New Delhi, Sep 3 – The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) said Friday it has put in place an effective and robust programme in place to ensure that the Games are free from dope violations with 1,500 doping control tests, the largest in the Games history.
The programme, put up with the support of the Commonwealth
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Robust doping controls in place for CWG
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Stop use of arms against stone throwers in Kashmir: Activists
Mumbai, Sep 3 – The government should call for an immediate halt to the use of arms by security personnel against stone throwers to end the turmoil in the Kashmir Valley, a group of activists urged at a conference here Friday.
Among other things, the meeting convened by Peace Mumbai, a network of social organisations,
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‘Illegal mining in Goa cannot be brought to book’
Panaji, Sep 3 – In an indirect criticism of the state government, a top official of Sesa Goa (SG) – a Vedanta Resources-owned mining company based in Goa – Friday said it was virtually impossible to fight illegal mining in Goa because of ‘issues faced in pursuing such matters’.
Speaking at a function on ‘Mining and
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Passengers say time, money saved by new Metro line
New Delhi, Sep 3 – It was a day of desires being fulfilled for residents of south Delhi with the opening of the Metro’s Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar section, connecting north Delhi to the satellite town of Gurgaon.
As the 12.53 km Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar link was thrown open to the public Friday afternoon, thousands of
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Massive cleaning up in Delhi to tackle dengue
New Delhi, Sep 3 – A massive cleaning up campaign will be initiated in the capital from Monday as part of measures to control the spread of dengue, which has affected over 1,000 people in the city so far, as per a decision taken at a review meeting chaired by union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi
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BJD, Congress hold rallies over Vedanta, POSCO
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 – Politics over mega projects by South Korean steel major POSCO and Vedanta and others intensified further with the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and opposition Congress in Orissa trading charges against each other Friday.
The youth wings of the BJD organized a massive rally christened ‘Save Orissa’ near the Niyamgiri hills in
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NADA for quick trial of dope-tainted athletes
New Delhi, Sep 3 – The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Friday said it will request the anti-doping disciplinary panel to expedite the trial of Indian athletes, who have tested positive in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, once the outcome of their ‘B’ samples are known by Saturday evening.
NADA director-general Rahul Bhatnagar also said
