Beijing: China will soon start issuing a new type of passport that will contain an electronic chip to record the passport holder's personal information. According to the ministry of public security, the new passports will look similar to traditional ones but the electronic chip will contain the holder's name, date of birth, photo and fingerprints, Xinhua reported. Under preparation for three years, the new passports will be available from May...
11:31 AM, May 05, 2012
Beijing: China will start issuing a new type of passport with an electronic chip that will contain a record of cardholder's personal information. The new passports will look like the traditional ones but a chip containing information like the cardholder's name, his date of birth, photograph and finger prints will be installed in them, a statement by Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. Under preparation for the past three...
10:06 AM, May 04, 2012
Australian government's Sports Outreach Programme is encouraging parents of the deprived children of Delhi to send them to play. ...
07:01 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Sports Ministry directing it to conduct elections in all sports federations where they are due. Elections in the Archery Federation are due since February, 2012. Advocate Rahul Mehra alleged that the current incumbent President of the Archery Foundation VK Malhotra was not getting the elections done because by the new age and tenure criteria, his candidature will be rejected. Mehra...
04:46 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Last summer, Anushi Desai spent 20 days at a training camp for discus throwers in Portland, Oregon. Now the 15-year-old is looking forward to the next edition of the South Asian Games, where she will represent India in the event. No, one summer camp did not transform Anushi into a world-beater. But the camp honed her technique, improved her performance and focussed her athletic energies: She had attended a skiing...
12:14 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Greater Noida: In a tragic incident in Greater Noida, one person died on Saturday after falling from a height while taking part in an adventure sport in a mall that was being inaugurated. The person fell from a height while climbing down a glass wall, which was a part of the stunt exhibition on the occasion of the inauguration of the AMR Mall, and was rushed to a hospital, where...
05:09 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Frankfurt: He designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car, the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados, cementing his grandfather's name into the modern psyche. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died on Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, Porsche AG said. No cause was provided. Porsche, known as FA to his colleagues, was head of the Porsche design studio in the early 1960s when the company developed the 911...
10:50 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Asian Olympic Qualifiers are his last chance to book a ticket to the London Games, but star Indian boxer Vijender Singh claims he is not the least bit intimidated by the challenge at hand as the situation is all too familiar. "I have always been under pressure ever since I won the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics. It is nothing new for me. It's there before...
12:41 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Amit Kumar (55kg) and Yogeshwar Dutt (60kg) became the first set of Indian wrestlers to book their London Olympics berths by clinching a gold and silver medal respectively at the Asian Qualifying Tournament on Friday, even as the fancied Sushil Kumar (66kg) failed to make the cut in Astana, Kazakhstan. The finalists in each weight category in the ongoing event won tickets to the 2012 London Games and...
07:08 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: The government is working with the Indian Olympic Association, Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Hockey India (HI) to facilitate a settlement that is acceptable to both the warring factions - IHF and HI, Sports Minister Ajay Maken informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. "The controversy/infighting in hockey, inter-alia, relates to recognition from the concerned International Federation and the Indian Olympic Association; merger of the two bodies; holding of...
10:00 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Lausanne, Switzerland: A boycott of the London Games because of Dow Chemical's sponsorship has not been mentioned by the Indian Olympic Association, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has demanded London 2012 terminates its deal with the US firm because of its links to the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, while there have been some calls for a boycott of the Games. "We have...
10:59 AM, Mar 15, 2012
HYDERABAD: GHMCs plan to move towards a safe and healthy Hyderabad got a shot in the arm with the corporation tying up with the 1800-member strong Hyderabad Bicycling Club (HBC) to promote the sport of bicycle riding in the twin cities.A 3-km stretch of road along the Necklace Road has been selected for the initial phase, and measures such as cycle sheds for maintenance and rentals, cycling paths, and daily...
10:01 AM, Mar 15, 2012
Nomi City, Japan: Punjab athlete Baljinder Singh has earned a berth for the London Olympics after finishing fifth in the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships, with a timing of 1:22:12. The 'A' qualification standard for the London Olympics was 1:22:30. The 25-year-old Baljinder hails from Dera Bassi, about 20km from Chandigarh on the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway. En route to Nomi, Baljinder won the Indian trials at Patiala on February 15...
05:35 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: International Olympic Committee has written to the Sports Ministry saying it cannot drop Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the London Olympics 2012. In its letter accessed by CNN-IBN, IOC said, "Dow had nothing to do with Union Carbide when the Bhopal gas leak happened." "Indian Supreme Court itself has reviewed the case involving Dow several times," it added. The Sports Ministry had written to the IOC last...
08:55 PM, Mar 07, 2012
HYDERABAD: When the four clay courts at the Sanjeevaiah Park and the Necklace Road of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) went for an annual auction this year, there was a surprise bid of Rs 9.2 lakh, up from Rs 2.9 lakh. It stunned the few coaches and the old tennis academy run by Nilkanteshwar, who had to distance himself from the courts, for the simple reason that he couldnt...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Famous sportspersons donate their belongings for auctions to help needy children. ...
08:33 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Srinagar: Following the arrest of suspected terrorists in Delhi on Thursday, Kashmir's top cop said Lashkar-e-Taiba has begun using local boys, as its foreign cadres started coming under pressure from the security forces. Changing its strategy, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrilla outfit has been trying to engage local boys, holding passports, after its foreign cadres started coming under pressure from the security forces, a senior police official said in Srinagar on...
11:52 AM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: No decision has yet been taken on India boycotting the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympic Games as a mark of protest against Dow Chemicals association with the mega event, a highly placed official source said on Wednesday. The source said the Government had written a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on February 24 and would rather wait for a response before deciding on...
11:57 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has said that India will not boycott London 2012 Olympics even as the Union Sports Ministry has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lodging a formal complaint against Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the games. The Sports Ministry wrote a letter to the IOC to register its protest on the issue. Meanwhile, the IOA has said that India will participate in the London...
03:22 PM, Feb 27, 2012
