London, Aug.19 : Former athlete and British politian Sebastian Coe, who led the organising committee of London’s 2012 Games, has been appointed as the president of world governing body for athletics.The former Olympic 1500m champion, who defeated former Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka, will serve IAAF for an initial term of four years, the BBC […]
Colombo, Aug.19 : Leg-spinner Amit Mishra said on Tuesday that the Indian cricket team will put up a better performance against Sri Lanka in the second Test which starts at the P. Sara Oval here on Thursday.Recalling India’s 63-run defeat in the first Test, Mishra, said he was confident that the side led by Virat […]
New Delhi, Aug. 19 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed his shock over the midnight crackdown at the Pune’s Film Institute, FTII where five students were arrested, saying that, an internationally reputed institute was being systematically destroyed by government’s wrong decisions and offered to provide temporary space to the students here.”I am shocked to […]
Pune, Aug. 19 : In a midnight crackdown at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), 5 students were arrested by the police after the institute’s director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them for detaining him on campus on Monday.”Patrabe has complained that they have created chaos in his office and that the […]
Mulayam remark row: Such comments boost culprits’ confidence, says Congress New Delhi, Aug 19 : The Congress Party on Wednesday condemned the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s remark that ‘gang-rape is impractical’, saying that a senior leader of such status should refrain from making such remarks as they only boost the confidence of the […]