London, Aug 16 (IANS) Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott said that the Indian players know that the Oval Test is already lost and praised India skipper Mahendra Singh for his valiant 82 in the first innings. Thanks to Dhoni’s 82, India made 148 before being bowled out by England. Boycott said the Indians know that the […]
Environment Minister Rob Stokes today officially started and farewelled the first group of walkers who will spend four weeks tracing the 315 km route as part of the inaugural Sydney Harbour & Coast Walk. The walk begins from Palm Beach and traces around Sydney Harbour before heading west to Parramatta, back to South Head and […]
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Victor Dominello has today paid tribute to the first NSW troops deployed for operations in German New Guinea, marking 100 years since the start of Australia’s involvement in the First World War. A ceremony was held at Cockatoo Island where the Naval and Military Expeditionary Force departed on HMAS Berrima. The […]
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) As Indians in America celebrated the country’s 68th Independence Day, US Secretary of State John Kerry said India-US partnership “has never mattered more” and the two nations can shape together a shared future. In a message of greetings on behalf of President Barack Obama and the American people, the top US diplomat […]
Agra, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden Independence Day addr4ss to the nation Friday roused a lot of positivity and hope here. “Definitely the public mood is one of hope,” said businessman Bankey Lal Maheshwari, who runs a textile shop in Johri Bazar. “Many in our colony heard Modi speaking from the ramparts of […]
Patna, Aug 15 (IANS) Flood water has entered over 100 villages in Bihar, forcing people to abandon their homes, and rising water level in most rivers is posing a threat to many other villages, officials said Friday. All the inundated villages are in flood-prone districts of Bagha, Gopalganj, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Supaul, Saharsa, Khagaria, Darbhanga and Madhepura. […]
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The government has said it will not indulge in any activity that might affect the mythical Ram Sethu from the famous Indian epic of Ramayana. According to Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkri the development of a proposed waterway through the underwater site in the Palk Strait is being […]
Film: “Anjaan”; Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Manoj Bajpayee, Vidyut Jamwal, Dalip Tahil, Soori, Brahmanandam, Asif Basra and Murali Sharma; Director: N. Lingusamy; Rating: ** “Anjaan” is like a battle between Suriya, the star, and Suriya, the actor. Interestingly the film features him in a double role – one is a star and the other […]
Cincinnati (US), Aug 15 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbwean partner Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan`s Yaroslave Shvedova in the second round of women’s doubles at the Western and Southern Open here. The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair went down 3-6, 3-6 Thursday in this hard court tournament, which […]
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) Solid play and strategic planning were key to India’s success at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Norway, said team members. For the first time, India won three medals – a gold, silver and a bronze – at the Chess Olympiad that concluded Thursday in the Norwegian city of Tromse. India, seeded 19th, […]