Bolt wins with world leading time in Oslo
byOslo, June 14 (IANS/CMC) Olympic champion Usain Bolt rebounded from a 100m defeat last week to produce a dominant performance to win the 200…
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Jamaican quarter-miler Blake handed 6-year doping ban
byKingston, June 14 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican quarter-miler Domonique Blake has been slapped with a six-year ban for doping by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO). Blake…
Telangana protests, arrests rock Hyderabad
bylargescale arrests rocked Hyderabad Friday as the city turned into a war zone with police sealing all routes leading to the Andhra Pradesh assembly…
Unable to afford treatment, parents kill baby girl
byAgartala, June 14 (IANS) Unable to afford costly treatment for their six-month-old daughter, a daily-wage labourer and his wife strangled her to death and…
Russia to spend $20 billion for FIFA World Cup
byMoscow, June 14 (IANS) Russia will spend over 660 billion rubles ($20.6 billion) on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has…
Ecuador protests against Paraguayan referee
byQuito (Ecuador), June 14 (IANS) The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) will file a complaint with world body FIFA against Paraguayan referee Enrique Caceres over…
Reunion Island signs distribution pact with Indian Oil
byReunion Island, June 14 (IANS) The signing of an agreement between Indian Oil Corporation and the French island of Reunion for import and distribution…
J&K headed for simultaneous parliamentary-assembly polls?
bySrinagar: Although elections to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly are only due towards the end of 2014, the state’s ruling coalition and the main opposition…
Heads roll, Chandy in defensive mode
byThiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, under intense criticism from the Left opposition over his staff members being in contact with…
Padma Khanna: From Bollywood dancer to classical dance guru
byChicago, June 14 (IANS) Padma Khanna, a popular name in Hindi and Bhojpuri films in the 1970s, who currently resides in New Jersey and…