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Pune, Feb 26 (Ians) Future stars in the form of Salman Khan (Army) and Mrunmayee Salgaokar (Maharashtra) were born as both emerged fastest rowers after bagging the Singles Sculls event in the men’s and women’s sections respectively, while Services (men) and Orissa (women) topped honors in the 24th Open Sprint National at the Army Rowing Node, Cme, on Sunday.

Both, Salman and Mrunmayee recorded maiden individual bests by winning the Sprint title (raced over 500 meters) for the first time.

Meanwhile, the Services Sports Control Board (Sscb) with four top places proved a force to reckon with for the second time over week.

On the concluding day, Haryana-born Salman fought off an equally powerful performance by 2018 Rio Olympian and vastly experienced Dattu Bhokanal by .5 seconds in near photo-finish. Arvind Singh (Services) finished a disappointing fourth.

For Salman, who clocked 1 minute 32.3 seconds, it was the second successive day that he fought...

Pune, Feb 23 (Ians) Dattu Bhokanal, the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist, failed to make it to the final of the Single Sculls event on his comeback run as rowers from Army and Services hogged the limelight in the semifinals of the 40th Senior and 24th Open Sprint National Rowing Championships 2023 at the Army Rowing Node, Cme here on Thursday.

In the men’s section, the two rowing powerhouses — Oarsmen from the Army Sports Control Board (Ascb) and the Services Sports Control Board (Sscb) — had 11 top-place finishes on Day-2 of the competition, while four other units — Chandigarh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, were left to join the final competition.

Likewise, in the women’s section honours were scattered with seven states having their representation in the finals. Orissa and Madhya Pradesh had two finalists each.

Maharashtra’s interest was kept alive with Nashik-lass Mrunmayee Salgaonkar making it to the final of the Single...

New Delhi, Dec 5 (Ians) Former Twitter-Asia Managing Director (MD), Parminder Singh, has revealed that a “soft-spoken” cab driver refused to take payment after Singh “walked off” without paying him at the airport.

Singh tweeted: “The soft-spoken cab driver dropped us at Delhi airport. We walked off without paying. Desperately called to ask how to pay & he replied, ‘Koi baat nahi, phir kabhi aa jayenge’. Won’t even tell the amount.”

Singh also mentioned that the driver “knew we don’t live here”, as he lives in Singapore.

He also urged his followers to take his services: “I don’t have his permission so not sharing his details here, but please Dm if you’re looking for a decent cab guy in Ncr.”

Several users expressed their thoughts and experiences on Singh’s post.

One user commented, “In this, our India, millions of such aacts of decency’ happen every day.

New Delhi, Aug 14 (Ians) The All India football Federation (Aiff) has included 36 eminent players in the list of voters comprising the electoral college for the general body elections to be held on August 28.

The list of 36 eminent players includes the likes of Bhaichung Bhutia, Im Vijayan, Shabbir Ali, Climax Lawrence, Rendey Singh and Jo Paul Ancheri, among others and also has 12 female representatives including O. Bembem Devi.

The Aiff said in a statement on Sunday that, “As per the Order dt. August 3, 2022 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Returning Officer, Mr. Umesh Sinha, has scrutinised and prepared the final List of Voters (comprising nominees of State Associations’ and Eminent Players) forming the Electoral College.

“The Returning Officer will take up objections raised, if any, on the Electoral College, on August 14, 2022 and decide on the same by 10 Am Ist on August 16, 2022. Any objection to the Electoral College should be sent to ro@the-aiff.

Award-winning actor, Farhan Akhtar returns to the big screen in fine form, showing off both his acting skills that have made him hugely popular with box office smashes including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and his dance moves that turned him into a heartthrob in movies like Rock On! Joining him is Punjabi superstar Gippy Grewal, an award-winner in his own right, as Parminder Singh Gill, and a member of the Band of Prisoners.

We have loved the songs we have heard so far and now the full Ost is out. To go with this story it must have a strong soundtrack and that comes with music composed by Arjuna Harjai, Sukhwinder Singh, Mychael Danna, Rochak Kohli and Tanishk Bagchi includes the songs Kaavaan Kaavaan featuring the vocals of Divya Kumar; Meer-e-Kaarwan, sung by Amit Mishra and Neeti Mohan and Teen Kabootar, featuring Mohit Chauhan and Divya Kumar and rapping by Raftaar.

Three days after a 21-year-old accounting student, Nitin Garg, was fatally stabbed outside Hungry Jack’s, the Melbourne burger restaurant where he worked, authorities yesterday admitted to finding a partially burnt body of an Indian male who is yet to be identified in the New South Wales province. The Australian police have confirmed that 1,447 Indians have been victims of crime in Victoria state alone as of July 2008. Gautam Gupta, president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia, insists that many more attacks went unreported. His own housemate, Parminder Singh Garg, from Punjab, had been beaten up by drunks ...