Mithali Raj will lead the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from August 26 to September 9.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A survey is being carried out in the US to find out the level of discrimination South Asians face.
In a shocking case of brutality, a six-year-old Dalit girl was beaten up and scolded by police officials for allegedly stealing Rs 280 from a woman. The incident happened on Monday when Komal, the victim, had gone to a market near Lohamandi in Jaswantpur area.
Turambekar's story is inspiring, to say the least. Read on as she recounts her remarkable journey in conversation with Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi.
Mithali Raj will lead the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from August 26 to September 9. India will be playing five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 match during the tour.
Tagged with hefty sums, the paintings of a host of Indian artists would be auctioned in Hong Kong on May 24-25. Among others, top-tier works by Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Anju Dodiya, and Atul Dodiya will be up for grabs on the opening day. The auction would also feature a selection of significant works by many Pakistani artists besides the ones drawn by their counterparts from China, Japan and Korea.
India's hope of a medal from the Olympics wrestling competition suffered a rude jolt when their main star Yogeshwar Dutt crashed out after losing to Japan's Kenichi Yumoto 3-6 in the quarter-finals of the 60 kg freestyle in Beijing on Tuesday.
'Olympics is once in four years, and athletes have only one shot at glory, and it's important to have a holistic approach, use science, use medicine, use technology and engineering in training and that will make a difference'
Sinimol Paulose claimed India's first gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships by winning the 1500m title.
Women's cricketer Anju Jain is among the awardees, while none of her popular male counterparts were nominated.
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'The allegations of misconduct made against me are false and fabricated, spiced up by innuendo and malice'
Anju George won the long jump in the final leg of the Asian GP but failed to attain the qualifying mark for the World Championships in Osaka.
India will send a 17-member team to represent Asia in the second Afro-Asian Games, to be held in Algiers from July 28 to August 6.
Anju's husband Krishna Kumar, a bank officer, who was killed in the Mumbai train blasts said that she has decided to immolate herself before Nitish Kumar to protest against forcible occupation of her flat by a leader of ruling party JD(U).
A 270-strong contingent, including 186 athletes and 43 coaches, will represent India at the Melbourne Games.
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The three-day yoga camp at Mount Abu will start on Tuesday.
High winds and low visibility caused pilots to abort a first attempt at landing.
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Samaresh Jung won the men's 10m Air Pistol event to pick his fifth gold medal at the Games.
The fashion show showcased the rich, cultural heritage of Banaras.
Two meet records were created on the opening day of the 12th Federation Cup National Athletics Championship on Tuesday.
Neeraj has emerged as a truly a world class athlete and a bright prospect for Indian athletic's elusive medal in athletics.
All athletes in the Indian team for Athens Olympics are clean, a top Athletics Federation of India official said.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 25-member contingent.
Laggards at the world stage, the 27-member Indian team was not expected to win any medal but it performed better than expected in this World Championships with three finalists.
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A meeting of the Board of Directors of Vasudha Trading & Agencies Ltd will be held on January 30, 2003 to consider sub Division of each existing equity share of Rs 10 each into 10 equity shares of Re 1 each at the said meeting.
It is difficult to predict who among the Indians will reach the final
Hospitals are filled with injured people and worried families.
Indian sportspersons will be seen in action in 14 disciplines at the August 13-29 Games.
The athletics event gets underway at the Afro Asian Games on Tuesday, but the starting list of foreigners is still unknown.
Anju George was again forced to settle for silver in the women's long jump, in the third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix athletics meet.
Anju Jain's 68-run knock helped India to enter semi-finals of the Women's World Cup in South Africa.
