Doha | 4 days ago
London dreams of Indian paddlers shattered
Doha, May 12 - The London dreams of Indian paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal, Athony Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak lay shattered after they failed to move into the round of 16 at the World Olympic Qualification Championships here.Only two Indians - Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das - will be seen in action at the London olympics later this year as they qualified from the continental quotas after they becam ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Sharath-led Indian TT team leaves for final Olympic qualifier
New Delhi, May 8 - A four-member Indian table tennis team comprising Sharath Kamal left for Doha Tuesday morning to give it a last shot at qualifying for the London Olympics.Sharath, national men's and women's champions Anthony Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak and Shamini Kumaresan, will have to up the ante this time to make amends for their failure at the Asian Qualification tournament in Hong Kong las ... read more

New Delhi | 25 days ago
TT: Soumyajit, Ankita book London berth, heartbreak for Sharath
New Delhi, April 22 - Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das, booked their London Olympics berths Sunday in the Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong, but it was heartbreak for top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal.For both Ghosh and Ankita, the berths came via the continental quotas, after they topped from the South Asian region. Ghosh defeated Anthony Amal Raj 4-0 - and Ankita dow ... read more

New Delhi | 25 days ago
Table tennis: Sharath misses out on fifth qualifying spot for Olympics
New Delhi, April 21 - Achanta Sharath Kamal failed to seal the fifth qualifying spot at the ongoing Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong, when he lost to Kim Song Nam of North Korea, 2-4 - Saturday.Of the seven berths available at the qualifiers, six have already been grabbed with the lone seventh spot now on offer. To win that Sharath will have to first to beat Chinese ... read more

New Delhi | 28 days ago
Olympic qualifying: Men paddlers top groups, Ankita in second stage
New Delhi, April 19 - All the three Indian men paddlers topped their groups to move a step closer and enter stage two of the Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong Thursday afternoon.But from among the women, Ankita Das alone has confirmed her second stage spot, having won two matches in the five-player group, according to information received here.Both Poulomi Ghatak and ... read more

Mumbai | 2 months ago
RBI mid-quarter review Thursday
Mumbai, March 14 - Financial markets and industries are hoping for a rate cut in the Reserve Bank of India's mid-quarter review of its monetary policy Thursday.We expect the RBI to have some surprises installed when it comes out with the third quarter monetary review on March 15. This could also be a repo rate cut, Soumyakanti Ghosh, director, economics and research, Federation of Indian Chambers ... read more

Mumbai | 2 months ago
India's central bank frees more money for credit
Mumbai, March 9 - In a bid to free more money for commercial banks to lend, India's central bank Friday cut a key rate that determines the amount of funds such institutions have to compulsorily hold as cash against their deposits.The move, which comes less than a week ahead of Reserve Bank of India's - review of the monetary policy for this fiscal here March 15, will release additional liquidity o ... read more

Macau | 2 months ago
Asian TT: Indian men stretch Chinese Taipei in quarters
Macau, Feb 26 - Indian men bowed out of the medal reckoning after losing to Chinese Taipei 2-3 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships early here Sunday. Later, they lost 1-3 to North Korea in the 5-8 position matches.The women's team too bit the dust, first losing to China 0-3 in the quarterfinals and subsequently to both Taipei and South Korea in a similar fashion to finish ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
Indian contingent leaves for Asian TT Championships in Macau
New Delhi, Feb 21 - Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak will lead the Indian men's and women's challenge at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Macau Feb 23-March 1.The other members of the men's team are national champion Anthony Amalraj, Subhajit Saha, Sanil Shetty and Soumyajeet Ghosh while the women's line-up comprises Mouma Das, Shamini Kumaresan, Mousumi Paul and Ankita Das.The players will ... read more

Lucknow | 3 months ago
National TT: Maharashtra, PSPB win team titles
Lucknow, Jan 26 - Mamta Prabhu helped Maharashtra A win the women's crown in the 73rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the SAI sub-centre hall here Thursday. Petroleum Sports Control Board -, led by Sharath Kamal, retained the men's title.Maharashtra A team thus became the first state outfit to win the Jayalakshmi Cup, beating North Bengal 3-2. Mamta was staring down t ... read more