Pankaj Advani swats away Paul Schopf
BANGALORE: With the airconditioning at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium working well, favourite Pankaj Advani, who struggled in the steamy conditions on the first two days, found some semblance of form as breaks flowed thick and fast from his cue in the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championships... read more »
Dilip Vengsarkar received Col CK Nayudu Lifetime achievement award
Former Indian cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar on 21 November 2014 received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Colonel C K Nayudu Lifetime achievement award. He was conferred with the award for his contribution to Indian cricket. The 58-year-old Vengsarkar who was a member of the Indian team that won... read more »
Ravi Shastri says, there’s no reason why India can’t perform in...
New Delhi: Team India’s director of cricket, Ravi Shastri gave pep talk in the hope of instilling confidence in the squad before leaving for the demanding tour of Australia on Friday. One of the thinking man and of course surely a old fox in the game of pep talk, Shastri said that the young... read more »
World Chess Championship: Carlsen unruffled as Anand plays safe
Viswanathan Anand is not prepared to play adventurous moves but even his calculated ‘safe’ approach is pushing him to the corner. Despite getting a slight advantage from white pieces in the Russian variation of Grunfeld defence, he didn’t stretch the position enough to induce... read more »
Tough road ahead for Obama after Republicans seize U.S. Senate
Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and... read more »
BJP spreading communal violence, AAP will win majority in Delhi, says Kejriwal
New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused the BJP of spreading communal violence in Delhi and said his party would bring together eminent religious leaders to combat this. On... read more »
Sensex breaches 28,000 for first time ever: Reform push or oil impact?
ndian equity markets opened on a positive note today. The BSE Sensex breached the 28,000-mark for the first time, while NSE Nifty hit a new peak of 8,363.65 in early trade today. The midcap... read more »
Centre to be ready with 500 road projects, looking for foreign loan: Gadkari
The central government is readying almost 500 road projectsafter clearing various approvals and the target is to bring in Rs 5 lakh crore worth of projects in five years, said Nitin... read more »
RBI to sell Rs 10,000cr govt bonds through OMO on Nov 5
Reserve Bank on Monday said it would sell Rs 10,000 crore government bonds through Open Market Operation (OMO) to mop up liquidity from the system. “On an assessment of current and evolving... read more »
