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MELBOURNE: Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has called for change in the administration of Tennis Australia to arrest what he sees as a decline in the sport.
The former world number wrote on his website that Australian tennis was falling behind many nations and is losing out to other s [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Hewitt calls for change in Tennis Australia
MELBOURNE: Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has called for change in the administration of Tennis Australia to arrest what he sees as a decline in the sport.
The former world number wrote on his website that Australian tennis was falling behind many nations and is losing out to other s [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 India takes up Kabul attack with Pakistan
New Delhi: India has taken up with Pakistan the suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Afghanistan, Defence Minister A K Antony indicated yesterday.
“Already we are taking it up seriously through government channels,” Antony told reporters.
He was answering a query if India was pointing [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Nepal river floods wildlife park in UP
Lucknow: Excess water from Nepal’s Sharda river has flooded large parts of the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh and washed away a key pier of a 120-year-old bridge over the river, a senior wildlife official said yesterday.
The bridge, that carried both rail and road traffic, was the sole con [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Kashmiris from both sides of border meet in Srinagar
Srinagar: Kashmiris from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) that divides India and Pakistan are meeting in this Jammu and Kashmir capital for a three-day conference organized by an NGO.
The conference, which began on Friday, is being organised by the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation. < [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Troops, choppers hunt for Maoists in Maharashtra
Nagpur: The central government has sent 20 additional companies of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to hunt down the Maoists responsible for the massacre of 17 policemen in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Thursday, a police officer said yesterday.
“They are expected to re [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Five swine flu deaths take toll to 385
New Delhi: Five swine flu deaths in Maharashtra yesterday took India’s death toll due to the pandemic to 385, the health ministry said.
While two people died of influenza A (H1N1), laboratory confirmation for three others came late Saturday. With these, the western state has reported 158 deaths s [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Flood-affected states to get Rs20bn relief
Raichur/Hyderabad: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday wound up his two-day aerial survey of flood devastation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and granted interim relief of Rs10bn to each state.
“I announce an interim relief of Rs1,000 crore (Rs10bn) for Karnataka. For the 226 precious lives [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Air-India to deploy more wide-bodied planes
New Delhi: Air-India will deploy the wide-bodied Boeing aircraft B777 on all its seven west-bound destinations as well as Tokyo from October 25, the national carrier said yesterday.
“With more than half of our fleet now comprising of the new aircraft, it has given us an opportunity to rework our [more...]
Posted on:10/14/2009 Daily Washington flight from Dec 1
Washington: Air-India has announced the launch of a daily Washington-New York-Delhi-Kolkata flight from December 1, putting the US capital on its map.
The daily flight would have stops in New York and New Delhi before flying on to Kolkata, saving several hours for passengers travelling from Washi [more...]
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