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Athletes leave but 5,000 to be there for closing

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) With most Commonwealth Games sporting events over, athletes from some countries have begun leaving, thinning the crowds at the Games Village.
But key areas in

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Probe into CWG corruption charges soon: Lalit Bhanot

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Investigations into corruption charges in the Commonwealth Games will start as soon as the sporting event gets over, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) secretary general

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Nirmohi Akhara wants Kalam, Deoband in Ayodhya mediation

Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) Nirmohi Akhara, a key party in the Ayodhya legal battle, wants former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, spiritual gurus Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as

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CWG womens hockey: Aussies beat New Zealand in tie-breaker for gold

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Australia survived a strong challenge from New Zealand to win the women’s hockey gold medal with an aggregate 6-4 victory via tie-breaker at the

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Delhi CWG very successful: Australias chef de mission

Melbourne, Oct 13 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games closing ceremony will be “a great opportunity to celebrate what will be a very successful Games”, Australia’s chef de mission said Wednesday.
Steve Moneghetti

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Indias second financial hub in Kolkata

Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the country’s second financial hub, after the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, at Jyoti Basu Nagar in

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Achanta Sharath Kamal crashes out

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Indian Table Tennis player and defending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal has lost his semi-final men’s single match at the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on

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CWG shooting: Heena gets silver, Jung bronze, Gagan fails to qualify

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The last day of the shooting competition at the Commonwealth Games here was a disappointment for India as pistol shooters Heena Sindhu missed the gold

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Nepal Maoists backtrack on peace pact

Kathmandu, Oct 13 (IANS) With just seven months left for the new constitution deadline to expire, Nepal’s opposition Maoist party Wednesday backtracked on its pledge, refusing to let go of

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India beat Australia in Bangalore Test to wrap up series 2-0

Bangalore, Oct 13 (IANS) India scored an emphatic seven-wicket win over Australia in the second and last cricket Test to clinch the series 2-0 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here

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Indian man suffers racist attack in Britain

London, Oct 13 (IANS) An Indian-origin man was brutally assaulted in Britain when he tried to stop a gang of men from attacking a woman. He was called an “Indian

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Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar, Ansari named Kashmir interlocutors

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Naming eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, Information Commissioner M.M. Ansari and academician Radha Kumar as the interlocutors who would re-start peace talks in troubled Jammu and

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Axe Karnataka governor, BJP tells PM

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately recall Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, saying he was trying to topple the

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Confusion over CWG closure tickets

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Have the tickets for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony Thursday been sold out? Yes, says the Organising Committee. The online helpline says otherwise.

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Athlete Rani Yadav tests positive

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India’s walker Rani Yadav is the athlete to test positive at the Commonwealth Games.
Rani, who participated for in 20-km walk, tested positive for banned nandrolone,

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