India set to face Dutch in opener
India will take on regining world and Olympic champions Holland in their opening encounter of the women’s Hockey World Cup in Rosario, Argentina, from August 29 to September 11 this year.
Pune FC outclass Churchill
Pune FC surged into the second spot in the I-League table after thrashing last year’s champions Churchill Brothers 4-1 at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Thursday.
The I-League debutants went ahead in the 26th minute through Japanese recruit Arata Izumi. Edmar Figueira doubled the advantage five minutes later. Churchill e
We’ll gain nothing from floodlit Tests: Murali
It’s talked about as a way to bring in the crowd, but the closest day-night Tests have come to being introduced to the cricket world has been inside the boardroom.
The International Cricket Council has spent millions on research to find the perfect coloured ball that can be used under floodlights and made to last 80 overs, but the pink and orange ones don’t seem to last as long as the traditional red ones.
L-G has file on Afzal, to return it to MHA soon
A day after the Afzal Guru mercy petition file moved from Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit to lieutenant-governor Tejen-dra Khanna and back again, the file went back to Raj Niwas on Wednesday with the minor clarification sought by Mr Khanna.
Nilekani complains to PM
Former Infosys boss Nandan Nilekani, now chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has finally got a taste of governmental and bureaucratic functioning. Finding it difficult to attract senior bureaucrats to work for him, Dr Nilekani has complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that several ministries were not releasing the officers he sought, leaving the UIDAI understaffed.
Raman: Air power not advisable
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday maintained that using air power to tackle the Naxal menace was not advisable. The Congress, on the subject of the use of air power against the Maoists, said it was for the government to decide and that there was no difference within the party on the matter.
Gas, CNG prices up; power will cost more
In a decision that will affect all electricity and CNG consumers, the government on Wednesday raised the price of natural gas sold under the administered price mechanism by more than double, to $4.20 per mmBtu.
3G auction nets govt Rs 67,719cr
After 34 days of suspense, the auction for 3G spectrum is finally over with the government richer by Rs 67,718.95 crores from the proceeds of the sale. This is almost twice what the government had originally hoped to raise. The extra amount will help reduce India’s fiscal deficit to 4.9 per cent from the 5.5 per cent that was projected earlier.
Past court verdicts proof of Afzal’s guilt
As government’s action on the mercy petition of Mohd Afzal Guru, sentenced to death for the attack on Parliament picked up momentum, a revisit of the judgments by courts at three stages of country’s judicial system had implicitly held that he had played a vital role in helping the five Pakistani terrorists who were subsequently killed by security forces during the repulsed attack.
I-T dept to introduce new taxpayer schemes
With the present Income Tax Act proposed to be replaced by the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) next year, the I-T department is planning to introduce a host of services related to processing of tax returns and refunds in the current fiscal.