New Delhi | 11 months ago
On cart: Economy, sports, food & drama
New Delhi, April 28 - Exercise the intellect with an inspiring cache of books this weekend. Browse with IANS...1.Book: 'The Blue Sweater'; Written by Jacqueline Novogratz; Published by Harper Collins-India; Priced Rs.399 -The book is the inspiring story of a woman, who gave up a career in international banking to spend her life understanding global poverty and finding powerful new ways of tackling ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Roopam Sharma new secretary of Delhi Basketball Association
New Delhi, April 9 - Basketball Federation of India - chief executive Roopam Harish Sharma was elected honorary secretary of the Delhi Basketball Association -.Roopam was unanimously elected in the executive committee meeting of the DBA held last week. Roopam replaces her husband Harish Sharma, who passed away in February after prolonged illness. Roopam said on behalf of the BFI that she would ext ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Indian basketball's CEO Harish Sharma dead
New Delhi, Feb 11 - Harish Sharma, former basketball international and chief executive of Basketball Federation of India -, died here Friday night. He was 53.The BFI mourns his death and pays condolences to Sharma`s family and close friends. His influence on the game of basketball in India will be irreplaceable, BFI said in its condolence message through a press release. Sharma represented the nat ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Delhi School Basketball League returns for second season
New Delhi, July 25 - The second season of the Delhi School Basketball League begins Wednesday and will have teams from 18 schools in the boys and girls categories.The event, organised by the Basketball Federation of India - and IMG-Reliance, will be held between teams of 10 boys and eight girls schools. Each game will be hosted by the home team on a home-and-away basis.The league will be played in ... read more

1 year ago
From guns to Buddha to enlightening others, a monk's story
Leh, July 20 - He was a soldier who dropped the gun to be a monk - but even that didn't give him peace of mind. So Bhikkhu Sanghasena decided to work towards educating the underprivileged in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to help them match steps with the rest of the world.'I was a soldier and our instructors used to say, what do you know about the world? You are a 'pahadi'. My blood used ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Court defers Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case
New Delhi, May 3 - A Delhi court Tuesday posted for May 25 the drug abuse case involving Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain Bharatiya Janata Party - leader Pramod Mahajan.'As all the accused are not present in the court today...the matter is fixed for May 25,' Additional Sessions Judge S.C. Rajan said.The court was to record the testimonies of two senior doctors of the department of forensic medicine ... read more

2 years ago
Kalmadi can't be touched till the Games are over
The Lok Sabha debate on the alleged corruption and delays in the construction of venues for the Commonwealth Games saw some unusual trends that seem to have escaped the media's attention.First, no one has attacked Organising Committee president Suresh Kalmadi inside the House, though most opposition leaders oblige the byte-hungry TV correspondents with juicy lines, exactly the way they are told to ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Basketball federation joins hands with IMG Reliance
New Delhi, June 21 - The Basketball Federation of India - has joined hands with IMG Reliance, a joint venture between IMG Worldwide and Reliance Industries, to develop the sport in the country.As part of the agreement, the BFI has granted IMG Reliance commercial rights relating to basketball in India, including sponsorship, advertising, broadcasting, merchandising, film, video and data, intellectu ... read more

3 years ago
Relent or juniors will take over: HI tells
Pune/New Delhi, Jan 12 - Hockey India, after failing to resolve the outstanding payments issue, warned the protesting players Tuesday that if they did not return to the camp within 24 hours, a new team will have to be drafted for the New Delhi World Cup. After a two-hour meeting in Pune this afternoon, both HI officials and players stuck to the positions they had held after their meeting in Delh ... read more

3 years ago
Lawyers strike work demanding security in court premises
New Delhi, June 4 - People thronging the five district courts in the capital had a tough time Thursday as lawyers went on a day-long strike to protest the abduction of a colleague three days ago and to demand better security. The lawyers decided to protest after a lawyer filed a First Information Report - alleging that he was abducted from the Karkardooma court premises by unidentified men on Mo ... read more