World Squash Federation (WSF) president N. Ramachandran is encouraged by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) vision of introducing new sports in the Summer Games “sooner rather than later”. Ramachandran, who is also the newly-elected Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, led the squash bid to be added to the 2020 Olympics. He travelled to the Sochi […]
India beat Sri Lanka by 76 runs in a fifth-place playoff semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the ICC Academy here Monday. After being put in to bat, India scored 291/7 in their quota of 50 overs and bowled our neighbours Sri Lanka for 215 in 48.1 overs. Defending champions India lost their […]
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukaev said here Monday that Russia’s $15-billion bailout funds for Ukraine will continue despite the current chaos, but Russia is waiting for the answer that who will be its Ukrainian partner, Xinhua reported. “The first 3 billion dollars were delivered, and the next 2 billion will go the same direction, […]
Four soldiers died in a helicopter crash in central Colombia that was apparently caused by bad weather, the army said Monday. The accident occurred in Mesetas, a city in Meta province, while the soldiers were providing air support to troops fighting the guerrilla group, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The chopper got caught […]
A Zimbabwean association of voluntary organisations Monday called on the European Union (EU) to lift the sanctions on Zimbabwe’s president and his wife, while urging the government to carry on with political reforms and address governance issues that led to the fallout between the two. A statement from the National Association of Non-governmental Organisations (NANGO) […]
The proposed nationwide indefinite strike by cooking gas cylinder distributors scheduled to start Tuesday (Feb 25) has been postponed by two months, a top official said Monday. “The strike has been postponed in view of the appointment of a high-powdered committee by the petroleum industry to review the MDG (marketing discipline guidelines) 2014, and jointly […]
Everything is available in Pakistan, even a nuclear bomb, if looked for properly, IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal told his cousin, arrested Indian Mujahideen member Yasin Bhatkal, during a chat, the NIA said Monday. In a charge sheet filed in a Delhi court, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that Yasin Bhatkal and his cousin Riyaz, […]
The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea by the Aam Aadmi Party challenging the decision of not dissolving the Delhi assembly as recommended by the outgoing AAP government. The plea challenged the presidential proclamation placing the Delhi assembly in suspended animation and not dissolving it as was recommended by […]
The Editors Guild of India Monday expressed concern over “growing attacks and unsubstantiated charges levelled against the media” and took strong exception to some expression used by former Army chief V.K. Singh and AAP leader Arvind Kejrwal. “It is distressing to find a person like Gen. V.K Singh using the term ‘presstitutes’ to describe journalists […]
The union home ministry has sought a report from the Maharashtra government on the repeated parole granted to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, an official said here Monday. Last week, in a communication, the centre asked the state government to clarify whether Dutt was accorded any special privileges while accepting his parole request thrice within eight […]