The Indian women’s hockey team beat Canada 3-2 in the first test at the Tamanawis Park in Surrey on Wednesday, according to a Hockey India release.
India opened the scoring through captain Surinder Kaur from a penalty corner in the 15th minute. Thea Culley levelled it for Canada in the 41st minute, before Ritu Rani g

The Indian embassy in Kyrgyzstan has offered to buy tickets for those Indian nationals who may be facing temporary financial difficulty due to their hurried evacuation from the violence-hit Kyrgyz towns of Osh and Jalalabad to the capital Bishkek.

Bipin V. Salvi-trained Awesome Fighter was ably guided by Frenchman, Ladjadj Stephane, to claim the Stewards Cup, the feature event of the races on Wednesday.
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India and South Korea will discuss civilian nuclear energy cooperation when they hold the sixth joint commission meeting in Seoul on Friday.
“Civil nuclear cooperation will be discussed during the meeting. We do not know it what direction it would go, but we will have something for the press at the end of the meeting,” said Gautam Bambawale, joint secretary (east asia) in the external affairs ministry, in a news conference here on Wednesday.

Senior members Arjun Halappa and V.S. Vinaya were on Wednesday axed as Hockey India named a 22-member squad for a crucial European tour beginning July 2.
India will play a four-nation tournament in Hamburg involving Holland, Germany and Japan, followed by tests in Belgium, France and Holland.

Former Samajwadi leader Amar Singh will now hit back at his political detractors with a film in Bhojpuri. “We are ready with a script for the film titled Dhoka which is being made by Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari. The film will be in Bhojpuri and will centre around two main characters called Chalu Prasad and Talu Prasad and will highlight the

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis agreed the runs added by the Sri Lankan lower order and the incisive spell by Lasith Malinga were the reasons for defeat on Tuesday. “I think we gave away too many runs towards the end. I think we should have restricted them to less than 242 after having them at 168 for seven. It was not the best of bowling efforts and we should have done better in the field. Lasith Malinga came in and bowled superbly,” said Waqar.

The CPI(M) has said that the verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy is of “direct relevance” to the Nuclear Liability Bill and maintained that the bill “bears the handiwork of the US nuclear industry lobby”.

Investor sentiment seems to be turning positive on the engineering and construction sector once again. Increasing order inflows, improvement in project execution and high expected spending are providing the stimulus. The government’s spending on infrastructure projects is also expected to pick up significantly in the next few years.

The Indian armed forces on Wednesday released two crucial doctrines, including one that reportedly deals with media management in a conflict situation as well as dissemination of information intended to remove ill-will among the populace in insurgency-hit areas besides other aspects.