New Delhi: Canada dished out a clinical display to thrash minnows Singapore 15-1 in a one-sided game, while Poland walloped Italy 7-2 in the men's hockey Olympic qualification tournament here on Tuesday. Stunned 2-3 by 19th-ranked Poland in their last match, Canada came out with purpose and scored goals at will against the hapless Singapore team, who came in as a late replacement for the USA in the event and...
07:04 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) has begun two-pilot projects that would allow public sector oil marketers to make LPG transfers as well as getting mobile connectivity easier and transparent for consumers, its chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Thursday. "We are running a pilot programme in Mysore using the Aadhar platform for giving LPG connections. One could get an LPG connection through the use of an Aadhar number. Similarly, in...
07:39 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: In less than three days' time, India will begin their quest to return to the Olympics after facing the ignominy of missing the bus to Beijing four years ago. The qualification tournament for London 2012 begins here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, with both the men and women teams from India fighting for an Olympics berth. But while the men are almost certain to book themselves...
12:32 PM, Feb 16, 2012
St. Petersburg: Roman Shirokov scored his second goal of the game in the 89th minute as Zenit St. Petersburg beat Benfica 3-2 in the first leg of their round-of-16 match-up in the Champions League on Wednesday. Maxi Pereira put Benfica ahead in the 20th, tapping the ball in after second-choice goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov spilled Oscar Cardozo's free kick, but Shirokov equalized seven minutes later. Substitute Sergei Semak made it 2-1...
05:30 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: India's long-serving boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu expects two more of his wards to make the cut for London Olympics from the Asian qualifying event in April after four of them booked their berths in last year's World Championships. Four Indian boxers - L Devendro Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (69kg) - qualified for the Games by making the quarterfinals of the...
01:48 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Brushing aside the controversy surrounding the exclusion of former India captains Rajpal Singh and Arjun Halappa from the team picked to play the Olympic qualifiers, the coach of the Indian mens hockey team - Michael Nobbs - says the team has been selected from the best available resources. Hockey India (HI) on Monday announced the squad of final 18, which didn't include the names of Rajpal and Halappa....
06:13 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: In a massive setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed his plea to quash investigations against him by the Lokayukta. The Lokayukta is currently investigating two charges against him over illegal land denotification. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions after hearing the arguments of petitioner and advocate Sirajin Basha on whose private complaints the Lokayukta Court had issued summons against Yeddyurappa...
12:23 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Jamshedpur: Unhappy with her current form, the country's top archer Deepika Kumari said she is working hard to get her touch back to be India's medal prospect at the forthcoming London Olympic Games. "I am not in my best shooting form but am working to change the form," said the 18-year-old World Cup silver medalist. Deepika emerged as the champion in the women's recurve individual Olympic round at the 32nd...
11:38 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Nandan Nilekani said there the data collected by UIDAI is secure as this system only gives one number per person. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Lausanne: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that Singapore will take the place of the United States at the hockey Olympic qualification tournament, to be held in New Delhi from February 18-26. Singapore, currently ranked 41 in the world, were contacted to join the six-team men's qualification group after the United States unexpectedly pulled out of the event. The US took the decision decision to withdraw primarily due to...
09:49 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: A compromise was reached on Thursday on the Unique Identification Number (UID) project by Home Ministry and the Planning Commission, Home Minister P Chidambaram said. The Home Minister said that there will be no duplication of work between the UIDAI and the National Population Register (NPR). The NPR is collected by the Home Minister. The collection of biometric data for the UIDs had also sparked a row, with...
06:15 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee is likely to meet on Friday to take the final decision on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. The collection of biometric data for the UIDs has also sparked a row - with both the Home Ministry and the UIDAI authorised to collect data. However, Planning...
06:10 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that mere extension of support by Independent MLAs to a ruling party does not indicate that they have joined it and cannot be disqualified under the anti-defection law if they withdraw support to the government. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph in a judgement held that there was no legal bar on Independents extending support to the ruling party...
08:39 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Lucknow: Notification for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was issued on Wednesday, setting in motion the process of filing nominations. The fourth phase would test the fate of several heavyweights including three ministers, 32 sitting MLAs, 12 former ministers, BJP national vice-president Kalraj Mishra and Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi. Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae...
01:05 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The government is likely to take the final decision on Wednesday on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. "A Cabinet Committee will take a view on the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) proposal for expanding its mandate to enroll the entire population," a source said. The Planning Commission...
08:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Chennai: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday sought to refute the existence of any differences between his ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India on the issue of Adhaar and smart card's issued by his ministry. "There is no clash between Adhaar and the smart card issued by the home ministry," he said at a function held to distribute the Resident Identity Card (biometric smart card) in Pattipulam...
01:49 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Lucknow: Notification for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls was issued on Saturday, setting in motion the filing of nominations. The third phase would test the fate of three cabinet ministers, one minister of state, 29 sitting MLAs and 14 former ministers. Polling for the third phase of elections, covering 56 seats, would be held on February 15. "More than 1.75 crore voters are expected to cast their...
01:38 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Doha: Ace marksman Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Imran Hassan Khan grabbed an Olympic quota each on the final day of the Asian Shooting Championships on Saturday, ending India's long wait for a London Games berth in the competition in Doha. Manavjit dished out a vintage performance in testing conditions to win gold as well as an Olympic quota for India in trap event while Khan gave the country a London...
07:25 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: The row between Nandan Nilekani and Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Unique ID project has intensified. With both the Planning Commission, which is backing Nilekani, and the Home Ministry staking claim to carry out the multi-crore project, the matter has now reached the PMO. At stake is several thousand crores of the tax payers money. Who should enrol citizens for an identity card? Both the Planning Commission...
09:15 PM, Jan 20, 2012
