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  16-year-old muslim boy wins Bhagwad Gita quiz in Jaipur

  India | February 08, 2020 12:39 IST

  Abdul Kagzi, a class 9 student left the judges surprised with his apt knowledge on the subject and enormous knowledge on Sanskrit hymns and verses.

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  Oman based Indian man wins USD 1 million in Dubai millionaire draw

  World | June 11, 2019 21:09 IST

  An Oman-based Indian man has won USD 1 million at the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw, a media report said on Tuesday.

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  BJP wins 96% of Tripura Gram Panchayat seats unopposed

  Elections | September 16, 2018 10:10 IST

  The by-elections to 3,386 seats -- 3,207 Gram Panchayat seats, 161 Panchayat Samiti seats and 18 Zilla Parishads seats -- are scheduled for September 30.

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  Australia's Richard Flanagan wins Booker fiction prize

  World | October 15, 2014 7:52 IST

  London: Australian writer Richard Flanagan won the Booker Prize on Tuesday with a visceral book about wartime brutality and its aftermath - a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as

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  San Marino GP: Valentino Rossi wins as Marc Marquez falls

  Other Sports | September 15, 2014 11:22 IST

  Misano Adriatico, Italy: Valentino Rossi won the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, at his home track, after MotoGP world championship leader Marc Marquez fell and finished 15th.   Rossi clocked a time of 44 minutes,

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  Scott Brown wins primary in bid for US Senate return

  World | September 10, 2014 8:46 IST

  WASHINGTON:  Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown won New Hampshire's Republican U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday, moving forward in his attempt to get back to Washington from another state.Even though Brown was from a neighboring

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  US Open: Wozniacki wins semi when Peng Shuai retires

  Tennis | September 06, 2014 8:44 IST

  NEW YORK :Caroline Wozniacki won her U.S. Open semifinal Friday when Peng Shuai retired because of heat illness. Wozniacki was up a set and a break on an extremely humid afternoon when Peng stumbled to

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  Indian-born scientist wins prestigious US award

  World | September 03, 2014 11:11 IST

  Washington: India-born scientist Dr Thomas John Colacot has won the American Chemical Society's ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, one of the top honours in the field.Colacot, who studied at St Berchman's College, Changanacherry, Kerala and

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  US Open:Maria Sharapova wins 1st-rounder

  Tennis | August 26, 2014 18:15 IST

  NEW YORK :  A year after a most painful absence, Maria Sharapova returned to her winning ways at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The fifth-seeded Sharapova overcame a few wobbles with her serve tosses and took the

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  Serena Williams wins Cincinnati, beating Ana Ivanovic

  Tennis | August 19, 2014 7:54 IST

  MASON, Ohio : Serena Williams finally got the one that always managed to somehow slip away. And she did it so convincingly that she's thinking another title could be coming soon.   Williams needed only 62

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  Hungarian GP: Red Bull's Ricciardo wins, Alonso 2nd

  Other Sports | July 27, 2014 20:46 IST

  BUDAPEST, Hungary :  Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull overtook Ferrari's Fernando Alonso near the end of the race to win a thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, his second Formula One victory of the season

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  British GP: Lewis Hamilton wins as Nico Rosberg retires

  Other Sports | July 07, 2014 8:37 IST

  SILVERSTONE, England :  Lewis Hamilton won a crash-hit British Grand Prix on Sunday to cut Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's lead in the drivers' championship from 29 points to just four after the German had his

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  Virat Kohli wins Ceat cricketer of the year award

  Cricket | June 02, 2014 23:43 IST

  Mumbai:  India's top batsman Virat Kohli today won the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the fastest player from the country to pick 100 Test wickets, bagged the Indian Player

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  French Open: Rafael Nadal wins again to reach quarter final

  Tennis | June 02, 2014 19:06 IST

  PARIS : Rafael Nadal won a record 32nd straight match at the French Open on Monday, beating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.   Nadal is an eight-time French Open champion with a 63-1 record

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  India's Ayhika wins junior girls' title at Slovakia Open

  Tennis | May 27, 2014 6:51 IST

  New Delhi: India's Ayhika Mukherjee defeated Leila Imre of Hungary to win the junior girls crown at the 2014 Slovak Open Junior Circuit table tennis championships at Senec.Ayhika won the crucial final battle 4-2 (11-6,

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  Atletico Madrid wins Spanish title with 1-1 draw against Barcelona

  Football | May 18, 2014 6:55 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain :  Atletico Madrid dramatically secured its first Spanish league title in 18 years by rallying for a 1-1 draw at Barcelona on Saturday.   Atletico lost Diego Costa and Arda Turan to injury inside

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  Bengal matinee idol Dev wins from Ghatal

  India | May 16, 2014 18:28 IST

  Kolkata: Reigning Bengal matinee idol and Trinamool Congress candidate Dev Friday won Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, trouncing his opponent Santosh Rana of the Communist Party of India by a massive margin of 260,939 votes.Dev romped

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  Both Congress and BJP bet on big wins in Karnataka

  Politics | May 15, 2014 16:55 IST

  Bangalore: The ruling Congress in Karnataka is looking for a big win from a sharply bipolar race in the state in an outcome that could also have a bearing on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's standing within

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  Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins French league award

  Football | May 12, 2014 17:25 IST

  PARIS : Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was voted the French league's player of the year by his fellow professionals for the second straight season.   Ibrahimovic beat off competition from teammates Thiago Silva and Thiago

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  ANC wins South Africas's general election

  World | May 11, 2014 9:55 IST

  Johannesburg: The African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory in South Africa's general election with a majority of 249 seats in the National Assembly, the country's Independent Electoral Commission announced Saturday.This victory secured