Michelle wins national women chess
August 26th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Tenth seed Michelle Catherina of Tamil Nadu ensured a thrilling end to the Amity 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship by defeating third seed Nimmy ... Read more...
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Divyasree gets top billing in national chess
August 17th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Women FIDE Master Chandika Divyasree of Andhra Pradesh will start as the top seed in the 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship that gets underway ... Read more...
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Bernardinho to lead Brazil men’s volleyball team until Rio 2016
August 15th, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) Brazil's volleyball confederation (CBV) has said the national men's team coach Bernardinho will keep his job until the 2016 Rio Olympics.Bernardinho, who has held ... Read more...
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Rights panel moved to help jailed Pinki Pramanik
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Alleging sexual harassment of Asiad gold medalist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", a civil rights group ... Read more...
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MMS showing Pinki undergoing gender test goes viral online
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, an MMS showing ... Read more...
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Easy win for Bhagyashree in All India Open chess
April 28th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, April 28 (IANS) Woman International Master and former national women's champion Bhagyashree Thipsay (Elo 2166) of Maharashtra began her campaign on a sound note with an efficient win over ... Read more...
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SAFA apologizes to Ghana over age-cheating claims
April 27th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), April 27 (IANS) The South African Football Association (SAFA) has apologised to its Ghanaian counterpart over age-cheating allegations made against Ghana by the coach of its women's under-17 ... Read more...
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Odisha gang rape: Activists demand women panel chief’s sacking
February 19th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (IANS) Social and political activists Saturday staged a demonstration demanding dismissal of state women panel chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi for ruling out rape in her report on an ... Read more...
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Maiden national snooker title for Chitra
January 29th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 29 (IANS) Former World billiards champion Chitra Magimairaj won her maiden national women's snooker title when she beat Neena Praveen of Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the Manisha-National billiards ... Read more...
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Britons turn to sex to pay for education
December 14th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Rising tuition fees have forced British students into the sex industry.The National Union of Students said students were taking on the "dangerous" work to cope with ... Read more...
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Streep donates film fee for charity
November 20th, 2011 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 20 (IANS) Actress Meryl Streep was so keen to make a film on former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that she slashed her fee and donated the rest ... Read more...
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Mary Ann pockets title in National Chess
November 9th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes of the Airports Authority of India, Kolkata, emerged champion in the Velammal 38th women's National Premier chess championship here Wednesday as ... Read more...
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Mary Ann takes lead in national chess
November 7th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) WGM Mary Ann Gomes of Airports Authority of India defeated International Master Nisha Mohota of PSPB to move into sole lead after the ninth round of ... Read more...
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Bhopal makes mark on national sports map
October 31st, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 31 (IANS) Thanks to a 20-time increase in the sports budget, central location, astro-turf grounds and new infrastructure, the Madhya Pradesh capital is fast emerging as a ... Read more...
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Nine Woman GMs for National Chess
October 28th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) Nine Woman Grandmasters, including World junior girls champion Sowmya Swaminathan from Pune, will be taking part in the Velammal 38th National women's premier chess championship that ... Read more...
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Mexican women’s labour value equals GDP’s 23 percent
October 16th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Puebla (Mexico), Oct 16 (IANS/EFE) The domestic labour done by women in Mexico is equal to 23 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, more than the value of oil ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Buddhist nuns rally behind gangraped ’sister’
August 3rd, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) While established organisations dragged their feet on the fate of a 21-year-old Buddhist nun who had been gangraped, the republic's ignored community of nuns came forward ... Read more...
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Actress Kamala Lopez defends women’s rights
July 26th, 2011 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 26 (IANS/EFE) Actress and filmmaker Kamala Lopez, a staunch defender of women's rights, has become actively involved in a project that seeks to raise awareness about the ... Read more...
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Under pressure, Nepal moves to help gangraped nun
July 16th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 16 (IANS) Under mounting pressure from the National Women's Commission, ethnic organisations and lawmakers, Nepal's government finally moved Saturday to help a Buddhist nun gangraped in a public ... Read more...
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Dismal show by Indian recurve archers
May 5th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS)Indian recurve archers shot wayward to fall like ninepins in the individual elimination round of the men's and women's section of the World Cup (Stage I) at ... Read more...
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Hasina angry at being called an atheist
March 28th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has objected to being called an atheist, and wondered whether the Islamist leader who called her so is himself a ... Read more...
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Macho Mexican men get lesson in what not to say to women
March 25th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 25 (ANI): The interior ministry of Mexico has published a guide for public sector staff on how to avoid using sexist language in the workplace.The 92-page lilac-and-white guide, entitled 'The ... Read more...
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Islamists protest Dhaka’s equal rights to women policy
March 9th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 9 (IANS) Stating that a woman never be equal to man "according to Islam", Islamist parties in Bangladesh have called for a daylong strike next month to ... Read more...
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Badminton champion told to clean utensils in Himachal
February 24th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 24 (IANS) A badminton champion, studying in class 12 of a government school in Sirmau district of Himachal Pradesh, was asked to clean utensils at the school's annual function presided ... Read more...
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CRPF trooper who killed woman kabaddi player dies (Lead)
February 11th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Patna/Shimla, Feb 11 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper who fired at himself after shooting down a national-level woman kabaddi player died of his injuries at a hospital in the ... Read more...
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Teenager raped, whipped to death in Bangladesh
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) A teenager in Bangladesh died after being raped and then whipped 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics this week, a media report said. The Dhaka High ... Read more...
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Railways trounce Haryana to win national women’s hockey title
January 30th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat, Jan 30 (IANS) Railways trounced Haryana 7-1 to win the Senior National Women's Hockey Championship at the Motilal Nehru Sports School here Sunday.
Railways, studded with India team players, led 5-1 ... Read more...
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Haryana to play Railways in women’s national hockey final
January 29th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat, Jan 29 (IANS) Hosts Haryana will clash with Railways in the final of the Senior National Women's Hockey Championship at Motilal Nehru Sports School here Sunday.In the semi-finals Saturday, Railways routed ... Read more...
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Hockey national women’s championship to begin Friday
January 20th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Twentysix teams will compete in the hockey senior National Women's Championship in Sonepat beginning Friday.The teams have been divided into eight pools and the matches will be ... Read more...
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600 contestants at Agra’s National Women’s Sports Meet
December 12th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 12 (IANS) Eighteen teams and more than 600 contestants from different states will take part in the three-day 36th National Women's Sports Meet beginning at the Eklavya Stadium here Monday.Regional ... Read more...
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Trafficking, smuggling at Indo-Bangladesh border discussed
November 27th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) The problems of human trafficking, smuggling and sexual harassment of locals by security personnel at the Indo-Bangladesh border were brought into focus by NGOs, researchers, academicians and journalists ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani hail Pak’s historic cricket gold at Asian Games
November 20th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 20 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have congratulated the national women's cricket team for making history by beating Bangladesh by 10 wickets ... Read more...
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Pakistani tennis star Aisam has “made nation proud”, says his father
September 12th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 12 (ANI): Pakistan's tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq has made the entire nation proud, and though he could not win either of the two doubles of the US Open, reaching the ... Read more...
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Haryana sports nurseries training 1,000 players
August 17th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) The Haryana government has set up 46 sports nurseries across the state where nearly 1,000 players were being trained in various sporting disciplines, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda ... Read more...
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Plane crash victim named Pakistan’s Best Woman Footballer
August 3rd, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Aug 3 (IANS) A 19-year-old girl from Karachi, who was one of the victims of last month's plane crash on the outskirts of Islamabad, was Tuesday posthumously named Pakistan's Best Woman ... Read more...
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