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Sawant shoots historic gold at World Championships
Tejaswini Sawant on Sunday became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championship by finishing on top with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event i
US bans adoptions from Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug. 7: The Barack Obama government has halted the adoption of abandoned children from Nepal indefinitely due to growing allegations of child trafficking and falsification of documents, oft
Dikshit's 'final' Games deadline: Delhi to miss date again?
Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit's promise of completing all Commonwealth Games projects being implemented by her government by the extended deadline of August 31 is appearing to fall flat.
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Don’t make me CWG scapegoat, says Darbari
T.S. Darbari, ousted joint director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), has sought to clear his name from being associated with charges of financial impropriety regarding an event in London, saying he was not involved in any way in selecting the vendors.
Over 500 still missing in Leh floods
Over 500 people, including a Spanish tourist, were missing on Sunday, two days after a cloudburst caused flash floods in Leh town, leading to widespread destruction and claiming 132 lives.
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I have done nothing wrong, says Darbari
T.S. Darbari, ousted joint director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has sought to clear his name from being associated with charges of financial impropriety regarding an event in London, saying he was not involved in any way in selecting the vendors.
CBI continues to quiz Amit Shah
The former Gujarat minister, Mr Amit Shah, continued to be quizzed by CBI officials here on Sunday, a day after he was grilled for nine hours in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh
Curfew lifted from entire Kashmir Valley
Curfew was on Sunday lifted from the entire Kashmir Valley following improvement in the situation after days of violent street protests and police firing.
Relative calm prevailed in the city and oth
Iraqi governor survives bomb attack, 2 others killed
The governor of the Iraqi district of Niniveh survived an assassination attempt in the city of Mosul on Sunday, but two other people were killed in the explosions and nine others injured, police said.
Shoes hurled at Zardari in Britain
A man threw both his shoes at Pakistan President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, when he was addressing a public meeting in Birmingham. The shoes landed just short of him.
The Telegraph on Sunday reported that
