The IHF chief said the Indian team is shaping well ahead of the Olympics.
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, Sikhs have been at the receiving end of several attacks and verbal abuses as they are mistaken for Muslims because of their beard and turban.
India coach Rajinder Singh believes the Asian style of attacking hockey will be the key to success.
A development side, led by Neha Singh, will be looking for "valuable exposure" when it locks horns with teams like China, South Korea and Japan in a four-nation tournament.
Rajendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to Delhi CM Kejriwal, who was taken in by the CBI on Tuesday, left the investigation agency's headquarters around 10.30 pm on Tuesday night.
Teams of National Disaster Response Force were trying to find out any person still trapped under the debris, officials said.
Coach Rajinder Singh said 'the aim is to unwind and train at the same time'.
Baljit Singh Dhillon and Mukesh Kumar were the notable absentees on the first day of the camp.
'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'
Agriculture Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal says she will return to Punjab only when Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is removed.
Wearing multiple identities of religious preacher, science student and terror accused, the saffron robed Aseemanand, once known as the most wanted man in India, was the alleged link between the series of three bombings that ripped through India in 2007.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sent a report on the role played by his deputy, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, in which she did not campaign, to the party high command.
Indrani dressed in a short purple kurta and leggings, with a bandhini green-purple chunni, sindhoor glowing in her mang, was receiving a drubbing from her lawyers for the facts she had revealed before the court on Tuesday while arguing the rejoinder to her bail application. She was insisting: "But he asked me for a motive!"
The identities and affiliation of the terrorists were yet to be known. Arms and ammunition had been recovered from the site.
This was the third BAT action in Poonch this year.
Indian hockey chief coach Rajinder Singh on India's chances at the elite six-nation tournament.
Neeraj is currently ranked fourth in the new rankings of the international federation.
The party is faced with allegations of receiving "dubious" funds.
Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Monday promised reservations to Muslims as well as Marathas, implementation of Rajinder Sachar committee report, and support for `statehood to Andaman and Nicobar' in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, released in Mumbai.
There were no surprises when the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced India's squad for the for the upcoming World Cup.
During the camp prior to the Asia Cup in Malaysia, gag orders were slapped on all the players, a move which evoked a lot of debate.
India take on China on Sunday in their opening match of the Asia Cup.
The Federation has apparently warned the players that talking to the media could cost them a place in the team.\n\n
A rebel by nature, he lived the life to the fullest, donning different hats -- lawyer, parliamentarian, minister -- but was not a quintessential politician constrained by party lines.
Rajinder Singh, however, said he is concerned about the team's field goal scoring abilities.
Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Giriraj Kishore, who was actively associated with the Ram temple agitation, died in New Delhi on Sunday evening following prolonged illness. He was 94.
The girl claimed that she is facing "death threat" from her family which wanted to marry her to a person against her wishes.
The selection meeting to pick the Indian team for the Test series in Australia next month has been postponed, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Tuesday.
The victims have been identified as Sanjay, 50, his wife Jyoti, 48, and their son Pawan, 21.
Wrestler Bajrang Kumar's scuttled trip to the USA for a crucial competition was brought back on track by Olympic bronze-medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, who convinced SAI officials in New Delhi to sanction his expenses for the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament in Colorado Springs.
The reshuffle is aimed at speeding up the implementation of the government's ambitious programmes like the SmartCity project and focus on key sectors like Mines, Information Technology and Road Transport.
Fund crunch may come in the way of infrastructure development; women's safety another issue that will be in focus.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar on Tuesday took over as the International Cricket Council replacing his predecessor Narayanswami Srinivasan, while the BCCI's rules conflict of interest were unanimously approved by the members.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the state cricket associations and the Board of Control for Cricket in India office-bearers to give their suggestions on the draft constitution for the apex cricket body, to be approved by it.
Hockey greats Vasudevan Baskaran, M M Somaya and Mervyn Fernandis relive India's gold medal-winning campaign at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
