Shiva, Vikas make winning starts in Kazakh event

Shiva, Vikas make winning starts in Kazakh event New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian boxers Shiva Thapa and Vikas Krishan started their build-up for the mega-event on a winning note by entering the second round of the third International Republic of Kazakhstan President's Cup in Almaty. After a scintillating performance at the AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifying event, Youth Olympic silver medalist Shiva (56kg) and World Championship bronze medalist Vikas (69kg) registered contrasting wins on the opening day of the event....
12:05 AM, May 03, 2012

CWG: CBI court allows Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan

CWG: CBI court allows Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan New Delhi: A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in New Delhi has allowed former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan for attending the Asian Atheletics Association Council meeting to be held April 27. Special Judge Talwant Singh allowed Kalmadi and his aide, Lalit Bhanot to attend the meeting of the 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council, which is going to take place...
05:07 AM, Apr 19, 2012

Vijender ready to mentor Olympic medal hopefuls

Vijender ready to mentor Olympic medal hopefuls New Delhi: The "burden" of qualification off his back, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh is now gearing up to shoulder a fresh burden - the one of heightened expectations - when he appears in his third successive Olympic Games come July. The 26-year-old Olympic and World Championship bronze-medalist, who returned to the country on Saturday after bagging a London berth during the recently-concluded Asian Qualifiers in Kazakhstan, said he is...
05:50 PM, Apr 14, 2012

Indian boxers gear up for Asian Qualifiers semis

Indian boxers gear up for Asian Qualifiers semis New Delhi: A pat on the back by none other than International Boxing Association president Ching Kuo Wu came as a shot in the arm as five Indian boxers geared up for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers semi-finals in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Of the five in fray, only Vijender Singh (75kg) is assured of a London berth so far as his category has four slots on offer. The 26-year-old Olympic...
03:14 PM, Apr 10, 2012

Russia poised to resume space station flights

Russia poised to resume space station flights Cape Canaveral: A Russian cargo ship is poised for liftoff on Sunday to the International Space Station following a launch accident in August that forced a cut in staffing levels aboard the orbital outpost. The Progress freighter, due to launch at 6:11 am EDT (1011 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, will be the first flight to the station since an upper-stage rocket failure doomed a similar unmanned freighter...
02:19 AM, Oct 29, 2011

Energy-hungry India buys into Kazakh oil block

Energy-hungry India buys into Kazakh oil block Astana: India acquired 25 per cent of an oil block in Kazakhstan on Saturday, in a deal aimed at boosting its energy security and helping fuel fast economic growth. India, which strongly depends on oil imports, has been less successful than its energy-hungry economic and political rival China in tapping the vast energy resources of former Soviet Central Asia. A quarter of Kazakhstan's oil production is Chinese-owned. Kazakhstan, Central Asia's...
04:46 PM, Apr 16, 2011

Indo-China relationship globally significant: PM

Indo-China relationship globally significant: PM New Delhi: The relationship between India and China has acquired "global significance", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday before leaving on a five-day visit that will also take him to Kazakhstan. "I look forward to my meeting with President Hu Jintao. The India-China relationship is a key relationship which has now acquired global significance," Manmohan Singh said in a statement before leaving for the Chinese coastal city of Sanya...
04:34 PM, Apr 12, 2011

Murray impresses as Britain beat Kazakhstan

Murray impresses as Britain beat Kazakhstan Andy Murray led Britain to a 2-1 victory over Kazakhstan in Hopman Cup. ...
09:38 AM, Jan 05, 2010

Photogallery: Meet the new billionaire space tourist

Photogallery: Meet the new billionaire space tourist Canadian Guy Laliberte blasted off in a Russian Soyuz spaceship. ...
03:40 AM, Oct 01, 2009

37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinic

37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinic Patients tried to escape through barred windows, officials said. ...
06:09 PM, Sep 14, 2009

India, Kazakhstan sign nuclear pact

India, Kazakhstan sign nuclear pact India, Kazakhstan signed five pacts including one on N-energy. ...
02:37 PM, Jan 24, 2009

Who SRK, Big B? It's Mithun who rules in Kazakhstan

Who SRK, Big B? It's Mithun who rules in Kazakhstan Sydney: Pacemen Brett Lee and Shaun Tait were on Tuesday named in Australia's squad for the opening match of a seven-game one-day international series against England, raising their hopes of a World Cup berth. Lee and Tait, who are both returning from injuries, were included in a 14-man squad for Sunday's first one-dayer against the Ashes victors at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 15-man World Cup squad will be announced...
02:22 PM, Nov 28, 2007

Kazakhstan slams brakes on India's Dawood chase

Kazakhstan slams brakes on India's Dawood chase Kazakhstan embassy said the charges are 'unsubstantiated' and 'baseless'. ...
09:02 PM, Aug 09, 2007

Mittal's mines are death traps: report

Mittal's mines are death traps: report Steel baron L N Mittal faces yet another controversy. A report slams his mines in Kazakhstan as death traps that hires 'slave labour'. ...
04:41 PM, Jun 11, 2007

Russia launches 4 US satellites

Russia launches 4 US satellites Russia has launched four US Globalstar satellites on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from a space center in Kazakhstan. ...
11:44 AM, May 31, 2007
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