Daley shines again as West Indies win T20 opener
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 2 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican all-rounder Shanel Daley extended her superb One-Day form into the opening Twenty20 game as West Indies women won the opening game of their five-match series ... Read more...
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Daley’s all-round effort lifts Windies to series win
April 30th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucas Street (Barbados), April 30 (IANS/CMC) Shanel Daley's spirited all-round performance fired the West Indies women's cricket team to a 45-run victory over Sri Lanka, under the Duckworth/Lewis (D/L) method, in ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan women win second ODI
April 28th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucas Street (Barbados), April 28 (IANS/CMC) Sri Lanka held their nerve to beat the West Indies by one wicket with two balls to spare in a thrilling finish to the ... Read more...
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Daley, Mohammed star in West Indies eves’ win
April 26th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados), April 26 (IANS/CMC) Off-spinner Anisa Mohammed undermined the Sri Lanka batting with a five-wicket haul to spur West Indies women to a resounding 88-run win over Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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Black flags to greet Sonia Gandhi in Goa
December 15th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 15 (IANS) Intellectuals, literatteurs, educationists, retired bureaucrats and freedom fighters will greet Congress president Sonia Gandhi with black flags during her brief visit to Goa on Dec ... Read more...
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Government pulls up 20 percent mines
September 18th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) The central government has issued notices to nearly a fifth of operative mines in Goa.The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), a wing of the ministry of ... Read more...
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Boycott Goa chief minister: Congress ideologue
June 14th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) A former head of the Congress think tank in Goa Tuesday called for a civil society boycott of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's official functions to protest ... Read more...
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Anti-English protestors threaten Goa shut down Monday
June 5th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Agitators have vowed to shut down Goa Monday in protest against the government's decision to provide grants to schools where education is imparted in English.Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Anti-English protestors block highway in Goa
May 27th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) A group of protestors blocked the national highway in Goa to protest the state government's decision to give grants to schools where English is the medium ... Read more...
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Goa’s medium of instruction issue takes communal turn
May 24th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) Goa's already vexed medium of instruction issue has now taken a communal turn.
A spokesperson for the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), which is backing ... Read more...
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English, regional languages battle it out in Goa
March 23rd, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) The battle between English and regional languages as the medium of instruction in Goa is heating up.After thousands of supporters of the English language as the ... Read more...
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De-stress, eat jaggery to ensure baby isn’t low birth weight
December 23rd, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A new survey has revealed a high incidence of low birth weight babies in urban India. So, if you are an expecting mom, here's how ... Read more...
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Sanatan Sanstha not invited to top VHP event
December 17th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu outfit whose members were accused of carrying out the Diwali-eve blast in Goa last year, is excluded from the reception committee list of ... Read more...
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Court orders Air India to reinstate air hostess
September 18th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by national carrier Air India and directed it to reinstate air hostess Shashikala Jatav, who was dismissed 20 years ... Read more...
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Kamat’s remarks on Nehru, Bandodkar create new row
August 17th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 17 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has triggered a major controversy here by blaming first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and state's first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar for the ... Read more...
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Pakistan beats Sri Lanka in ICC Womens Cricket World Cup
March 9th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Mar.9 (ANI): After suffering a humiliating defeat by India, Pakistan women cricket team managed to salvage some pride after it defeated Sri Lanka by 57 in the ongoing ICC Womens ... Read more...
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Top performers named in provisional squads for ICC Womens World Cup 2009
January 13th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Jan.13 (ANI): The best of the best in womens cricket have been named in the provisional squads for the ICC Womens World Cup 2009 to be held in Australia from ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit is India’s longest serving woman chief minister
December 8th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Sheila Dikshit Monday became the longest serving woman chief minister in the country when she wrested power for the third time in the Delhi assembly elections. The ... Read more...
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Another woman among two held for Malegaon blasts (Lead, Changing dateline)
October 27th, 2008 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Nashik/Bhopal, Oct 26 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra police picked up two more people including a woman from Madhya Pradesh late Sunday evening in connection with last month's Malegaon ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi put the spotlight, now Sulabh warms up Shashikala’s life
August 29th, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sonkhas (Maharashtra), Aug 29 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi put the spotlight on their lives. And Maharashtra's struggling farm women Kalawati and Shashikala have been basking in the glow ever since ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi’s concern evokes Sulabh owner’s magnanimity
August 29th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Sonkhas (Maharashtra), Aug 28 (IANS) Nearly a month after handing down succour to struggling farm widow, Kalawati Bandurkar, Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak Thursday lit up the life of Yavatmal district's other ... Read more...
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Sulabh chief hands over dole cheque to Kalawati
July 31st, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jalka (Maharashtra), July 31 (IANS) Kalawati Bandurkar, the farmer widow brought to limelight by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's visit to her woebegone hut and subsequent parliamentary reference, Thursday received a cheque of ... Read more...
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Priyanka, hubby attend trust vote debate to support Rahul Gandhi
July 22nd, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): It was a Nehru-Gandhi-Vadra family affair in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra trooped into the Speaker''s Gallery this morning to ... Read more...
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Stolen police vehicle recovered, four cops suspended
July 5th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) A police patrol jeep was recovered hours after it was stolen by a youngster, even as the Uttar Pradesh police suspended four of its officers for negligence. "We ... Read more...
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Indian women beat Sri Lanka, lift Asia Cup
May 12th, 2008 - 12:20 am ICT by admin
Colombo, May 11 (IANS) Riding on Asha Rawat's 97, India defeated Sri Lanka by 177 runs in the finals to lift the Asia Cup title of women's cricket. This was the fourth ... Read more...
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15 years on, wounds of Mumbai blasts fester
March 12th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) The scars of the terrible Mumbai blasts still hurt -- even after 15 long years. Several victims of the serial bombings - until then the world's worst urban ... Read more...
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