CNN-IBN's Deputy Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo finds out how Rajyavardhan Rathore was allowed to compete at the 2004 Games despite failing a drug test in a build-up event. ...
01:02 PM, May 16, 2013
Athens Olympics silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has dismissed allegations from the National Rifle Association of India that he failed a drugs test ahead of the Games in 2004. ...
09:37 PM, May 15, 2013
Athens Olympics silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has dismissed allegations from the National Rifle Association of India that he failed a drugs test ahead of the Games in 2004. ...
09:37 PM, May 15, 2013
The 2004 rape and murder of Manorama in Manipur had shocked the nation and put the spotlight on the abuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal held up banners that said - 'Indian Army rape us'. ...
09:24 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Eight years after tsunami struck the Tamil Nadu coast killing thousands, fear of the unknown continues to raise its head if and when there is news of a possible disaster. ...
10:44 AM, Dec 26, 2012
Four 2004 Athens Olympic medallists, including Ukraine's shot put gold medallist Yuriy Bilonog, have been stripped of their medals after re-tested samples from eight years ago were positive, the IOC said on Wednesday. The other athletes are women's shot putter Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia, discus thrower Irina Yatchenko of Belarus and Belarussian hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan who lost his silver medal. ...
01:12 AM, Dec 06, 2012
London: American cyclist Tyler Hamilton was officially stripped of his Athens 2004 time trial gold medal on Friday ending an eight-year doping case, the International Olympic Committee said. "I can announce that we have communicated to Tyler Hamilton that he has been disqualified and we will reallocate the medals," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters after a disciplinary commission meeting in London. The IOC was eager to close the case...
09:22 PM, Aug 10, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the historical games. Today, a look at Rajyavardhan Singh Rathores silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics. After the UAE's Ahmed Almaktoum took a considerable lead for the gold, India's Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stepped forward to take a shot at the silver medal. Rathore was needed to shoot both the flying clay targets in his...
10:01 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin came back to haunt her again on Saturday with former president APJ Abdul Kalam's latest book 'Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges'. In one of the chapters of the book - 'Controversial Decisions' - Kalam has written that if Sonia had made "any claim for herself (for prime ministerial post in 2004), I would have had no option but to appoint...
08:35 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday dismissed as "not so relevant today" the remark made by former President APJ Abdul Kalam in his book that he was ready to swear in Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls had she wanted so. "Had he (Kalam) spoken this in 2004, it would have carried a different level of moral force. The remarks do not carry that...
06:55 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: APJ Abdul Kalam was ready to swear in Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls when he was the President despite pressure from various political leaders before Manmohan Singh was nominated for the post--a decision that "surprised" him. Kalam's stand on the political situation after the Lok Sabha elections lifted the veil on an episode that has been intensly speculated upon that he was reluctant...
06:32 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: In his latest book, former president APJ Abdul Kalam has sought to dismiss speculation that he was the prime reason why Sonia Gandhi refused the PM's post in 2004. In the chapter titled 'Controversial Decisions' of his book 'Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges', Kalam has written that if Sonia had made "any claim for herself, I would have had no option but to appoint her". It was...
11:58 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Dhaka: The son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 29 others were on Sunday indicted by a special court for a grenade attack in 2004 that killed 24 people. The special court framed the charges against 30 people, including Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who is currently in Britain, Xinhua reported. The court set March 28 for the next hearing in the case. Twenty-four people, including Awami League leader...
08:01 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Nagapattinam: A couple lost all their three chilren in the 2004 tsunami. But in sorrow the couple, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani, found a new reason to live when they reached out to the many children who were orphaned by the same tsunami in Nagappatinam. Today 26 children can dream of a future because of the couple. As the tsunami swept through the coasts of Nagapattinam in 2004, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani lost...
09:10 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Monday marks seven years to the Tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean claiming over 2 lakh lives and decimating several places in Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2004. A number of remembrance ceremonies and related activities are planned around Phuket for the lives lost. The disastrous undersea quake smothered the coasts of 11 Asian and African countries damaging life and property. ...
10:22 AM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and Tamil Nadu governments on a petition seeking compensation for the 94 students who died in a fire in a primary school in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam town in July 2004. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma issued notice on the petition by the Kumbakonam fire tragedy victims' association.The petitioner has also demanded...
12:17 PM, Feb 04, 2011
Noida: The taint of corruption continues to haunt the Indian judiciary. An RTI query has now revealed that CBI had investigated the role of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Y K Sabarwal's role in the 2004 Noida plot scam. Sabarwal' daughter-in-law was one of the beneficiaries of the lucky draw and it was alleged that Sabarwal had used his office of CJI to influence the lottery. RTI activist Subhash...
08:17 PM, Oct 07, 2010
Employment exchanges in state could find jobs for only two persons in 2004; year before that their record was 22. ...
10:24 AM, Mar 13, 2007
An American political scientist has warned that UPA may meet the same fate as BJP if it fails to reduce poverty. ...
01:20 PM, Dec 14, 2006
