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Wanted to retire, but Imran Khan threw me a challenge: Sunil Gavaskar - Times of India
"You can't retire now. Pakistan is coming to India next year and I want to beat India in India. If you aren't part of that team, it won't be the same. Come on, let's have one last tilt against each other," Imran Khan replied when I told him I planned to retire at the end of the India tour of England.It was in 1986 and we were having lunch at an Italian restaurant in London.
Session on mind power techniques held at Chandigarh college - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: To strengthen the mental abilities of the students, Kailash Didi with her team of Brahma Kumaris from Rajpura interacted with the students of Aryans Group of Colleges on Friday.The session was organized on 'Improvement of Concentration and Memory Power'.Kailash Didi, while interacting with the students, stressed on the importance of a concentrated mind in student’s life.
‘Recycled asphalt can help build better, cheaper roads’ - Times of India
PANAJI: At a time when the quality of roads has become a matter of concern with major thoroughfares popping potholes by the dozen every few days, a research project conducted by students from Don Bosco College of Engineering in Fatorda has found that recycled asphalt can be utilised to build better quality roads.
NRC: SC seeks report on people excluded from list - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said people can file claims and objections on inclusion and exclusion in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam from August 30 and asked state coordinator Prateek Hajela to submit a sealed cover report by August 25 on districtwise percentage of population excluded from the draft NRC A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman said it had gone through the standard operating procedure (SOP) for receiving and adjudicating claims and...
Mumbai gets Flipper Jr as penguin egg hatches in zoo - Times of India
MUMBAI: India’s cutest Independence Day gift this year was delivered at 8.02pm on Wednesday, when its first Humboldt penguin chick hatched at the Byculla zoo. The chick, the offspring of Flipper and Molt, weighs 75g and is healthy. Zoo authorities, who announced the birth on Thursday morning, said anything between 60 and 80g is considered good.The suspense was on, as TOI reported in its edition on Wednesday, because the single egg laid by Flipper on July 5 completed 40 days on August 15.
Workshop on industrial textiles today - Times of India
Coimbatore: A two-day conference on industrial textiles will be held at PSG College of Technology from Friday.
Lost a father figure today: PM Modi on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's demise - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Describing Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a "father figure", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the void left by the former Prime Minister's death could never be filled.In a brief televised address, Modi said through his leadership and struggles, Vajpayee had strengthened the Jan Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)."He took these parties to every part of India and spread the policies and philosophy of the BJP to the people," he added.Modi said he had lost a "father...
Justice Karnan refuses to vacate Kolkata flat - Times of India
KOLKATA: Retired justice C S Karnan has told the state housing department and the registrar general of the Calcutta high court that he cannot be evicted from his Rosedale Complex flat at Newtown till his order against eight Supreme Court judges are not executed.
Gunmen attack intelligence service centre in Kabul
KABUL: Gunmen attacked an area around a training centre for Afghanistan 's intelligence service on Thursday in the capital Kabul , an official at the centre said.The official said he was taking shelter in a protected area of the compound and had no further details.
Why your diet is failing at 5 PM and what you can do
Following a diet from morning till 4 PM is easy. The real deal happens around 5 PM. Somehow, the 5 PM munching seems immune to smart decisions for we lose our sense of rationale when deciding our evening snacks. However, we are not to blame as the hunger at that time is such. Research shows how evening snacking leads to the bereavement of one's health conscious intentions. At your work too, the quinoa-loving snobs would gradually slip from their desks to the cafeterias or the corner stores.
Govt looks for more influence on RBI board
NEW DELHI: After appointing S Gurumurthy and Satish Marate on the board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the government is looking at a firmer influence over the central bank’s apex decision-making body by nominating individuals who argue its case better.
Asian Games: India's medal hopes in gymnastics - Times of India
Times Sport takes a brief look at the athletes/teams who can make a podium finish in Indonesia.After a two-year long injury layoff, Karmakar announced her comeback with gold in World Challenge Cup in Turkey last month. Anything less than gold will be underwhelming not only for millions of fans but also for herself.
Gau rakshaks protest as ATS brings Raut home, seizes car - Times of India
MUMBAI: The state ATS on Wednesday brought arrested gau rakshak Vaibhav Raut to his Nalasopara (W) bungalow , searched the premises and seized his car , four air pistols, a laptop , 3 phones and a diary among other items. Raut’s face was covered with a black cloth.Raut (40), who was arrested on August 10 along with Sharad Kalaskar and Sudhanwa Gondhaleka for criminal conspiracy to carry out blasts to disturb communal harmony, is in police custody till Saturday.
Permanent commission for women in more branches of military soon - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Women officers will now be able to opt for permanent commission in some other branches of the armed forces, apart from existing ones like legal and education, though there is no plan to induct them in combat arms like infantry, mechanised infantry, artillery and armoured corps or allow them to serve on board warships and submarines.
Pipes extracting water from check dam? Villagers cry foul - Times of India
GURUGRAM: As many as nine hosepipes have been placed illegally in a 100-year-old check dam apparently to extract water from a natural drain in the Aravalis , alleged Manesar villagers who have lodged a complaint with the forest department demanding action.The villagers also claimed that several trees had been uprooted, disturbing the ecology of the area.“Some illegal activities are being carried out by some defence personnel in the forest land under the village panchayat of Manesar.
Cultural programmes mark I-Day celebrations - Times of India
Coimbatore: The city’s top brass, including collector T N Hariharan, police commissioner K Periaiah and superintendent of police S P Pandiarajan, hoisted the tricolour on VOC Grounds to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day. Distribution of welfare schemes, prizes and awards to top performers in many fields and cultural programmes marked the day.After the flag hoisting ceremony, the district collector distributed welfare schemes worth around Rs 44 lakh to 304 beneficiaries across the district.
Mumbai: Cardinal installs fridge for poor people to take free food on I-Day - Times of India
MUMBAI: The archbishop of Bombay Oswald Cardinal Gracias inaugurated a community fridge to provide free home-cooked food to poor people in the quadrangle of Holy Name Cathedral , Colaba, on Independence Day . This is the parish traditionally helmed by the archbishop.Fr Nigel Barrett, spokesman for the archdiocese, said, "The Cardinal felt that poor people in our neighbourhood should not have to go without a meal. Instead of throwing out leftover food, households can deposit the extra food here.
PM vows to put Indians in space by 2022, Isro begins the long trek - Times of India
BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi , as part of his Independence Day speech early on Wednesday, vowed to put an Indian in space by 2022, a fete, when India achieves it, would make it only the fourth country after the US, Russia, and China to have sent astronauts into space.
Greek soldiers freed from Turkish prison return to families
THESSALONIKI: Greek authorities say that two Greek soldiers freed after spending months in a Turkish prison have been released from hospital following medical checks and are returning to their families.The two were given a clean bill of health Wednesday from a military hospital in northern Greece , a Greek military official said.
Coimbatore farmers say they are forced to take crop insurance - Times of India
COIMBATORE: Thursday, August 16, is the last day for farmers of agricultural crops to insure their kharif crops.
Malerkotla made Tricolour first hoisted at Red Fort - Times of India
MALERKOTLA: As India celebrates Independence Day, artisans from this Muslim town of Punjab have a role in it as they are the ones involved in making the Tricolours that are unfurled across the country. Not only male Muslim artisans, but females are also involved in making the flags."Many may not believe but we have made the National Flag to be hoisted at the Red Fort on this Independence Day and have already supplied the same to our client in Delhi.
Kerala floods: Cochin Airport suspends operation till Saturday - Times of India
KOCHI: Cochin International Airport will fall off the aviation map for nearly four days with Cial officials informing that airport will stop all operations till Saturday due the incessant rains and excess of water flowing from the Idukki dam in past couple of days.The Cial, which records the forth-largest international traffic among airports in India, has been forced to call off-operations till 2pm on Saturday after the flooding at airport due the heavy rains in the state.Though the airport...
PM Modi resumes trend of delivering long I-Day speeches - Times of India
NEW DELHI: After delivering his shortest Independence Day speech last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi resumed his trend of delivering long speeches and spoke for over 80 minutes while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort.Modi had last year spoken for 57 minutes, his shortest Independence Day speech in five years.In 2016, he had spoken for 96 minutes, the longest ever Independence Day address by an Indian prime minister.India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal...
Lionel Messi to skip Argentina friendlies: Reports - Times of India
BUENOS AIRES: Captain Lionel Messi will miss Argentina 's next four friendly matches, according to local press reports.
'Gaganyaan' to take Indian astronaut to space by 2022: PM Modi - Times of India
NEW DELHI: An Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman, will go on a space odyssey by 2022 on board 'Gaganyaan', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address here.He said when India celebrates 75th year of Independence in 2022, "and if possible even before, an Indian son or daughter" will undertake a manned space mission on board 'Gaganyaan' "carrying the national flag".Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe.
1,200 cops guard Chandigarh today - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: Nearly 1,200 cops helped by commandos and dog squad will guard the city and its Sector-17 parade venue on Independence Day when UT administrator V P Singh Badnore unfurls the Tricolour. The security is in the hands of 13 deputy superintendents of police, 36 inspectors, 300 sub-inspectors, assistant sub-inspectors, and head constables, 290 constables, 74 women cops, and 250 Home Guards volunteers apart from commandos, mounted police, Cheetah unit patrol teams , and bomb squad.
26-year-old carried out Dadri shootings after being beaten up - Times of India
GREATER NOIDA: A 26-year-old youth arrested for the mystery shootings in Dadri village over the past one month has allegedly told police he tried to create “an environment of terror” in the area after being assaulted by some men in a restaurant a few weeks ago.Abhishek Singh, who runs a fodder shop in Chitera village, was arrested following an exchange of fire near Powerhouse around 12.55am on Tuesday.Abhishek’s friend Manish, who works as a guard at the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, and his...
Thousands throng to Shiva temples as Shravan begins - Times of India
THANE: Shiva temples witnessed huge crowds as it was the first Monday of the auspicious month of Shravan. Devotees were seen thronging temples with elaborately prepared puja thalis.The first Monday of Shravan is known as Shravani Somwar. resulting in the crowd intensifying at each of the temples across the city.“My family and I visited a Lokpuram-based temple, which its known for its Shivling. We visited the place at 10am and it was very crowded. So we decided to go home and do the puja.
Christians did not participate in freedom struggle: BJP MP - Times of India
MUMBAI: A controversy erupted on Friday after a video clip emerged purportedly showing North Mumbai BJP MP Gopal Shetty claiming that Christians were "angrez" and did not participate in the freedom struggle.This prompted the Congress to seek an apology from the BJP for the "condemnable" comment made by its parliamentarian, while the NCP saw the remark as a "deliberate attempt to polarise people" in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.In the video clip, which went viral on social media and...
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