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But their medal hopes remain dim after the 13th and penultimate round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
The Indian men succumbed to their first defeat going down 1.5-2.5 to slip to joint sixth spot after the seventh round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
The Indian eves survived some anxious moments before salvaging draws in all the three games against Poland in the fifth round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly beat Gabriel Sargissen to help the Indian men register a 2.5-1.5 victory over Armenia in the fifth round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Grandmasters Pendyala Harikrishna and Abhijit Kunte guided India to a 2.5-1.5 victory over the United States in the fourth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Indian men registered a massive 3.5-0.5 win over Costa Rica, while the Indian women beat Cuba 2.5-0.5 in the second round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Indian man scored a victory over unfancied Uruguay in their first round at the Chess Olympiad.
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After Srikanth was ousted 9-21, 11-21 by reigning world champion Kento Momota of Japan, third seed Sindhu went down fighting 11-21, 21-11, 15-21 to World No. 6 Chen Yufei of China in a hard-fought contest, which lasted 52 minutes.
Goa was put on alert on Wednesday following intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack on the coastal state by Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
'The greed for power of the BJP and its allies is exposed to the fact that they can't even give charge to a trusted lieutenant in the absence of the CM.'
This is to enable investigations on charges that he violated immigration laws.
Indian eves suffered a disastrous 1-2 loss against 27th seed England in the 14th and final round of the women's section of the Chess Olympiad.
Indian men finished sixth after beating Bulgaria 2.5-1.5 in the 14th and final round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Gunning for the silver medal are Russia and United States who have 25.5 points each.
The draw against the Israeli Grandmaster took the Indian men's team's tally to 28 points at the Chess Olympiad.
Indian men cruised to a crushing 3.5-0.5 victory over Canada in the 11th round of 36th Chess Olympiad.
Abhijit Kunte and Surya Shekhar Ganguly scored victories in a 3-1 victory over The Philippines in the third round of the Chess Olympiad.
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Police said Sobhraj will be produced in court on Monday, where he will be charged for the alleged murder the two women in Nepal in 1975.
Monaco has thrown up surprises before, witness Frenchman Olivier Panis' 1996 victory for Ligier, and remains unpredictable.
Britain's National Cyber Security Centre, leading the international investigation, believes that a hacking group known as Lazarus launched the attack.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace in an incident-filled opening Monaco Grand Prix practice on Thursday, with debris and a loose drain cover bringing an early end to the session.
The London-based CEO of alldayPA and Isher Capital has been making waves on Instagram with his Rolls-Royce collection.
Shorn of European excitement and with only a remote hope of winning the Premier League, Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal wants the FA Cup to garnish his first season in charge.
The Egypt-born actor's agent Steve Kenis said, "He suffered a heart attack in a hospital in Cairo."
Vikram Kothari's Rotomac stares at a loan default of Rs 369 crore
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Starting this December, for the first time ever, travellers will be able to embark on a cruise from India.
Illegal gambling on the cup is prevalent in countries like Thailand and Malaysia, where football is hugely popular, but which don't have legal betting alternatives, gambling industry experts say.
None of James Bond movies are complete without beautiful women, hi-tech gadgets and of course gorgeous four wheels.
Dutch teenager Max Verstappen says he has learned from his Monaco Grand Prix crash, with the first lesson being to stay away from walls and barriers.
Jose Mourinho is expected to be named Manchester United's new manager either later, in Thursday, or Friday, after the tangled issue of who owns his name - and, crucially, is licensed to exploit it commercially - is resolved.
