New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday the ASEAN-India summit in Phnom Penh would help to take relations with the 10-member bloc to a new level. In his departure statement before leaving for Cambodia to attend the 10th ASEAN-India Summit and the 7th East Asia Summit, the prime minister said the move to launch negotiations for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership among the ASEAN countries and its economic...
10:19 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Singapore: Three moments of late magic helped Uzbekistan, Iraq and Qatar grab key 1-0 wins in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday as Asian champions Japan rode their luck before edging to the brink of a place in Brazil. Nine of the 10 teams remaining in the two groups of Asian qualifying have been hard to split after numerous low scoring, close-fought matches with Japan proving the exception. The Blue Samurai...
10:58 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Hong Kong: India's Gaganjeet Bhullar believes he can produce another standout performance that will see him become the next Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit when the UBS Hong Kong Open golf tees off Thursday. Bhullar, who has already won two Asian Tour titles this season, is bidding to add to India's proud record of having produced the most number of Merit champions. Jyoti Randhawa became the...
04:40 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Rajkot: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator from Gondal town, Chandu Vaghasia, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in 2008 water sector reforms project scam in Rajkot, police said on Monday. According to police, Vaghasia has been on the wanted list for the last four years after the Rs 50 lakh scam came to light following a complaint filed by Water Supply Board Executive Engineer KN Patel in Rajkot. Patel...
08:13 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Singapore: SSP Chowrasia carded a disappointing one-under 70 in the final round but was the best-placed Indian at tied 17th in the Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament here on Sunday. Chowrasia (70-69-71-70), playing his final two rounds alongside Louis Oosthuizen, was the only Indian to improve his position in the final round. He finished at three-under 281 and it was his third top-20 finish on the European Tour this season....
05:26 PM, Nov 11, 2012
South Koreans Ulsan Hyundai cruised to their first Asian Champions League title as they outclassed Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia 3-0 in the final on Saturday to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup. Captain Kwak Tae-hwi opened the scoring in the 13th minute with Brazilian forward Rafinha (68th) and midfielder Kim Seung-yong (75th) adding second half goals as the Koreans dominated the final they hosted in Ulsan after a...
08:20 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Chennai: Over 100 Kuala Lumpur-bound passengers were stranded at the airport here for over four hours due to a delay in the arrival of the Air Asia flight from Malaysia, airport sources said on Saturday. The flight was to have left at around 8 15 AM on Saturday, but there was a delay in its arrival, they said. The 128 passengers who reached the airport around 5 am were informed...
12:31 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Looking for an online archive of primary research material on South Asia? Now, here's a resource to uncover the history of the region with digital access to over five million pages of primary and secondary sources. Named South Asia Archive, the resource spanning from 1750s to 1950s brings together documents from across India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The archive includes a diverse collection of reports from colonial...
01:19 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan clinched the Asian Kabbadi Championship title after arch-rivals India walked out of the field in protest against the referee's decision to penalise their coach. The Pakistani team, cheered on by a full house at the Punjab stadium, was leading by 40 points against 31 when the Indian team refused to carry on the contest. The Indians protested when their coach, Goormel Singh, was shown a green card by...
10:53 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Defending a total of 81, India's bowlers put in a determined effort to clinch victory by 18 runs in Guangzhou, China. ...
01:33 PM, Oct 31, 2012
The Indian women's team will now take on the winner of the other semi-final match between Pakistan and Bangladesh. ...
02:59 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Riding on Archana Das and Reema Malhotra's brilliant bowling, the Indian Women's cricket team registered a comfortable eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the Twenty20 Asia Cup on Sunday. ...
05:24 PM, Oct 28, 2012
London: Singer Jay Sean walked away with the trophy of the British artist of the decade at the recently held Asian Music Awards. The Indian-origin British singer was also awarded the Best Male artist, however, he was unable to attend the event as he is on tour in Australia, reports dailystar.co.uk. Other big winners included rapper M.I.A., who won Best Video for her 'Bad Girls' promo, and singer/actress Preeya Kalidas,...
11:07 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Melbourne: Indians are now the focus of racist attacks in Australia than in the past when people from east Asian descent were the primary targets, a major social survey has found. The targets of racism in Australia have changed and the Indian community is now most often singled out rather than people of east Asian descent in the past, despite official attempts in recent years to calm anger over a...
04:09 PM, Oct 26, 2012
London: FIFA has extended the provisional ban on former presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam for another 45 days, the Qatari's lawyers have said. Bin Hammam had a lifetime ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July but was suspended again one week later, this time for a provisional period of 90 days, as FIFA announced a fresh probe by its ethics investigator Michael Garcia. Now the...
11:01 PM, Oct 23, 2012
London: India will host South Korea in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I first round tie, which will be held from February 1-3 next year. In the draw held here on Tuesday, India have been seeded fourth in the Group I while Australia got top billing in the eight-team Group. India had retained its place in Group I after routing New Zealand 5-0 in the play-off tie in Chandigarh last...
05:37 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Nanjing: None of the Indian players could take advantage as Yuki Bhambri, who was the lone survivor till Thursday, also crashed out of the Asia Pacific Australian Open wild card play off tournament, here on Friday. Unseeded Yuki lost 2-6, 3-6 to his second seed opponent Jimmy Wang from Taipei in the quarter-final contest, which lasted one hour and 10 minutes. Yuki had beaten lucky loser Yuqing Ning in a...
10:32 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Nanjing (China): The top-seeded Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan crashed out of the men's doubles event of the Asia-Pacific Australian Open wild card play-off tournament after suffering an upset straight set defeat, here on Thursday. Yuki and left-handed Divij lost 6-7, 4-6 to local pair of Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang in the second round. Yuki and Divij had got a bye in the first round. Meanwhile,...
11:08 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Mithali Raj has been retained captain of the team, which has been clubbed alongside Pakistan, Hong Kong besides Thailand in Group A. ...
07:48 PM, Oct 17, 2012
