The surprise decision comes despite the Indian team finishing a creditable second in the four-nation tournament in Dusseldorf\n\non Sunday.
India's hockey coach Rajinder Singh (Jr) said the team could not have asked for a better finish in the Azlan Shah Cup tournament.
At least 10 flights scheduled to land at the Delhi airport were diverted -- eight to Jaipur and two to Lucknow -- due to inclement weather conditions. Airlines also warned of the possibility of more flight disruptions.
India's hockey coach said the team will try to sort out "certain weaknesses" during the Afro-Asian Games.
India's hockey coach ruled out any change in the team for the Afro-Asian Games.
The chief coach said, "Whatever I did was in the best interests of the team." Pillay said the matter was best forgotten.
The high court on Friday pulled up the police for not questioning any Municipal Corporation of Delhi official till now or even seizing the relevant file from the civic body, which could have been an important piece of evidence.
The Indian hockey coach said Tejbir Singh was replaced due to his hamstring injury and he had no knowledge of the doping angle.
A court in New Delhi on Thursday allowed the second bail plea of an SUV driver, arrested for his alleged role in drowning of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre.
The two exchanged words after Pillay was reprimanded by the coach for talking to the media.
Continuing its hire and fire policy, the IHF sacked Rajinder Singh Jr and appointed the former Olympian for yet another stint with the national team.
Former national coach Rajinder Singh, on Tuesday, strongly criticised Indian hockey team's Australian coach Michael Nobbs, for his assessment that it will be a Herculean task for the erstwhile champions' to qualify for next year's London Olympics.
Students held a protest over the deaths of the civil services aspirants, raising slogans against authorities.
The highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy history was recommended for the award in the domestic category by Sunil Gavaskar.
Rajinder Singh will be the chief coach in place of Harendra Singh.
The unceremonious sacking of Rajinder Singh as national coach by the Indian Hockey Federation just three weeks before the Olympics came for heavy criticism from many quarters.
The owner and the coordinator of a coaching centre where three civil services aspirants died due to rain-induced flooding in the basement were arrested on Sunday even as protests erupted in the area over the incident.
A case of criminal conspiracy, corruption practices and undue influence on election has been registered on the complaint of two Congress MLAs, police said on Sunday.
Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day, the India meteorological department (IMD) said on Thursday, categorising it as an "extremely intense spell".
The win propelled India to the second position in Pool C, enough to earn them a last eight berth.
In a jolt to the ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh, state party chief and Mandi MP Pratibha Singh on Wednesday announced that she has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections as the ground situation was "not favourable" and workers were disheartened.
Rau's felt the need to be where the action was.
The institute that once drew largely elite students also decided to expand its base and cater to a wider pool.
Scenes from the election campaign in New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Amritsar, Ranchi and Guwahati.
We played very badly in the first 10 minutes, said the Indian coach of his team's 1-4 loss to Australia.
India's hockey coach said With Jugraj the penalty-corner conversion rate had gone up by 60-70 per cent.
India's coach says the team is looking to achieve some 'long-standing goals' at the champions Trophy.
India's chief hockey coach said goalkeeping and penalty-corner conversion has to be improved.
Rebel Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Rajinder Rana on Saturday claimed that nine more party legislators 'feeling suffocated' due to Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's style of functioning are in touch with him as he called the chief minister 'liar number one'.
Bandhan Bank's managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (pictured), who has decided to step down, on Wednesday said the bank will need at least three months to identify his successor. He has also written to his employees, asking them "not to worry" over his surprise decision. "Whatever, our experience in the earlier selections, when we selected two executive directors on the basis of that experience we need a minimum three months of time for selection of candidates and then it will go to RBI and then whatever is the time taken by RBI for approval," Ghosh said.
The agency had alleged in its earlier charge sheets that at least 36 accused, including former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Kumar, "destroyed, used or changed" 170 phones to conceal evidence of "kickbacks" worth thousands of crores of rupees in the alleged scam.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named its candidates for assembly bypolls in several states, fielding six disqualified MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in the state days after they joined the party after leaving the Congress.
A notification in this regard was issued on Thursday evening which further said that these six MLAs ceased to be members of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly with effect from February 29.
High drama was witnessed during the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet meeting on Saturday with ministers Jagat Negi and Rohit Thakur leaving midway following a 'heated debate' over policy decisions, sources said.
Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Six rebel Congress MLAs, including Rana, who were disqualified for defying the party whip asking them to be present in the assembly and vote in favour of the state government during cut motions and the budget, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday against their disqualification.
The returnees also included three independent MLAs, who too had landed in Panchkula on Tuesday after casting their votes in the Rajya Sabha election.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances