55-year-old Sudhir Mahajan, the director of BDM company, was kidnapped when he was returning to his residence in his car. ...
08:06 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Meerut: The Director of popular cricket bat manufacturing firm BDM, Sudhir Mahajan, has been abducted from Meerut. Mahajan was targetted by unknown assailants while he was returning home from work late on Tuesday night. The incident took place at around 1 am. His abductors demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom through SMSes and phone calls. The Meerut Police has set up Special Operation Group teams to rescue Mahajan. More details...
09:35 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Star India batsman and Member of Parliament Sachin Tendulkar has some plans to improve the sports culture in India, and he wants to share that in detail with the government. By integrating it with the education system, Tendulkar wants sports to be a compulsory activity in all educational institutes. Tendulkar entered the Rajya Sabha four months back but it hasn't taken long for the icon to come up...
10:56 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Renault India on Saturday said it will hike price of its new sports utility vehicle Duster by up to Rs 40,000 from October 1 citing increase in raw material costs and instability in foreign exchange. The company had launched the Duster in July with introductory price of Rs 7.19 lakh for the entry level petrol variant and Rs 7.99 lakh (Ex showroom Delhi) for diesel. "The price for...
03:39 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: Badminton ace Saina Nehwal has become India's top earning woman athlete, signing a three-year, Rs 40 crore, contract with the sports management firm Rhiti Sports. "I'm happy and looking forward to start a working relationship with Rhiti. With Rhiti's background and credibility, they know how to balance things and that is a big plus point," Saina was quoted as saying by the Indian Express. With this deal Saina...
12:18 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi University was on Wednesday directed by the Delhi High Court to "reformulate" its sports quota admission norms which stipulate general physical fitness test even for players of indoor games like chess. "This criteria (fitness test) is apt and justified for outdoor and also indoor games in which physical involvement is there in sports like badminton and table tennis. It may not be entirely rational to have...
09:46 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Heres good news for those who wish to follow in the footsteps of medal-winning Olympic shooters like Vijay Kumar or Gagan Narang. Two shooting ranges, of world-class standards, would come up in the district soon. The first range is expected to be inaugurated by the end of this month at the CRPF camp, Pallippuram, while the second one, for which proposals have been submitted by Shooting Sports Foundation India...
03:34 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Either Indore or Nagpur are expected to host the curtain-raiser to India's domestic season. ...
04:13 PM, Sep 08, 2012
In discussions on Indias greatest athletes, there are three names certain to feature " Leander Paes, Sachin Tendulkar and Viswanathan Anand. These three are great because of what they have achieved in their respective sports and also because of their excellence, durability and drive. Of the three, however, the question must be asked - who is the greatest? Tendulkar has achieved everything there is to achieve in cricket. He has...
05:14 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Cracking the whip on the Paralympic Committee of India after receiving complaints from the participants in the London Games, sports minister Ajay Maken Friday issued a show cause notice to the body. "On the basis of petitions received from participating paralympic athletes and others, show cause notice being issued to the PCI," Maken wrote on his twitter page. Arjuna awardee powerlifter Farman Basha is among the parathletes who...
02:35 PM, Sep 07, 2012
An aspiring chess player Chetna Karnani has moved court against Delhi University's new guidelines on sports quota. ...
08:50 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Tensions between the RCA and RSC could result in the domestic season opener being shifted out of Jaipur. ...
09:38 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken on Thursday unveiled an exposure draft on National Physical Fitness Programme for school children that would aim at making physical fitness "academically rewarding". The programme seeks to ensure better health among school going children and broad-basing sports culture in the country. The programme will put into place a system that would assess and ascertain a child's...
08:31 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure better health and promote sports culture among kids, Sports Minister Ajay Maken Wednesday came up with a proposal under which school children will get marks for their physical fitness. Currently marks and grades are linked to academic performance, but the new proposal seeks to give some weightage to physical fitness in schools all over the country. While unveiling the exposure draft on National...
04:26 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Today is, or was, Sports Day in India. August 29, the birthday of hockey legend Major Dhyanchand, is celebrated as the National Sports Day. Great that we recognise the efforts of India and world's greatest ever hockey player, but what proportion of India remembers that we even have a Sports Day to celebrate? The percentage may not even touch double digits. It's no surprise that we strive for medals whenever...
10:52 PM, Aug 29, 2012
London Olympics heroes receive awards from the Indian government on the National Sports Day. ...
08:48 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Wayne Rooney, who was on the cover of one of the best selling game FIFA 12 by EA Sports, has been replaced by Barcelona star striker Lionel Messi. Messis transfer from Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) to FIFA was announced earlier this year by EA Sports, and on Monday the gaming company also released the other two men who will be sharing the spot on the cover page along with Messi...
04:59 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Popular US TV show host Jay Leno has a collection of over a hundred vintage and sports cars but the one he loves to talk about is the India-built Tata Nano. ...
08:46 AM, Aug 19, 2012
London: India on Saturday filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports after the country's protest against the controversial ouster of 69kg boxing medal hope Vikas Krishan from the Olympics was rejected by the world governing body of the game here. Acting Chef-de-Mission and Indian Boxing Federation Secretary General P K Muralidharan Raja said in a release that India has submitted a "preliminary complaint" in writing to the...
02:04 AM, Aug 05, 2012
London: The ancient Greeks believed athletes should avoid sex before sport, but modern Olympians and scientists are torn over the merits of in-competition coitus and whether abstinence enhances performance. For years coaches and athletes have practiced abstinence the night or even weeks before a big event, although all bets are off when the medal ceremony is over - 150,000 condoms are handed out to the 10,500 athletes competing at the...
04:45 PM, Aug 01, 2012
