The 21-year-old ran a superb last 200 metres, clocking the year's quickest time of 47.61 seconds.
Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache. He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course. A fascinating excerpt from N K Singh's Portraits Of Power: Half A Century Of Being At Ringside on Atalji's 96th birthday, December 25.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
The World Bank on Monday said hardening interest rates and a surge in oil prices worldwide will have only a marginal impact on India's economy and the country would continue to witness high GDP growth.
The World Bank said on Monday hardening interest rates and a surge in oil prices worldwide will have a marginal impact on India's economy and the country would continue to witness high GDP growth.
Joe Root struck an unbeaten 90 as he and Chris Woakes steered England to a four-wicket victory over West Indies in their second One-day international on Sunday.
Nilesh Rane's car hit and injured a policeman at Carter Road in suburban Khar
Introduced by Republican Congressman Ted Poe and Democratic lawmaker Rick Nolan, the legislation calls for revoking MNNA status of Pakistan, which was granted to it in 2004 by the then president, George Bush, in an effort to get the country to help the US fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The six occupants of the car, including Pareira, 21, were returning from a party and were allegedly under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred.
According to the police, all six persons in the car were drunk.
In the mid-1980s, India and the US struggled to arrive at sufficient confidence for Washington to even sell a supercomputer to India for monsoon prospecting. Now, the most sensitive military technologies, data, and intelligence resources are being shared. This would not have happened without that one, big deal that changed the fundamentals of India-US relations, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Located at Carter Road in the suburban area of Bandra in Mumbai, the bungalow is suddenly undergoing renovation.
The US Navy aims at stationing 60 per cent of its surface ships in Indo-Asia Pacific region by 2019, catering to various missions including counter-terrorism, a senior naval official said on Monday.
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz on Friday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the progress of Bank funded projects in India and country's future loan requirements.
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Alarmed at the deteriorating financial health of states, World Bank on Tuesday suggested sweeping reforms including early introduction of value-added tax, expenditure control and other fiscal discipline measures to eliminate their revenue deficit by
Seven people, including two children, died and 14 were injured in the mishap on Carter Road.
At a seminar on 'Corporate Governance: Trends in India', the World Bank Country Director, Michael Carter said that despite putting in place a series of legal and regulatory reforms, implementation was an area of concern.\n\n\n\n
Tennis stars Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova came in their finest best at the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on Sunday.
Olympic champion Felix Sanchez pulled up after the first hurdle clutching his right hamstring.
The World Bank said on Wednesday rise in interest rates and oil prices is likely to slow down India's growth for the next few years.
The loan will fund institutional reforms to better manage the state's water supply, modernise irrigation schemes covering about 670,000 hectares of farmland, and support groundwater management.\n
The IOC said it had not detected any significant abuse of clenbuterol after finding "very low levels" of the banned substance during re-testing of samples from the Beijing Olympics.
The squads of both teams took part in the pre-game show of support for civil rights activists denouncing last Sunday's shooting death of Stephon Clark and the killing of numerous other African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement in recent years.
World Bank is expected to extend $2.5 billion loans to India this fiscal, which is lower than the targeted $3 billion annually during 2004-07.
The Senate said that Pakistan should show that its taking demonstrable steps against the dreaded Haqqani Network terror outfit.
The eulogy at the funeral did turn political at times.
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Penpix of the West Indies squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The highlights of the glamorous Brit awards, right here.
The World Bank said on Monday that it would "more or less" stick to its forecast of 6.5 per cent growth rate for Indian economy despite the damage suffered by the country in the tsunami tragedy.
World Bank President James D Wolfensohn on Friday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence as he wrapped up his 3-day visit to India.
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