Jharkhand Congress wants sports award in Dhoni’s name
April 4th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 4 (IANS) Jharkhand's Congress unit Monday demanded that the state government institute a sports award in the name of local boy Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led India to ... Read more...
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Marathon organised to promote Commonwealth Games in Punjab
June 20th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, June 20 (ANI): A NGO organised a marathon, 'Run for Commonwealth Games', here on Sunday to promote the upcoming event.A number of children participated in the event.
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State-level hockey players in Ludhiana playing on empty stomach
March 6th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Mar 6 (ANI): As Hockey World Cup is underway in New Delhi, some state-level Indian hockey players in Ludhiana are living under inappropriate conditions and yearning for their daily meals.The ... Read more...
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Hockey player bears hardship in absence of state support
January 13th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Jan 13(ANI): Ashok Kumar, who represented the national junior side just less than a decade ago, is fending for himself by running a wayside eatery at Baluganj in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla ... Read more...
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Watching your own victory gets competitive juices flowing: Study
November 6th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Nov 6 (ANI): Watching a tape of your own previous victory can get the competitive juices flowing, according to a new Canadian study.The study conducted by Brock University researchers showed that ... Read more...
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Southern cinema scored big at the 55th National Awards
October 21st, 2009 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the best feature film award at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan got the best director award for Malayalam ... Read more...
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President to give away National Film Awards Wednesday
October 19th, 2009 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will Wednesday give away the National Film Awards for 2007 at a function at Vigyan Bhawan here. Legendary singer Manna Dey will be ... Read more...
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Southern films bag top honours at 55th National Awards (Second Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Southern cinema scored big at the 55th National Awards Monday with the Tamil film "Kanchivaram" adjudged best feature film and Prakash Raj best actor for his ... Read more...
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South films score big at National Awards with ‘Kanjeevaram’, Adoor (Lead)
September 7th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Filmmaker Priyadarshan's offbeat Tamil film "Kanjeevaram" has scored big at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, winning best feature film and best actor for Prakash Raj, ... Read more...
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J.B. Roy led hockey faction flexes its muscles
June 15th, 2009 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Around 25 men's and 22 women's state hockey units have met at Aamby Valley in a bid to form a "unified and democratic" national federation, according to the ... Read more...
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Argentina beat India 4-2 to level hockey series
January 23rd, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mar del Plata, Jan 23 (IANS) India squandered an advantageous position to go down 2-4 to Argentina in the fourth and final hockey Test here Friday.Argentina, who were down 0-2 in the ... Read more...
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