The Indian hockey team scored a morale-boosting 7-1 win ahead of the World Cup in Germany.
Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha will be held simultaneously in the first phase.
Ravinder Gosain, 60, was returning home after attending a morning drill at RSS shakha when he was attacked.
The PHL Trophy, made from Swarovski Crystals, was unveiled in Hyderabd on Tuesday.
The ace forward, who was suspended for unruly conduct, was named in the 26-man probables' list for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland.
Leading 3-0 by the 39th minute, India stumbled to let in two goals before regaining their composure.
Australia's Jamie Dwyer and Spain's Santiago Freixa bagged the International Hockey Federation's 'Player of the Year' and 'Young Player of the Year' awards respectively.
India rallied from two goals down to win 3-2 ahead of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
India lost to Germany 0-1 in their fourth outing of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament
Twenty people were on Friday detained under the National Security Act.
The Indian ace stole the limelight as Capital Dynamos beat Shan-e-Punjab 7-4 in Pakistan's Super Hockey League.
The five ministers in UP government are: Kokab Hamid, Anuradha Chaudhary, Babu Lal, Thakur Tejpal Singh and Swami Omvesh.
Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur are among many regulars left out of the team, to be coached by Harinder Singh.
Dilip Tirkey will lead an 18-member team for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland, from August 14 to 21.
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India is the 9th largest civil aviation market in the world and is expected to reach third position with a fleet size of 1,000 by 2020.
Dilip Tirkey and Gagan Ajit Singh have been nominated for the International Hockey Federation's Best Player of the Year award.
The IHF president also ruled out the inclusion of Gagan Ajit Singh, Baljit Dhillon and Deepak Thakur in the team for the Champions Trophy.
The Goa side won the Federation Cup football match 10-9 in sudden death, after full time and extra-time ended goalless.
They beat Universities and Mumbai respectively to enter the Super League stage in the Senior hockey nationals.
Twenty-one sportspersons, including cricketer Virender Sehwag, footballer I M Vijayan and hockey player Gagan Ajit Singh, have been named for the Arjuna awards 2002.
Defender Dilip Tirkey will lead the team for the four-Test series, starting on September 24.
As the country paid tributes to the 1965 war heroes on Friday, a special comic book chronicling the life, valour and sacrifice of 21 awardees of the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military decoration, was released.
Governor Vishnukant Shastri accepted their resignation on the recommendation of Mayawati.
India beat Ireland 6-2 to win the third and last Test in Cologne, Germany.
Swami Chinmayanand, Kailash Meghwal, Prahlad Singh Patel, Nagmani and P C Thomas were also inducted as ministers of state into the council of ministers.
Deepak Thakur and Kanwalpreet Singh scored two goals each as India registered their second victory in the four-nation hockey tournament in Dusseldorf.
Sher-e-Jalandhar beat a fighting Maratha Warriors 3-0 via tie-breaker in the Premier Hockey League.
Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace in a 5-0 victory in the Premier Hockey League.
'Vinod Rai has been complete failure in implementing Lodha reforms'
Gagan Ajit Singh, Jugraj Singh and Prabhjot Singh are shortlisted Young Player of the Year award, while Devesh Chauhan and Dilip Tirkey are in the running for the senior award.
The IHF president said he made the "mistake" of including the likes of Dhanraj Pillay in the team for the Olympics.
To a question whether his party will not forge a coalition with any political party, Azad said, "If any political party is willing to accompany the Congress, and the Congress feels that it can fight the BJP, then it will be definitely accommodated."
Mayawati said that the BSP and the SP would not ally with the Congress party in the upcoming elections.
Government would soon evolve an action plan to launch pilot projects in various parts of the country to promote bio-diesel as an alternative fuel.\n\n
Gagan Ajit Singh scored three minutes before the final whistle in a Super League match of the Nehru hockey tournament.
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