Clinches
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Congress votes to end US shutdown, avoid default
World | Oct 17, 2013, 08:40 AM ISTWashington: Congress passed legislation Wednesday night to avert a U.S. debt default and end a government shutdown, a bipartisan deal set along President Barack Obama's strict terms that left Republicans little to show for the
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Poor Odisha farmer's son clinches 25th rank in Indian Economic Service
India | Aug 11, 2013, 08:00 PM ISTKendrapara, Odisha, Aug 11: Son of a farmer living below poverty line, an Odia boy from Kendrapara district has cracked Indian Economics Service (IES).Hailing from the obscure Palakana village under Kora gram panchayat, 24-year-old Dipak
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Kvitova clinches US Open Series title in New Haven
Tennis | Aug 24, 2012, 10:22 PM ISTNew Haven (Connecticut), Aug 24: Caroline Wozniacki extended her remarkable unbeaten run at the New Haven Open on Thursday, but her quest for a fifth consecutive title may hinge on her right knee.Wozniacki suffered an
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Tarundeep Wins A Historic Silver, India Slip To 10th Position
India | Nov 24, 2010, 08:17 PM ISTGuangzhou, Nov 24: Tarundeep Rai clinched a historic silver medal in archery while star boxer Vijender Singh and three of his colleagues stormed into the men's boxing finals as India slipped to the tenth position