July 10, 2014

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The central government Thursday allocated Rs.5,029.19 crore to Delhi Police for improving training facilities, installation of traffic signals and construction of houses for the force in the current fiscal.This was an increase of Rs.300 crore from the last fiscal. For the year 2013-2014, Delhi Police got Rs.4,259.2 crore, of which Rs.28 crore was spent as planned expenditure, while Rs.4,230.71 crore was spent as non-planned expenditure. The government has allocated Rs.11.5 crore for the…

Nottingham, July 10 (IANS) The following is the tea scoreboard on the second day of the first Test between India and England at Trent Bridge here Thursday:India (first innings) Murali Vijay lbw b Anderson 146 Shikhar Dhawan c Prior b Anderson 12 Cheteshwar Pujara c Bell b Anderson 38 Virat Kohli c Bell b Broad 1 Ajinkya Rahane c Cook b Plunkett 32 Mahendra Singh Dhoni run out (Anderson) 82 Ravindra Jadeja c Prior b Stokes 25 Stuart Binny c Root b Stokes 1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 46 Ishant Sharma b Broad 1…

India batting on 433/9 at tea (20:58) Nottingham, July 10 (IANS) India were batting on 433/9 at tea on Day 2 of the first Test against England at Trent Bridge here Thursday.Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami were batting on 46 and 39, respectively, when tea was called. Earlier in the session, India lost four wickets.

Rio de Janeiro, July 10 (IANS/EFE) Germany's efficient performance against Brazil led them to their 7-1 win over hosts Brazil in the World Cup semifinal but statistics show that the Selecao had more of the ball possession and more shots on goal.Brazil had 52 percent of ball possession to 48 percent of Germany in Tuesday's match played at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte. The hosts also had 17 shots on goal in comparison to 14 of Germany. However, Germany had 10 shots on target while Brazil only…

Geneva, July 10 (IANS/EFE) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hoped that the usual optimism of Brazilians will help them to forget the heavy 1-7 defeat their football team suffered at the hands of Germany in the World Cup semi-final.Bach said here Wednesday he knows the Brazilians are optimistic people and hoped they would realize that every defeat creates a new chance which should be used, reports Efe. Brazil lost their semi-final match to Germany 7-1, five goals of which were scored in the first…