Bangkok (Thailand), July 16 (Ians) Parul Chaudhary and Jyothi Yarraji won their second medals in the competition but India could not get any more gold on the final day, winning 12 medals on the final day to take third place in the Asian Athletics Championship 2023 with a total of 27 medals including six gold medals.
Besides the six gold medals, India bagged 12 silver medals and nine bronze in the event being held after a gap of four years after the 2021 edition in Hangzhou was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, coming up with a fine performance a month before World Championships in athletics.
India finished third, in terms of gold medals, behind Japan 37 and China 22 while Sri Lanka are fourth with eight medals, 3 gold, two silver and three bronze.
With this performance, India equalled their best-ever showing at the Asian Athletics Championships in terms of medal count, equalling the 27 medals bagged at Bhubaneswar in 2017. On that occasion,...
Besides the six gold medals, India bagged 12 silver medals and nine bronze in the event being held after a gap of four years after the 2021 edition in Hangzhou was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, coming up with a fine performance a month before World Championships in athletics.
India finished third, in terms of gold medals, behind Japan 37 and China 22 while Sri Lanka are fourth with eight medals, 3 gold, two silver and three bronze.
With this performance, India equalled their best-ever showing at the Asian Athletics Championships in terms of medal count, equalling the 27 medals bagged at Bhubaneswar in 2017. On that occasion,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, June 30 (Ians) During the auditions for ‘MTV Roadies – Karm ya Kaand’, one of the contestants will be seen leaving the Gang leaders and Sonu Sood in awe. A science teacher-turned bhangra instructor, Manpreet Kaur, who hails from Punjab, will take the spotlight as she will regale the audiences with her heroic tale of survival and resilience, earning herself a Roadies Salute.
Manpreet’s heroic tale will leave the Gang Leaders and Sonu speechless, with Prince Narula urging the audience: “If you see anyone who needs help, please help them”. Gang Leader Gautam Gulati will praise her spirit, and call her ‘A strong woman’.
Recounting her chilling tale of kidnapping, Manpreet will reveal how she fell into the clutches of a notorious serial killer. Stabbed multiple times, she drove home her steely resolve to live and ensure that the criminal would be punished. Her survival instinct ended up prevailing against...
Manpreet’s heroic tale will leave the Gang Leaders and Sonu speechless, with Prince Narula urging the audience: “If you see anyone who needs help, please help them”. Gang Leader Gautam Gulati will praise her spirit, and call her ‘A strong woman’.
Recounting her chilling tale of kidnapping, Manpreet will reveal how she fell into the clutches of a notorious serial killer. Stabbed multiple times, she drove home her steely resolve to live and ensure that the criminal would be punished. Her survival instinct ended up prevailing against...
- 6/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Vijayanagar (Karnataka), March 1 (Ians) Star shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor on Wednesday clinched gold on the opening day of the 2nd Indian Open Throws and Jumps Competition after breaking the meet record with a throw of 19.95 metres at the Inspire Institute of Sport (Iis), here.
With his stunning performance, Toor also qualified for a spot in the Asian Games by breaching the 19 metres mark, which is the qualifying standard for the Asian Games set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in men’s shot put.
The silver medal was clinched by the new star on the circuit Karanveer Singh with a throw of 19.54 metres who also breached the qualification standard set by AFI to make the cut for the Asian Games. The bronze medal was bagged by Sahib Singh with a throw of 18.77 metres.
“This is just the first outdoor competition of the season, I am not that satisfied with my performance.
With his stunning performance, Toor also qualified for a spot in the Asian Games by breaching the 19 metres mark, which is the qualifying standard for the Asian Games set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in men’s shot put.
The silver medal was clinched by the new star on the circuit Karanveer Singh with a throw of 19.54 metres who also breached the qualification standard set by AFI to make the cut for the Asian Games. The bronze medal was bagged by Sahib Singh with a throw of 18.77 metres.
“This is just the first outdoor competition of the season, I am not that satisfied with my performance.
- 3/1/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Bengaluru, June 2 (Ians) Making debut at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games would be a fairy-tale, Indian women's hockey team defender Manpreet Kaur said on Wednesday. The young player also said that skipper Rani Rampal had been her biggest inspiration.
Manpreet, 22, who is training with the national team at the Sports Authority of India (Sai) centre in Bengaluru for the Olympics, added that her maiden international tour -- to Argentina in February -- had helped her gain "a lot of confidence".
"Debut for the senior national team at a dream event like the Olympics will be a fairy-tale for me. But I want to keep my feet on the ground and continue doing my hard work. We all are pumped up, and just working hard, making each and every day count in training," said the player from Shahabad in Haryana.
A product of the Shahabad Academy -- the centre that has...
Manpreet, 22, who is training with the national team at the Sports Authority of India (Sai) centre in Bengaluru for the Olympics, added that her maiden international tour -- to Argentina in February -- had helped her gain "a lot of confidence".
"Debut for the senior national team at a dream event like the Olympics will be a fairy-tale for me. But I want to keep my feet on the ground and continue doing my hard work. We all are pumped up, and just working hard, making each and every day count in training," said the player from Shahabad in Haryana.
A product of the Shahabad Academy -- the centre that has...
- 6/2/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Along with being the movie that many use as an example of the magic of Bollywood, the music of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is also synonymous with Hindi films. In fact, ask many a Hindi film fan about the music of Bollywood and the first song that comes to mind, we would bet 9 times out of 10, would be Ddlj’s ‘Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jaana Sanam’. To celebrate the film playing continuously for 1000 weeks we thought we would relive the magic of Jatin-Lalit’s music with the original song videos! Check them out!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzDp6VgXHI
Song: ‘Ghar Aaja Pardesi’
Singers: Pamela Chopra, Manpreet Kaur, Chorus
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LozokQjIg
Song: ‘Mere Khwabon Mein’
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBpRItrod-q
Song: ‘Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane’
Singer: Udit Narayan
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzDp6VgXHI
Song: ‘Ghar Aaja Pardesi’
Singers: Pamela Chopra, Manpreet Kaur, Chorus
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LozokQjIg
Song: ‘Mere Khwabon Mein’
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBpRItrod-q
Song: ‘Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane’
Singer: Udit Narayan
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
//www.
- 12/12/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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