NEW DELHI: An average Indian might feel like a demoralising dwarf in the world of giants called basketball but one of the brightest shining NBA stars, Kevin Garnett, assured the game is not all about height and India should not lose heart.
Himself a strapping 611 towering figure, the power forward from Minnesota Timberwolves who was adjudged NBAs Most Valuable Player 2003-04, was here in the capital on a promotional campaign and he admitted he had no idea about basketball in India.
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Agra University Vice Chancellor A S Kukla has been removed from his post and Bhumitra Dev, the former vice chancellor of Rohilkhand University of Bareilly, has been asked to take charge of the post.
A communication issued by the Raj Bhawan in Lucknow today said Kukla had been removed from the
New Delhi : Authorities tightened security at the Taj Mahal, Indias famous monument to love, after top officials decided current arrangements were inadequate to thwart a terror strike, a report said.
More bunkers have been set up in Agra on the roads leading to the Taj after a security review
KOLKATA: A group of 16 school educators and library and museum managers from the US is visiting this eastern metropolis July 25-28 to learn more about the Indian society and the education system.
One of the major programmes during their stay will be a visit to the Indian Institute of
In the export of woollen and cotton rugs and carpets, Mirzapur and Agra, stand out as the largest exporters in the country.
But lately, the carpet export of these towns, especially Mirzapur, has suffered significantly due to the strong measures taken by the European Union and the United States
The Uttar Pradesh government would appoint sports marshalls in all villages with one acre land to encourage youngsters in the state to take up various disciplines.
Also, 18 gymnasiums would be set up for development of rural sports like wrestling, kabaddi and kho-kho, the States Minister of Sports, R K
In a recent interview to the Indian media, General Pervez Musharraf says all the right things, in the right vein, with sincerity but ensures that the skeletons of the 2001 Agra Summit tumble out.
In one of his most candid and forthright confessions, the Pakistan President blames Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
By Brij Khandelwal, Agra, July 29 (IANS) Faced with increasing threats from kidnappers, doctors in Agra will undergo training of a different kind - learning the use of firearms for self-defence.
The doctors will spend more time at the shooting range than in their clinics when a programme drawn up by
AGRA: An archaeologist is praying for a respite from a heatwave engulfing the Taj Mahal town of Agra, warning that heavy dust in the dry air could permanently scar the marble monument to love.
Temperatures hovered this week at 45 Celsius in the city, 200km south of New Delhi, as a
SCIENCE CITY OF MUĂ‘OZ: Various agencies and farmers organizations have expressed fears about the failure of the government to finish land distribution before the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program expires in 2008.
Representatives from the government, business sector and farmers groups meeting for the Provincial Consultation on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
LUCKNOW, Varanasi and Agra have made it to the semi-finals of the Under-16 State Level Boys Hockey Tournament by virtue of emerging as pool leaders from pools A, B and C, respectively, in the Under-16 State Level Boys Hockey Tournament in progress at the KD Singh Babu Stadium, here.
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