India ended a three-match losing streak against Great Britain by beating them 3-1 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday to secure a bronze medal, which is exactly the kind of boost Michael Nobbs's men needed ahead of the Olympics in July-August. India went into the match having lost to the Britons thrice - twice at the London Olympics test event and once in the league phase...
05:28 PM, Jun 03, 2012
India beat Great Britain 3-1 to secure a bronze medal at the 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament. A podium finish has given India's Olympic hopes the perfect boost, as they ended a three-match losing streak against the Britons. ...
03:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team lost 1-2 to USA via a golden goal in the bronze medal play-off match to return empty-handed from the first leg of the four-nation tournament on Monday. Locked 1-1 at the end of the regulation time, India conceded a penalty stroke three minutes into extra time, which USA captain Lauren Crandall converted easily to pocket the bronze medal at the Harbour Hockey Stadium...
05:41 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Los Angeles: Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the 'Resident Evil' franchise, confessed she knew little about what actually goes on behind the cameras. "I'm not an expert in technology. However I will say that as an actor, I certainly benefited from the many innovations you bring to filmmaking," she told a packed ballroom of technical wizards...
10:59 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Washington: Amartya Sen, Indian economist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner in economics, has been felicitated with the National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by the US President Barack Obama at a glittering White House function in Washington. "We even have an economist, which we don't always get on stage," Obama said referring to 78-year-old Sen, before he presented the 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities. "Sen is...
08:27 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama will award nine scholars the 2011 National Medal for Humanities including India's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Sen will be felicitated for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. "By applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger," said a White House statement. The...
08:52 PM, Feb 11, 2012
HYDERABAD: Nearly two years after the Park Hospital fire, three policemen including deputy commissioner of police (west zone) Stephen Ravindra, will be presented with the Prime Ministers Medal for Life Saving for their heroic act in rescuing scores of patients and staff who were trapped in the inferno. Stephen Ravindra, who was Punjagutta police inspector then, M Malla Reddy, currently DSP (CID) after promotion, and constable G Siva Sudhakar Rao...
08:53 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed petitions to strip police medal awarded to former IPS officer Amod Kanth for his role in maintaining law and order during 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying the decision was taken and ratified by various authorities including the PMO. "The original file containing the citation and notes leading to the decision of the President has been produced before and perused by the court....
05:11 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Hyderabad: Retired Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine, who played a key role in Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971, died of heart attack on Wednesday at his residence in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. He was 82 and is survived by his wife and three daughters. Lafontaine served as Air Chief Marshal between 1985 and 1988. He was born in Chennai on September 17, 1929. His grandfathers as well...
06:53 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Digvijay Singh Deo recounts the experience of covering Abhinav Bindra's gold medal win in 2008 Olympics. ...
09:29 AM, Jan 28, 2011
New York: Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard wants to set an example outside the water, as well as in it. Touchstone announced that Beard is working on a memoir that will tell of her life away from the pool, a "harrowing journey" through drugs, alcohol and eating disorders. The 29-year-old Beard won Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. Beard says she hopes her memoir "will help others, especially...
11:33 AM, Dec 15, 2010
Washington: Military bases across the US have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" US troops in Afghanistan.
Medal of Honor by Electronic Arts, a major game developer based in Redwood City, Calif., hits stores October 12. Gamers are scoffing at the decision, saying that advanced technology has made it commonplace in the gaming world to let...
12:15 PM, Sep 09, 2010
New Delhi: The Supreme Court upholding a Gujarat High Court order has ordered that the posthumous bravery award and pension benefits of an Indian Army martyr go to his mother. The jawan’s fiancée swindled off the money when she produced fake marriage documents. For Sushila Devi, the pain of losing her 25-year-old son, Arbeshwar Yadav, with the Indian army, only became worse with the shocking events that followed. His fiancée...
08:39 AM, Sep 09, 2010
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