Holding that popularity of language was linked with financial might of any country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that importance of Hindi was set to increase with India marching rapidly towards economic prosperity.
A dazzling unbeaten half century by Damien Martyn (67) and Lou Vincent's 43 helped ICL World XI beat ICL India XI by eight wickets in the ICL 20s World Series, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, on Wednesday night. ICL World XI, replying to India XI's 141 for 5 in 20 overs, hit up 145 runs for the loss of two wickets in 18.3 overs.
The Indian Cricket League announced a prize-money corpus of Rs 3.24 crore for its upcoming 'ICL 20s World Series 2008', from April 9 to 15, at a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The winners of the tournament, to be played at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium, Hyderabad, stand to gain Rs 1.25 crore, the runners-up Rs 75 lakh and the third-placed team Rs 50 lakh.
Local favourite Hyderabad Heroes pipped Lahore Badshahs in a pulsating bowl-out in the second final to claim the ICL Twenty20 tournament at Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday night. The local favourites edged out the Lahore side 3-0 in the bowl out after the match eneded in a thrilling tie. Heroes had beaten Badshahs in the first final on Friday to go ahead 1-0 in the best of three-finals.
According to the DGP office, at least three persons were killed as police opened fire on an unruly crowd protesting the killing of a student leader on Thursday.
The Blueline buses earned notoriety in 2007 as they claimed 128 lives in the National Capital Region, prompting the police to crack the whip on erring drivers.
India posted a 2-1 win over Italy to keep their title hopes alive at Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey.
The Congress president during his year at the helm of the party has repaired the citadel for far more challenging years ahead, and played a crucial role in shaping the Opposition alliance.
India Light Blues got the better of India Dark Blues, while India Juniors beat India under-18 in the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament.
Prabhjot Singh scored a hat-trick to help India Dark Blues beat Youngsters Hockey Club of Pakistan 4-1
They were made to fight by India Juniors for a 1-0 victory in the Shastri hockey tournament.
Indian women stormed into the finals of the Fed Cup (Group-II) Asia-Oceania tennis tournament in Hyderabad following another one-sided 2-0 victory over Turkmenistan.
The victory gave Indian Airlines a place in the semi-finals of the Shastri hockey tournament.
Compulsory retirement is part of a half-yearly exercise now for cases where government wants to weed out officers, but without taking the disciplinary proceedings route.
India Dark Blues edged past India Light Blues via the tie-breaker to win the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament.
Indian Light Blues edged past Youngsters' Hockey Club of Pakistan 4-3, while India under-18 beat Telekom Malaysia 2-1 in the Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament.
Goals by I M Vijayan, M Suresh and Asim Biswas gave the hosts a 3-1 victory.
The exhibition of artefacts -- in physical and digital form -- has been set up on the same floor where the leaders' meetings took place.
Uzbekistan lives comfortably in several centuries but is also a forward-looking nation, Deepa Gahlot discovers on a visit to this Central Asian country.
Cut throat competition between public sector units and private companies may push up general insurance business by over 25 per cent to Rs 15,000 crore this fiscal.
Shanti Devi's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory over Bengal in the final at the National Games.
The teams will lock horns again in the Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey tournament final on Wednesday.
The principal bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal headed by Justice Rajendra Menon also asked the Indian Air Force to change their rules and conditions for granting permission to air warriors for applying for grade A services exams outside the force.
Indian Oil rallied from a goal down to beat Indian Airlines in the final of the Shastri hockey tournament.
The other semi-final in the Shastri hockey tournament will be between Indian Oil and BPCL.
In another Group 'A' match, Bharat Petroleum defeated Dinamo Kazan hockey club of Russia 4-3.
International Mohammed Sarwar scored a brace of goals in the Pakistan team's 5-1 win over the Indian sailors.
They won their opening matches in the Afro Asian Games football tournament, beating Iran and Burkina Faso respectively.
Soorma Director Shaadi Ali moves on to his next biopic. Vivek Agnihotri reveals the subject of his next film. Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.
'I think 50 per cent of the problem will be solved if the top leadership in Delhi becomes accessible'
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday approved 139 Padma awards including seven Padma Vibhushans, 19 Padma Bhushans and 113 Padma Shris.
The academy is taking every measure to break the chain of COVID-19 spread in consonance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the District Administration, Dehradun, a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry on Saturday said. All officer trainees, who have tested positive, have been quarantined in a dedicated COVID care centre, it said.
If only the Congress could rebuild on its strengths and develop a modern enough ideology, we could again be moving towards a clearer two-party political landscape, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Sukanya Verma looks at women who have fleetingly portrayed the formidable Indira Gandhi on screen.
Thakur's tenure as chief minister is best remembered for implementation of the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, whereby quotas for backward classes were introduced in the state in 1978. This panel was the forerunner of the Mandal Commission. Both Mungeri Lal and B P Mandal were from Bihar, which has a long history of socialist struggles.
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