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Sonia to deliver Commonwealth lecture in London

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be away from Delhi for three days next week to deliver the 14th Commonwealth lecture in London on March 17. Celebrating this year's Commonwealth Day theme, she......

Pro-Khalistan extremists block Indian envoy's visit to UK gurdwara

The Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vikram Dorwaiswami, who was touring Scotland this week was blocked from entering a gurdwara in the city of Glasgow by pro-Khalistan extremists,......

Human rights: Commonwealth ready to help Lanka

A day after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to cancel his speech here in the face of protests by Tamil groups, the Commonwealth on Thursday said it had offered support to the......

Modi attacks Khurshid over remarks against EC, SC

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday attacked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for his criticism of the Election Commission and the......

3 Indian-Americans roped in Obama campaign team

Eying the about 3 million Indian-origin voters, three well-known members of the community -- actor Kalpen Modi, California Attorney General, Kamla Harris and Sai Iyer, who served as a White House......

Tihar to Talkatora, Subrata Roy's emotional yatra

Subrata Roy turned up at a New Delhi stadium, best known for hosting the Commonwealth Games, last week as part of his country wide Abhaar Yatra.N Sundaresha Subramanian reports. Last......

'Disassociate Tatas from Nandigram'

The work at Tata Motors' small car project at Singur in West Bengal is not affected by the agitation in Nandigram but hampered by monsoon and floods, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group said in......

India poised for 8% growth: Montek

India is poised to achieve an annual growth of around eight per cent in the near future even as it grapples with the challenges posed by globalisation, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission......

'I never thought the LSE would pick me'

En Route to the AnchorageIt all began with a touch of the comic and the quixotic. The occasion was a lecture at the IIM(A), in the winter of 1983, over which I presided.My good friend, R S Bhatt,......

'I wanted to make a Don triology'

His unconventional film about a girls' hockey team and a disgraced coach was a hit withcritics and audiences alike. And this was evident from the outpour of complimentsshowered onShimit Amin, the......

How Udupi's golden girl hurdled her way to stardom

Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji won gold medals in the women's 4x400m relay and 400m hurdles at the Commonwealth and Asian Games respectively against all odds. Rajul Hegde traces the meteoric rise of......

Sports Shorts: Saina, Srikanth, Sindhu enter second round of Asia C'ship

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: PV Sindhu of India competes. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images After stupendous success at the......

'103 athletes tested positive this year'

Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the Sports Ministry on Saturday disclosed that 103 Indian sportspersons, including juniors have flunked dope tests in the last eight......

Gilchrist bats for T20 at the Olympics

The popularity of cricket in the subcontinent hasn't really translated on to a global stage. Similarly, theSummer Olympics, the world's biggest sporting extravaganza, doesn't enjoy as much......

Weightlifter Chanu pleads innocence

Facing a life ban after failing a second dope test, weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu on Thursday accused the Indian Weightlifting Federation of keeping her in the dark about the banned substance......

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