Railways trounce Delhi in finals

Friday, December 28, 2007, 19:35 [IST]

Puducherry, Dec 28 (UNI) Indian Railway women retained the 58th Senior National Basketball Championship defeating Delhi in the final here this evening.

The defending champions cruised past Delhi 95-74. Businesslike right from the beginning, Railways maintained the lead with Geethu Anna Jose, Geo Blessy and Seema Singh making no mistakes in finding the cage.

Railways maintained an eight ponit lead at the breather with the scoreboard at 43-35. Though Delhi tried their best, they could not cope with the speed and tactics of their opponents to whom they surrendered meekly.

Results : Women's Final - Indian Railways 95 (Geethu Anna Jose 33, Seema Singh and Geo Blessy 15 each) bt Delhi 74 (Sheeba Megaon 19,Divya Singh 12).

UNI

Topics: SPORTS-BASKETBALL-LEAD NATIONAL

Other articles published on December 28, 2007

No bullet, head injury killed Benazir: Hamid Nawaz

Friday, December 28, 2007,19:42 [IST]

{image-benazibenazir last pic in rally13_28122007.jpg news.oneindia.in}Sources, Dec 28: While Pakistan mourning over the assassination of thier former Prime Minister, there lies mystery after her death. On Dec 28, according to the sources, Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said that benazir Bhutto did not die of bullet wounds. Nawaz further added that Bhtto died from head injury and no bullet wounds were found. The doctors of Rawalpindi General Hospital have submitted a report to Pakistan government, which states that no post-mortem was.....

Silver and gold closes at nine week high

Friday, December 28, 2007,20:02 [IST]

Mumbai, Dec 28: The precious metals today ended at a nine week high with Silver rising modestly by Rs five per kg and Gold by Rs 95 per ten gm from their last close on sustained good festival demand by ornament makers along with encouraging advice from global markets, traders at the Bombay Bullion Association (BBA) said. Following are the closing rates of spot Silver and Gold: Silver (per kg) 999 fineness grade : Rs 19,365 (19,360) Gold (per.....

Limitless Updates

Sports News

News Archives

Rupee ends flat at 39.41per USD

Friday, December 28, 2007,20:02 [IST]

Mumbai, Dec 28: The Rupee today ended flat against the US Dollar at 39.41/42 from its previous close amid choppy trade in the market on weak global cues. The partially convertible Indian currency traded in a tight range band of 39.42 and 39.47 per dollar in less active interbank foreign exchange (Forex) market, following the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto that triggered geo-political worries in the Asian region, dealers said. European, Asian as well as.....

Entry fee for telecom licence needs revisit: Mishra

Friday, December 28, 2007,20:02 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 28 (UNI) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today said the entry fee for new licences in the telecom sector should be increased as it is not reflective of a true market price In an interview to a business channel (CNBC TV 18) Trai Chairman Nripendra Mishra said it is time to think about revisiting the prices discovered in 2001 auction. Mr Mishra said the current entry fee is about Rs 1,651 crore and this price was.....

Dhumal to take oath on Dec 30: Satpal

Friday, December 28, 2007,20:02 [IST]

Shimla, Dec 28 (UNI) BJP's chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, party's state incharge Satpal Jain said today. ''The newly-elected legislators will meet here tomorrow to formally elect Mr Dhumal as their leader, who will later meet State Governor V S Kokje and stake claim for forming the next state government,'' he told reporters here. Mr Jain said the former chief minister would be the only one to.....