India's highest ranked shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand crashed out of the All England badminton tournament after suffering contrasting defeats in the first round of the Super series event in London on Wednesday.
Indian shuttler Chetan Anand continued his rampaging form and thumped England's Carl Baxter in straight games to clinch the Czech International badminton title on Sunday. The reigning National champion defeated Baxter 21-15, 21-14 in a lopsided final that lasted just 26 minutes.
After winning back-to-back international titles, ace Indian shuttler Chetan Anand is looking to break into the top 20.
The WFI remains suspended by the ministry and IOA has refused to re-introduce the ad-hoc panel, leaving the sport and the future of wrestlers in limbo.
Assistant Coach Abhishek Nayar has spearheaded the establishment of a temporary training facility in bustling Mumbai.
The BCCI on Monday invited applications to replace one among the five senior national selectors and in all likelihood, former pacer Salil Ankola would be the one on his way out as West Zone is already represented by chairman Ajit Agarkar.
The total number of arrests in the sensational case now stands at nine, while three key persons are on the run.
Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand will spearhead the Indian challenge in the badminton event of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, from October 3 to 14. The Badminton Association of India on Thursday announced a 10-member squad, including five women, for the Games.
The Delhi High Court has set aside the Centre's order cancelling the Overseas Citizen of India card of a US-based professor, saying the notice lacked specific details or evidence supporting the allegations of "anti-India activities." The court ruled that the professor was deprived of a fair chance to present a defense, violating procedural fairness and principles of natural justice. The court has directed authorities to issue a fresh notice with specific grounds and allow the professor to respond before making a decision on his entry into India.
'When I wrote the book, people asked me why I was writing it. Ek Duuje Ke Liye was made many years ago. Hema Malini and Dharmendra got married and there is a dialogue in the film also.' Chetan Bhagat tells Aseem Chhabra about his reasons for writing 2 States.
The Wrestling Federation of India conveyed to the world governing body UWW that the sports ministry is interfering with its autonomy.
Top Indian shuttler Chetan Anand crashed out of the World Badminton Championships with a disappointing straight-game defeat against a lowly-ranked opponent in the men's singles first round in Paris, on Tuesday.
Team India's manager on the South Africa tour had snubbed former Test player Dilip Sardesai previously.
In a letter sent to Naval commander Abhishek Karbhari, Area Coastal Security Officer and Area Civil-Military liaison officer, on August 20, an assistant engineer of the PWD in Malvan taluka of Sindhudurg district highlighted that parts of the statue were gathering rust and it was looking "unpleasant".
'You can say I kind of fit into the everyman role that Chetan Bhagat writes about.' 'It's an amazing compliment for me. Rather than play the hero, it is more about playing the character.' Arjun Kapoor discusses his movies and more.
Best-selling author Chetan Bhagat's fourth book '2 States: The Story of My Marriage', is semi-autobiographical. Here, an excerpt.
Why is the best-selling writer wooing Lalu's son?
The directorate grants approval to the statues of iconic personalities if they are found to be carrying the facial and other physical features of those personalities well. The 35-foot statue of the Maratha empire founder, installed at Rajkot fort in Sindhudurg's Malvan tehsil and unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December last year, collapsed on Monday.
On Day One of the Times of India Literary Carnival in Mumbai, Chetan Bhagat took on his two Pakistani counterparts Mohammed Hanif and Mohsin Hamid. Here's what happened.
The Indian shuttler beat Marcus Wijana of Indonesia to advance in the Asian Badminton Championships.
There's an average aggregator premium of Rs 46 per dish (in hidden costs) compared to delivery orders placed on restaurants' own channels. Conservatively, this translates into an additional annual financial burden of at least Rs 12,000 for the average Indian household in major metro/Tier-I cities.
India's highest ranked shuttler Chetan Anand crashed out of the men's singles in the Denmark Open Super Series while two of his compatriots sailed into the second round, in Odense, Denmark. World No 20 Anand was beaten by eighth seed Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-15, 15-21, 16-21 in a first round match lasting 48 minutes.
Chetan Anand beat Eric Pang 8-15, 15-6, 15-7 to win the Irish Open Badminton Championship.
Cricketer-turned-politician Chetan Sharma on Tuesday quit the Bahujan Samaj Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at a function in Faridabad but said he will not contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Haryana.
Ace Indian shuttler Chetan Anand dreams of winning a gold medal in next year's Commonwealth Games and says he would prepare for the mega event in a such way that he gets regular match practice and also improve on the fitness front. The winner of the recently concluded Syed Modi Grand Prix is hoping that home conditions would help him realise his dream.
Haryana were comfortably placed on 242 for 3 at close on the first day of the Plate 'A' Ranji Trophy match against Tripura.\n\n
Her statement also mentioned that the accused had a "blood clot" in the brain and was taking medicines for the same.
The Indian ace was beaten by fourth seeded Mohammed Hafix Hashim of Malaysia in the quarter-finals at the Danish Open.
It is understood that the selectors are looking to bring more variations into the pace attack and hence a left-arm seam and swing bowler could be added to the bouquet of pacers vying for a Test cap.
rediffGURU Radhika Iyer Talati explains how yoga can help you stay fit and healthy.
A purported video of the alleged incident is circulating on social media, where the accused BJP leader, Dinesh Kumar, is seen misbehaving with SI Bhardwaj by holding the collar of his uniform.
It was a memorable day for the Indian badminton as Chetan Anand became the first Indian to win men's singles title in a Grand Prix event and the pair of V Diju and Jwala Gutta claimed the honours in the mixed doubles event in the Bitburger Open 2008 in Germany on Sunday. Fourth seed Chetan beat compatriot seventh seed Arvind Bhat 23-25, 24-22, 23-21 in an all Indian battle in the final, lasting exactly one hour.
Chetan Anand's dream of claiming his first Grand Prix title was crushed with the final match defeat at Yonex Sunrise India Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament against Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in Hyderabad on Sunday. Anand, the reigning national champion, lost 16-21, 12-21 in the men's singles event.
Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat and Anand Pawar advanced to the second round of the men's singles at Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Germany on Wednesday.
India failed to exploit the home advantage as barring ace shuttler Chetan Anand none could advance to the second round on the first day of the World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad on Monday.
The conversation was shared on the Twitter by a multimedia journalist, who has been collecting various stories of women.
Two persons -- Chetan and Likith Gowda -- were arrested in Hassan, and they are reportedly associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the district, they said.
The Indian ace was beaten by Susilo Ronald of Singapore in the quarter-finals.
