December 6, 2014
December 6, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named The Straits Times "Asian of the Year 2014" for being a "development-focused" leader who also fashioned an impressive victory for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the year's national elections.Under his leadership, the paper also saw India picking up the...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with leaders of four South Asian nations on the sidelines of 18th Saarc Summit here Wednesday, but the conspicuous absence from the meeting list was Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.He held talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bhutan L...
Britain's first Indian-origin cabinet minister Sajid Javid has topped a list of the most influential Asians in the country.Javid, the UK secretary of state for culture, media and sport, topped the 'Power 101 Britain's Most Influential Asians 2015' list released here last evening. Born to an Indian father and Pakistani ...
New Delhi: Former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been inducted to the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Hall of Fame, the continent's football governing body confirmed on Wednesday."It is my pleasure to announce that India's legendary player Bhaichung Bhutia has been selected to be honoured as an ...
boxer Sarita Devi suspended, AIBA suspends boxer Sarita Devi , boxer Sarita Devi's suspensionThe International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee Bureau decided to provisionally suspend L Sarita Devi, her coach (Gurbakhsh Singh Sandhu, Blas Iglesias Fernandez and Sagar Mal Dhayal) as well as Indian chef-de-m...
New Delhi: In the light of relentless ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the International Border, BSF sources have said that Pakistani forces started firing soon after India defeated Pakistan to win gold in Asian Games on October 2.BSF sources have also informed that deployment on the Pakistan side is ...
Hyderabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to fund for setting up of five industrial zones in the State.In a meeting with the Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday, ADB’s country director Hun Kim said that they would help the State Government in establishing industrial zones at a cost of Rs...
Asian Games 2014 Closing Ceremony Live Streaming, Asian Games 2014 Closing Ceremony Live updates, Asian Games 2014 Closing Ceremony Live The Asian Games wrapped up on Saturday with China dominating the gold-medal count and North Korea stealing the limelight.As the final events played out ahead of the closing ceremony, ...
New Delhi: Asian Games gold-medal winner MC Mary Kom on Saturday said though she is sorry for what happened with her fellow boxer L Sarita Devi at Incheon, nothing can be done about it and that she could have behaved better at the medal distribution ceremony.Upset at her controversial defeat in the semi-finals, Sarita ...
India medal winners list in asian games 2014, India medal winners in asian games 2014, asian games 2014 India medal winners list, Indian Medallists at Asian Games 2014New Delhi: The following are the Indian medallists at the end of Day 14 of competitions at the 17th Asian Games here on Friday:GOLD :Jitu Rai: Men's 50 m...
Incheon: Indian women's team beat Iran 31-21 for its second successive kabaddi gold medal at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Friday.India had won the top prize in Guangzhou, China four years ago - the first time women's kabaddi was introduced at the Asiad.India didn't have it easy and were made to work hard ...
INCHEON: The Indian men's hockey team regained the gold medal after a gap of 16 years while the women's 4x400m relay team also picked up a yellow metal as India added five medals to jump to the ninth position in the overall standings in the 17th Asian Games on Thursday.The men's hockey players hogged the spotlight with...
India vs Pakistan Hockey Final in Asian Games 2014 live, Ind vs Pak Asian games hockey final Live Streaming, Ind vs Pak Asian games hockey final LiveIncheon: Indian Hockey team, seeking their first Asian Games title since 1998. India will be playing against Pakistan in the Final of the Asian games 2014 hockey, which is...
India's Day 13 Full Schedule in Asian Games 2014, Asian Games 2014 India's Day 13 Schedule, India vs Pakistan final match in Asian games 2014 timings, ind vs pak asian games final match scheduleIndia's full Day 13 schedule at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea: (Medals tally)AthleticsWomen's High Jump Final--...
Incheon: Indian boxer Sarita Devi could face lengthy international ban for refusing to accept bronze medal on the podium at the Asian Games 2014 on Wednesday. AIBA has opened disciplinary case against Sarita and will announce their decision at the end of Asian Games.Sarita had lost a controversial lightweight bout agai...
Incheon: India's media and the country's boxing community both believe that L Sarita Devi was "robbed in the ring" by biased judges in her lightweight semi-final bout at the Asian Games in South Korea.Local favourite Park Ji-na was declared a unanimous 3-0 winner of Tuesday's contest, surprising many in India, who felt...
Mary Kom Wins Gold Medal in Asian Games 2014, Mary Kom Wins Gold Medal , Mary Kom Wins Gold Medal in Asian Games 2014New Delhi: Indian Woman Boxer Mary Kom makes History by winning the gold medal in the Asian Games 2014. She defeated her ooponent Zhiana in straight 3 setsMary more aggressive in third round. Good combin...
Asian Games 2014 Mary Kom boxing final Live, Mary Kom boxing final in Asian games 2014 Live1140 (IST):Mary Kom Wins a historic gold!1139 (IST): Round 3 goes to Mary again. All judges vote for her. Mary's experience is showing in cat-and-mouse bout.1138 (IST): Mary more aggressive in third round. Good combination punche...
New Delhi: New york city City has the globe’s biggest number of billionaires however Oriental cities, that include Mumbai, control the list of leading 20 billionaire areas worldwide, showing that the region is at the beginning of a new pattern in wealth creation, says a report.According to the Wealth-X as well as...
India's Vikas Gowda finished second to claim silver in the men's discus throw final at the 17th Asian Games on Tuesday.Gowda's best throw of 62.58 metres came on the second of his six attempts at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.Iran's Ehsan Hadadi won gold with a best throw of 65.11m while Qatar's Mohammed Ahmed Dheeb t...
India beat South Korea 1-0 in their semi final encounter to fix at least a Gold or Silver medal for the Indian Hockey team in the men’s competition. The two sides were evenly matched for most of the game until a reverse flick from Akashdeep Singh ended up beating the Korean Goalkeeper in the 44th minute at the Se...
Incheon: An outraged Indian boxing contingent on Tuesday lodged a protest and demanded a review of Laishram Sarita Devi's semi-final bout in the Asian Games after the veteran was adjudged to have lost despite a dominating performance against home favourite Jina Park.The Indian boxing contingent lodged a protest after p...
Incheon: Indian boxer Laishram Sarita Devi (60kg) on Tuesday controversially settled for a bronze medal at the Asian Games after losing her semi-final bout against South Korea's Jina Park despite a dominating performance which left the home favourite with a bloodied nose.The 32-year-old Indian was seen protesting outsi...
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao congratulated tennis star Sania Mirza on Monday for winning a gold medal in the mixed doubles competition at the Asian Games.Sania, a brand ambassador for Telangana, made Telangana and the country proud with a gold medal in the mixed doubles category and bronze me...
Seema Punia won the gold medal in Women’s Discus throw final in Asian Games 2014 at Incheon on Monday with a highest score score of 61.03. Her scores in the first four rounds were 55.76, 57.00, 59.36, 61.03. Xiaoxin Lu came second with the score of x 54.70 x 58.87 59.35. However her country-mate Krishna Poonia mi...
Incheon: The Indian pair of Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni won the silver medal after they lost to South Korea's Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung 7-5, 7-6 (2-7) in the men's doubles tennis final of the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts on Monday.The fifth seeded Indian pair lost to the eight seeded South Koean t...
Incheon, South Korea: India's schedule on the 10th day of the competitions at the Asian Games in Incheon.ATHLETICS: Women's Heptathlon Long Jump and Javelin Throw: Swapna Barman and Susmita Singha Roy (6:30am) Men's High Jump Final: Nikhil Chittarasu (3:00pm) Women's Long Jump Final: M A Prajusha and Mayookha Johny (3:...
Asian Games 10th day Live streaming can be viewed from the following video1447 hrs IST: Indians are traditional giants in Kabaddi. Did you know? Rival teams - led by Pakistan - have plans to bring the champions down. Read full report here.1434 hrs (IST):Tennis - Sanam Singh & Saketh Myneni settle for silver after l...
Sunday morning & first medal for India today. Khusbir Kaur wins Silver in Women's 20 km race walk #AsianGames201410:56 (IST): Boxing, Women's Fly (48-51kg): Mary Kom beats Si Haijuan of China to reach semis, assured of a medal.10:53 (IST): Boxing, Women's Fly (48-51kg): Mary Kom loses Round 3 vs Si Haijuan after wi...
Squash, Men's Team: Saurav Ghosal wins 3rd game 11-6 vs Ong of Malaysia in final, India a game away from gold. Squash, Men's Team Final: Ghosal loses 4th game 14-12 vs Ong in 2nd match of final, into the decider now!Indian squash men's team beats Malaysia 2-0 to win first-ever gold medal in the event!! Ghosal beat Ong ...
Incheon: Indian archers started day eight of Asian Games with a bang by clinching a historic gold by beating favourites Korea 227-224 in the compound men's team archery on Saturday.The trio of Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma were consistent right from the start as they shot nines and tens at regular bas...
8th day india schedule in Asian Games 2014, Day Eight Full Schedule of India in Asian Games 2014Incheon, South Korea: India's schedule on the eighth day of the competitions in the Asian Games at Incheon on Saturday.Archery: India v Iran (Compound women's team bronze medal match) -(06:30am) India v Korea (Compound men's...
Asian Games 2014 Day 8 Live Updates, Asian Games 2014 Day 8 Live, Asian Games 2014 Day 8 Live streaming12:18 (IST): Wrestling, Women's 48kg Freestyle Semis: Vinesh Phogat in action now against Japan's Eri Tosaka.12:14 (IST): Trisha Deb beats Taipei's Huang I Jou 138-134 to win bronze in women's compound individua...
New Delhi: India win first-ever gold in archery in men's compound team event. They beat hosts South Korea 227-225 in final. So, India finally have their second gold medal in the Asian Games, the first achieved by Jitu Rai on the opening day of competition at Incheon. This will surely boost India's position in the ranki...
A referee at the Asian Games in Incheon has died due to a suspected heart attack, according to South Korean police.The games official, whose name has not been released, woke up early on Friday morning complaining of chest pain and called out to a colleague for help, Moon Jun-kyu of Incheon police said.The victim’...
Indian shuttlers had a dismal day in office as Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth were knocked out of the 17th Asian Games here Friday.While Saina lost her women’s singles quarter-finals match, Kashyap and Srikanth went out from the men’s singles pre-quarters. Later, Manu Attri and N. Sikk...
New Delhi : Indian rowers provided the spark with a couple of bronze medals, while the women shooters added another bronze as India maintained their 15th position in the overall standings with a tally of 15 medals in the 17th Asian Games.Armyman Swaran Singh Virk rowed his way through exhaustion to the third spot in si...
Incheon: The Indian men's team won the silver medal in the 25 metre center fire pistol event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Friday.The Indian team comprising Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar finished second with a score of 1740-64x.Th...
Asian Games 2014 Day 7 Live Updates, Asian Games 2014 Day 7 Live streaming, Asian Games 2014 Day 7 Live onlineNew Delhi: Asian Games 2014 Day 7 Live streaming through the below video10:01 am: Meanwhile Depika Kumari failed again... this girl never learn from her mistakes always faults in big events...10:01 am: Bad luck...
A Tajikistani footballer was the first athlete to test positive for doping at the Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Wednesday.Khurshed Beknazarov, 20, tested positive for the banned substance methylhexaneamine after a match played against Singapore on September 14, five days before the opening of the Gam...
New Delhi: Indian men hardly broke a sweat as they thrashed unfancied Maldives 25-10 25-19 25-17 in exactly an hour to enter the quarterfinal of the Volleyball competition at the 17th Asian Games here today.The male spikers had beaten Hong Kong in their first group league game and by virtue of two wins in the four-team...
NEW DELHI: The success of ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Wednesday made India the first Asian country to reach the red planet. With this, India now joins an elite club of the United States, Russia and Europe who can boast of reaching Mars. Getting a spaceship successfully into orbit around Mars is no easy task. M...
0700, TENNIS: Natasha Palha vs Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) in Women's Singles 2nd roundBADMINTON: P Gadre/N Reddy vs M Maeda/K Reika (Japan) in Women's Doubles Round of 160930, TENNIS: Shweta Rana/Rishika Sunkara vs Sara Mansoor and Ushna/Suhail (PAK) in Women's Doubles First Round0930, VOLLEYBALL: India vs Maldives,...
2:11 pm: Over to Vivek Mishra, your commentator for the rest of the day. See you later. Ciao!2:09 pm: Women's Hockey: India, China locked 1-1 at half-time.1:58 pm: Women's Hockey: India get a penalty stroke and Jaspreet equalises coolly to level the scores at 1-1.1:51 pm: Women's hockey: GOAL! No. 17 scores off a rebou...
New Delhi: Saurav Ghosal goes down 3-2 against Kuwait's Abdullah Al Muzayen in Squash final to settle for a silver. In a thrilling finish, Ghosal led the first two sets 12-10, 11-2 but lost the next three 12-14, 8-11 and 9-11 to concede the game.Saurav Ghosal wins 1st game 12-10 vs Kuwait's Abdullah Al Muzayen.Saurav G...
Incheon: Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra claimed his first Asian Games individual medal by winning the bronze in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range on Tuesday.Chinese pair Haoran Yang (209.6) and Yifei Cao (208.9) proved too strong for the 31-year-old Indian, who had a fin...
ndia's Day 4 Schedule in Asian Games 2014, Asian Games 2014 indian schedule, indian schedule today in asian gamesIncheon: Tuesday's India schedule on the fourth day of competitions at the Asian Games in Incheon. (Full Coverage | Medal Tally)CYCLING TRACK:Deborah: Women's sprint qualifying (06:30 IST)EQUESTRIAN:Nadia Ha...
Asian Games Day 4 Live Updates,Asian Games Day 4 Live, Asian Games Day 4 Live streaming11.30 (IST): Heartbreak for India! Saurav Ghosal goes down 3-2 against Kuwait's Abdullah Al Muzayen in Squash final to settle for a silver. In a thrilling finish, Ghosal led the first two sets 12-10, 11-2 but lost the next three 12-1...
MUMBAI: Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has not only created history with the largest IPO ever at $25 billion but also made its founder and CEO, Jack Ma, the second richest man in Asia. The record for the largest IPO was held by Agriculture Bank of China, which raised $22.1 billion in 2010.Ma (50) has overtaken ...
New Dehi: India's squash star Dipika Pallikal lost her semi-final women's singles match to World No.1 Nicol David of Malaysia and settled for the bronze medal in the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Squash Courts here on Monday.Dipika, World No.12, went down 11-4, 11-4 and 11-5 to the Malaysian in the match that lasted...
New Delhi: The Indian women's team won the bronze medal in the 25 metre pistol shooting event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in Incheon on Monday.The Indian team comprising Rahi Sarnobat (580), Anisa Sayyed (577) and Heena Sidhu (572) shot a total of 1,729 to claim the bronze medal...
Asian Top 10 Luxury Destinations List, Top 10 Luxury Destinations List in AsiaMumbai: Four Indian cities - Agra, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Panaji - feature among the Asian Top 10 list of a global survey, when it comes to last-minute bookings for luxury destinations, which are also affordable.Amongst the Asian Top 10 l...
India's Day 3 Schedule for Asian Games 2014, Asian Games 2014 India's Day 3 ScheduleIncheon: India schedule on the second day of competitions in the Asian Games here. BASKETBALL:India vs Kazakhstan: Men's Qualifying Round: 12:45 ISTCYCLING TRACK:Men's Sprint Qualifying: Amrit Singh and Amarjit Singh Nagi (06:30 IST)FOO...
Mumbai: Four Indian cities - Agra, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Panaji - feature among the Asian Top 10 list of a global survey, when it comes to last-minute bookings for luxury destinations, which are also affordable.Amongst the Asian Top 10 luxurious but affordable destinations, four Indian cities have been listed, according...
Bangalore: The world is undoubtedly witnessing a twenty-first century Asian space race and the Indian elephant and the Chinese dragon are both competing furiously. India seems to have been beaten by China in every other aspect, but New Delhi may just beat Beijing in the race to Mars.The Chinese President just com...
India's schedule on Day 2 of 2014 Asian Games, India medals on Day 2 of 2014 Asian Games, India medals tally in 2014 Asian GamesMedals will once again be expected from the shooting range from India after the country won two medals on the opening day of the 2014 Asian Games competition, with Jitu Rai shooting gold in th...
Asian Games Day 2 Live, Asian Games 2014 Day 2 Live, Asian Games Day 2 Live updatesThe Live streaming of the Asian Games 2014 can be viewed through the below video12.10 (IST): Squash - Saurav Ghosal loses second game 9-11 vs Pakistan's Iqbal Nasir in men's singles quarters. Game now level at 1-111.50 (IST): Squash -&nb...;
Asian Games 2014 Medals Tally, Asian Games Medals Tally, Medals Tally in Asian Games 2014 Click here for Asian Games 2014 Medals Tally...
Shweta Chaudhary wins bronze medal in Asian Games 2014, Indian shooter Shweta Chaudhary wins bronze medal in Asian Games 2014Incheon: Shweta Chaudhary shot the first medal for India in the 2014 Asian Games after she won the bronze in the women's 10m air pistol at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Saturday....
India's schedule on Day 1 of 2014 Asian Games, India medals on Day 1 of 2014 Asian Games, India medals tally in 2014 Asian GamesNew Delhi: Schedule for Indian athletes on Day 1 of competition at the Incheon Asian Games. Indian athletes will compete in as many as 13 sports. And medals are expected to come from weightlif...
Asian Games 2014 Live streaming, Asian Games 2014 Live Updates, Asian Games 2014 Live, Incheon Asian Games 2014 Live2:02 pm: INDIA CURRENTLY:MEN'S BASKETBALL QUALIFYING ROUND: India 68-41 Palestine (in progress)MEN'S VOLLEYBALL PRELIMINARIES: India 11 - 7 HKG (1-set all)1:49 pm: Men's VOLLEYBALL: India level it at 1-se...
Asian Games 2014, India gold medal in Asian Games 2014, India gold medal on day 1 in Asian Games 2014New Delhi: Shooters led India's medal hunt on the opening day of 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where pistol-shooter Jitu Rai won India's first gold in the 50m event, shortly after Shweta Chaudhry opened India's account w...
Incheon Asian Games Opening Ceremony Live streaming, Incheon Asian Games 2014 Opening Ceremony Live, Asian Games 2014 Opening Ceremony onlineNew Delhi: After a long wait of four years, Asian sporting heroes will once again gather for the continental showcase. The South Korean city of Incheon will play hosts to this gli...
Hyderabad: After completing tours in the country, members of a special committee set up by the Andhra Pradesh Government to study various models for building the new capital of the State, will visit Singapore, Malaysia and China as part of their assignment.The panel, headed by Municipal Administration and Urban Develop...
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple's high-paying technology jobs are primarily filled by white and Asian men, just like its industry peers.A breakdown released on Tuesday by Apple Inc. showed 54% of the company's technology jobs in the US are handled by whites and another 23% by Asians. Men make up 80% of Apple's technology workforc...
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government is releasing white papers on the economic situation and is telling people how bad the situation is. But it seems CM Chandrababu Naidu has no clue on how to bring funds. Now, Chandrababu is likely to get a breather from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The international lender h...
top 100 Asian university Rankings, top 100 Asian universities, top 10 indian universities rankings listLondon: India has made dramatic improvement in an annual Asian universities ranking, with 10 educational institutions figuring in the top 100 list released here today.The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine's "Asia ...
India has set its sights on the 2019 Asian Games to be staged in New Delhi, a sporting spectacle it hopes will demonstrate the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's organising capabilities and restore the country's image spoiled by the scandal-ridden 2010 Commonwealth Games, according to report in the Hindustan Times.Sour...
There has been a sharp increase in the number of Indian institutes in the Asian Universities Ranking 2014 published by QS. The list, released for the first time in India on Monday, featured 17 Indian universities — a 50% increase from 11 last year.IIT Delhi holds on to 38th place, pulling clear of IIT Bombay at 41st....
WASHINGTON: With Indians and other Asian-Americans and Pacific-Islanders growing in number at a fast pace, people of colour will be in the majority in the US by mid-century, according to a new report. They are also quickly reaching the critical mass needed to be politically relevant, says the report from the Centre for...
Tokyo: US President Barack Obama Wednesday arrived in Japan on the first leg of his four-nation Asian trip. Obama will stay here through Friday and will hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the focus on the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks, Xinhua reported. The two n...
Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday greeted the Bengali, Sri Lankan and Nepalese communities on the occasion of their cultural new year. "On behalf of President (Barack) Obama and the American people, I offer the people of Nepal best wishes for a prosperous and joyful New Year," Kerry said in a statemen...
Kuala Lumpur: Two days after a Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared mysteriously over South China Sea, the fate of the missing plane remained a mystery on Monday, with Malaysian aviation chief calling it an "unprecedented aviation mystery", adding that a possible hijack couldn't be ruled out.The Director General of Malay...
London: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been named as Britain's most influential Asian by a weekly publication in London. At the 'GG2 (Garavi Gujarat2) Leadership Awards 2013' last night, Malala, along Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan, who ...
London: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been named as Britain's most influential Asian by a weekly publication in London.At the 'GG2 (Garavi Gujarat2) Leadership Awards 2013' last night, Malala, along Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan, who w...
San Francisco: The evacuation of Asiana Flight 214 began badly. Even before the mangled jetliner began filling with smoke, two evacuation slides on the doors inflated inside the cabin instead of outside, pinning two flight attendants to the floor.Cabin manager Lee Yoon-hye, apparently the last person to leave the burni...
San Francisco: An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 with 307 people on board crashed and burst into flames as it landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after a flight from Seoul, and initial reports said two people were killed and more than 130 sent to hospitals.After approaching the airport across San Fran...
London: The suicide of a British Asian teenager has sparked calls for tighter controls over the sale of lethal drugs online. Isobel Narayan, 16, found a drug used on death row prisoners in the US while scouting online forums about suicide.The college student was found dead at her family home in Didsbury, Manchester, in...
In the wake of alleged brutal killing of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran’s son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday called off the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, saying Lankan players have no place in the State.The event was scheduled to be held in Chennai in July.Jayalalithaa said her Government...
