World Series Hockey stars Prabhjot Singh and Deepak Thakur have made a switch, signing on the dotted line for the Hockey India League. Besides the duo, senior players Rajpal Singh and Arjun Halappa, also a national selector now, have also been roped in along with several junior players.

In its biggest single-day fall since September 2011, the Indian rupee plunged to a record new low on Monday, slipping below the 63-level mark against the US dollar on speculation that an improving American economy would prompt the US Fed to scale back its multi-billion-dollar stimulus much earlier than expected.

Even as India could consider emergency acquisition of submarines in the wake of the INS Sindhurakshak disaster, defence minister A.K. Antony has ordered “extensive checks on weapon related safety systems and audit of standard operating procedures on all operational submarines of the Indian Navy” in the wake of the tragic incident last week that gutted the INS Sindhurakshak submarine at the Mumbai naval dockyard leading to loss of 18 lives of the naval personnel inside.

An amended legislation which makes it mandatory for the competent authority to decide on granting prosecution sanction within three months of a complaint was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Her relatively unimpressive form this year may have raised questions, but Saina Nehwal proved she is still the best bet after registering a thrilling 17-21, 21-19, 11-6 win over world no. 3 Juliane Schenk in the second tie of the Indian Badminton League at the NSCI here on Monday.

While defence minister A.K. Antony warned Islamabad that “our restraint should not be taken for granted”, the facing armies once again exchanged fire at a few places along the Line of Control in Kashmir on Monday. The latest skirmish, the Army said, was triggered by another violation of the November 2003 ceasefire by Pakistani troops in Poonch district.

Another body was extricated on Monday from the submarine INS Sindhurakshak that witnessed a major tragedy last week. The Naval divers have managed to locate the body after they broke into the six and seventh compartment of the submarine. This brings the total number of bodies recovered from the vessel to seven.

The Opposition on Monday vociferously raised in the Rajya Sabha the issue of crucial files related to coal block allocations going missing, alleging it was a conspiracy to save the Prime Minister in the multi-crore coal block allocation scam being probed by the CBI.

The role of a media manager at tournaments is to provide timely updates, information and ensure that adequate space is provided to journalists to file their reports apart from working as a felicitator between players and reporters.

In a setback to India’s space programme, the launch of GSLV-D5, carrying the 1,982-kg GSAT-14, was called off after scientists noticed fuel leaking from the rocket just two hours before liftoff.