the results on the tenth day of the competitions at the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday.
Shooting: Karni Singh Shooting Range25m standard pistol men
Gold-Gai Bin (Sin); ... Read more...
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Indian shooter’s medals missing
October 13th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu's bag, containing the gold and silver medals won by her during the Commonwealth Games, went missing Wednesday when she placed her bag in ... Read more...
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Gagan blames his rifle for missing fifth CWG gold
October 13th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Ace shooter Gagan Narang blamed his Walther rifle for missing the record equalling five gold medals on the last day of the shooting competition in the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: India surpass Melbourne medal tally, gold count falls (Roundup)
October 13th, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) After a medal winning streak, disappointment was in store for India on the final day of the shooting competition Wednesday as the hosts failed to ... Read more...
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I lost my focus, says Heena Sidhu
October 13th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu Wednesday said she was too exhausted before the final of the 10 metre air pistol and missed the gold by 0.3 points on ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Heena gets silver, Jung bronze, Gagan fails to qualify
October 13th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The last day of the shooting competition at the Commonwealth Games here was a disappointment for India as pistol shooters Heena Sindhu missed the gold by 0.3 ... Read more...
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This gold-digger balances shooting with dental surgery
October 12th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Having picked up the gun only five years ago, Patiala girl Heena Sidhu has made some rapid strides to win the gold for India ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: India bag a gold and two silver (Second Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Indian shooters maintained their domination at the Karni Singh Shooting Range by winning a gold medal and two silver, but Gagan Narang and his compatriot ... Read more...
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Indian shooters bag gold, two silvers (Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Indian shooters bagged a gold medal and two silvers in just an hour Tuesday. Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh won the yellow metal in the women's ... Read more...
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CWG Schedule, Day Nine
October 12th, 2010 - 2:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Following is the schedule on the ninth day of competitions at the Commonwealth Games Tuesday.Twenty medals are at stake Tuesday including Aquatics Diving (3), Athletics (9), ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Disappointing day for India, miss gold by a point (Intro Roundup)
October 11th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) It was a disappointing day for Indian shooters at the Commonwealth Games Monday as Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari missed the gold by one point ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Spotlight on ‘Goldfinger’ Samaresh Jung
October 11th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The spotlight will be on pistol shooter Samaresh Jung at the Karni Singh Shooting Range here Tuesday. The man who earned the nickname 'Goldfinger' at ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Disappointing day for India, miss gold (Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) It was a disappointing day for India at the Commonwealth Games Monday as shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari missed the gold by one point ... Read more...
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Shooters Tejaswini, Meena win bronze in 50 meter rifle event
October 11th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): Indian shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari won bronze in women's 50 meter Rifle Prone pairs event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Monday.Tejaswini scored 583 ... Read more...
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CWG: Nigerian gold winner fails dope test, first at Delhi (Afternoon Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Nigerian women's 100 metres gold winner has flunked dope test, the first dope case at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.Osayemi Oludamola, who was awarded the gold after Australian ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Tejaswini, Meena miss gold by one point, get bronze
October 11th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari missed the gold by one point in the women's 50 metres rifle prone and had to be content with ... Read more...
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Russian hand in shooters’ golden show
October 10th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Indian Army shooters setting the Karni Singh Shooting Range on fire in the Commonwealth Games to bag gold medals have a Russian connection. Their ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Australian commits rare mistake in dramatic shoot-off
October 10th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Pistol shooter Michaelangelo Giustiniano, Australia's oldest athlete at the Commonwealth Games, committed a rare mistake at the Karni Singh Shooting Range that cost him a medal in ... Read more...
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CWG Shooting: Harpreet wins gold, silver for Vijay (Lead)
October 10th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Indian shooter Harpreet Singh won the gold in the men's 25 metre centre fire pistol event while Vijay Kumar bagged silver amid high drama in ... Read more...
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Thumbs up for India only after Games: Fennell
October 9th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell doesn't want to jump the gun, he wants to wait till the Delhi Games are over before giving India the ... Read more...
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CWG shooting: Men get two more gold, women bronze (Roundup)
October 9th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Indian shooters continued to add to the medal haul on the sixth day of the Commonwealth Games competitions with the men winning two more gold ... Read more...
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Wrestlers clinch two more Gold medals for India at C’wealth Games
October 9th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): Indian wrestlers continued their dominance even on the sixth day of the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games, as Narsingh Yadav and Yogeshwar Dutt won two more Gold medals in ... Read more...
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CWG: At Games half-way, Indians set new marks
October 9th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) New records in shooting, superb showing by wrestlers, first ever Commonwealth Games medals in archery, athletics and gymnastics -- hosts India had much to celebrate at ... Read more...
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