Everything you need to know about Dola: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Dola: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) As the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam rages on, the related loss of life continued in West Bengal with three more people linked to ponzi firms committing suicide, taking the death count to nine.
Singur (West Bengal), March 30 (IANS) It is widely believed that the Singur agitation, an intense anti-land acquisition movement, had propelled Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to power in West Bengal nearly two years ago, evicting the three-decade-long Left Front regime.
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Sahara Group Tuesday named badminton star Saina Nehwal as its brand ambassador.
Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) Telugu producer Kumarbabu, who has cast a bevy of newcomers in his upcoming romantic film "Telisi Teliyaka", strongly feels new artists need to be encouraged.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) One?third of children across the globe are concerned about pollution, and over a quarter of children in India want to participate in afforestation activities, a global survey on children's hopes, aspirations and fears revealed Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Some 150 children, most of them former child labourers, Sunday joined the athletes, celebrities and thousands of sports enthusiasts for the Delhi Half Marathon to pledge support to millions of other children still deprived of their rights.
Ranchi, July 27 (ANI): As the expectations of over a billion Indians rest on her shoulders, parents of ace archer and recently crowned world number one, Deepika Kumari pray for her success at the 2012 London Olympics.
Kolkata, July 1 (ANI): A large number of Olympians participated in the Kolkata city leg of Olympic Day Run (ODR) over the weekend, with a motive to inspire the youth to come forward and venture into such territories.
Ranchi, June 23 (ANI): Ace archer Deepika Kumari has scaled a new peak at the global stage, bagging the world number one ranking ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.
New Delhi, Nov 19(ANI): Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute today celebrated its 26th annual day function at New Delhi's Air Force Auditorium.
Kargil (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.14 (ANI): Drogpa tribals, who reside in the villages near Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil District, claim to be the descendants of Aryan race.
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): With 29 Gold, 22 Silver, and 22 Bronze medals till late Sunday evening, India held on to its second position on the seventh day of the ongoing XIX Commonwealth Games here.
New Delhi, Oct.10 (ANI): India players continued to bag more medals at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games here on Sunday, as Archer Rahul Banerjee and Wrestler Sushil Kumar won gold medal apiece, inspiring Discuss Thrower Vikas Gauda to win Silver medal in the evening.
New Delhi, Oct.10 (ANI): Wrestler Sushil Kumar clinched 28th gold medal by defeating South African player Heinrich Barnes 7-0 in the 66-kilogram category of the freestyle wrestling competition at the XIX Commonwealth Games here on Sunday
New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Archer Rahul Banerjee won gold in the men's individual recurve event at the XIXth Commonwealth Games today.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Shooter Harpreet Singh won gold in 25 metre centrefire pistol shooting event at the XIXth Commonwealth Games today.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Archer Deepika Kumari won gold in the women's recurve archery singles while Dola Banerjee won the bronze in the same event of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): Indian shooters continued their splendid performance on the fifth day of the XIXth Commonwealth Games here, thereby taking India's gold medal tally to twenty.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): India won their 15th gold medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games on Friday when the women's archery team beat England in the final of the Recurve Team event.
New Delhi, Jan 29(ANI): Beating Retreat, a centuries old military tradition dating back to the days when troops disengaged from battle at sunset, brought an end to the Republic Day celebrations for 2010 on Friday evening.
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Continuing the form that fetched them the men's recurve team gold in the World Cup Stage I, the Indian archers put the country in line for the yellow metal in the Stage II at Porec, Croatia Friday.
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Chekrovolu Swuro, who was out of the Indian archery team for almost a year, Sunday staged a remarkable return by securing a place in the women's recurve team for the World Cup Stage II and III.
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Indian men's recurve team of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar clinched the gold medal, beating Great Britain 221-215 in the World Cup archery (Stage 1) final at Santo Domingo.
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The Indian men's recurve team reached the final of the team championship in the World Cup archery meet (Stage 1) at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Indian archers are still assured of a bronze medal despite collapsing like a pack of cards after some superb performances in the FITA round qualifications at the archery World Cup (stage 1) being held at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Indian archers Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia stood first and second in the men's qualification round on the opening day of the World Cup Stage 1 at Santo Domingo, the capital of Dominican Republic.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Archery was known to be a popular sport in ancient times in India, as well as the main battle weapon. But India's modern day archers still have a fair distance to go to gain international reckoning.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) An Orissa court Wednesday rejected a rape victim nun's plea to hold the test identification parade (TIP) in New Delhi instead of in the state.
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Soumen Das, a well known Sports Authority of India (SAI) archery coach, died last Saturday after prolonged illness.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) A court in Orissa Monday directed the nun who was allegedly raped in Orissa during the communal violence in August to attend a test identification parade of the accused Nov 19, a government lawyer said.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) A nun who was raped in Orissa during the communal violence in August Monday sought more time from the court to be present for a test identification parade as she was not well enough to travel, a Christian leader said here. After a long delay because she was did not have faith in the Orissa police, She has now agreed to cooperate with the investigators.
Islamabad, Nov 4 (DPA) At least 13 Taliban militants and three security personnel were killed Tuesday in aerial strikes by government forces and attacks by Islamist insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials and media reports said.
Phulbani (Orissa), Nov 4 (IANS) An Orissa court Tuesday fixed Nov 10 as the date of test identification parade in the case of the rape of a nun during communal violence in Kandhamal district in August.
Beijing, Aug 10 (ANI): Chinese women shattered Indian eves' dream of wining a bronze medal in archery, as the former defeated the Indian trio - L Bombayla Devi, Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni - in a nail-biting finish at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday. Bombayla, Dola and Pranitha, who got a bye in the first round, lost 206-211 to the Chinese trio of Lin Jiang, Wenquan Li and Feng Hai Xue.
The hottest golden girl of the Archery Dola Banerjee is now sets her eye for cornering Olympic glory after wining the gold medal at the recently concluded World championship in Dubai. Much to her delight the latest archery diva, whose bow and arrow