Addressing a gathering at the launch of a book on Jawaharlal Nehru's works and speeches, Singh said that if India is recognised in the comity of nations as a vibrant democracy and, if it is considered as one of the important world powers, it was the first prime minister, who should be recognised as its main architect.
While Tomar informed only about Pakistan's participation, the PTI has learnt that clearance has been put on hold also for wrestlers from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tamil Nadu's Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa clinched a double crown each in the Indian Oil Open Squash tournament.
Joshna Chinappa pulled off a huge upset when she beat second seed Sharon Wee to reach the final of the NSC Tour 1 squash tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The sixth seeded Indian No 1 fought gamely for 50 minutes to carve out a 9-6, 3-9, 1-9, 9-7, 9-2 victory over her illustrious Malaysian opponent.
Saurav Ghosal has overtaken Ritwik Bhattacharya to become India's top ranked squash player.
A miffed WFI feared that it could be penalised by the world body United World Wrestling (UWW), if Pakistani grapplers were denied Visa.
Riwtik Bhattacharya will meet Saurav Ghosal in the semi-final of the ICL Chennai Open squash.
The Indian aces scored easy victories in the pre-quarter-finals of the one-star ICL PSA World Professional Squash championship.
Yogeshwar Dutt bagged an unexpected bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games.
A wise politician would disarm his critics, try to take them along, co-opt them, or, at least, take the criticism in his stride. Developing a thick skin ought to be an essential part of any politician's toolkit, notes Virendra Kapoor.
Ritwik outclassed Supreet Singh in the second round of the qualifiers at the Kolkata International Squash tournament.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal were knocked out of the Malaysian Open in the first round.
He scored 460 of his 542 Test runs in West Indies and played only one more Test after that.
Fifth seed Joshna Chinappa lost to fourth seed Mauela Manetta of Italy in the quarterfinals to crash out of the Betteridge and Breitliong San Diego Classic squash tournament.
The Indian ace went down to third seed Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open.
He went down to Canada's Shawn De Lierre 10-12, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11 in the quarter-final of the Atlanta Open.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the ninth day of the Asian Games, on Monday.
The Indian pair went down 1-3 to defending champions Australia in the men's final of the World Doubles Squash Championship at Chennai.
The Indian pair beat the American duo of Jaime Crombie and Preston Quick in the semi-finals of the Chennai Open.
British Open Junior squash champion Sourav Ghosal looks back on his triumph in England.
The Indian ace was beaten by the Chinese world No 33 in an hour and 35 minutes.
... 'is long lives are generally the norm today,' says Rahul Jacob.
The swimmers led India's charge on Saturday by winning 7 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as they completely dominated the pool yet again.
'Anybody and everybody who opposes this government for whatever reasons will be branded a terrorist and charged in such a manner that all human rights will be taken away.'
The Pakistani won the final of the Northern Open squash Championship on Tuesday.
The former Indian national champion beat Mohd. Essam Hafiz of Egypt in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Open Squash championship.
The top seeded Indian was beaten by Basit Ashfaq of Pakistan in the fourth round in the World junior individual squash championship.
Confident after winning a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championships, fast rising shuttler P V Sindhu says she is ready to take on her celebrated compatriot Saina Nehwal at the inaugural Indian Badminton League.
The sheer diversity of medal winners was a heartwarming aspect of the Games for India. There were medals from squash, although not gold, there were nine medals from boxing, 12 from wrestling, 16 from shooting and nine from weightlifting.
India's youngest national champion entered the under-19 and women's final in the Indian Oil Open squash tournament.
The men's final at the SAF Games will be an all-Pakistan affair as Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal lost in the semi-finals.
The Chennai lass won the girls' under-19 and women's titles in the Servo squash championship.
The national squash champion will play tournaments in Spain and Qatar in a bid to break into the top 64 and qualify.
The lone Indian left in the fray in the World junior squash championship was beaten by second seed and favourite Peter Barker in the pre-quarter-finals.
The Indian ace was beaten by top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the quarter-finals of the World junior squash championship.
Ritwik, who is ranked 91 at present is likely to break into the top 70 with this win.
