Firing outside Great India Place mall in Noida, two injured

Two persons including one guard injured in a shootout during a robbery attempt outside Great India Place mall here today.

A guard and an auto driver were injured when four persons opened fire while trying to rob a woman outside Gate number four of the mall situated in Sector 18 here, Police informed.

While a group of auto drivers present at the scene managed to nab two of the miscreants, two others escaped.

The injured were rushed to a local hospital, police said, adding that a hunt has been launched for the absconding accused.

India opens medal account, Gagan won bronze in shooting

India opens medal account in the ongoing London Olympic as Gagan Narang won a bronze medal in the Olympic Men's 10m Air Rifle event today.

Romania Alin George won Gold and Italy's Campriani won Silver.   Narang kept India in the hunt by finishing third with 598, a point behind world number 1 Niccolo Campriani of Italy. Romania's Moldoveanu Alin George who both shot an Olympic record-equalling 599 to stand first and second in the qualifying round at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

Narang was bang on target from the beginning, scoring two successive 100s, but a 98 in the third series somewhat let him down.

On the other hand, Abhinav Bindra, who won first-ever individual gold medal in the Olympics by an Indian, shot 594 out of 600 to finish a shocking 16th out of 47 competitors. Bindra started with two 99s in the first two series before coming back strongly by getting two perfect 10s for consecutive 100s in the third and fourth rounds.

Sharad slams Time’s ‘Underachiver’ remark on Manmohan

Janata Dal (United) Chief Sharad Yadav has slammed Time Magazine’s remark on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which had dubbed him as 'underachiever' today.

 Yadav, while defending Singh, said that the foreign based magazines are here for business and knew nothing about India, and are trying to claw India again as East India Company (EIC) did years ago.

79-year-old Singh is featured on the cover of Time magazine's Asia edition, which will be out by next week. With his portrait in the background, the title on the cover reads 'The Underachiever - India needs a reboot'.

Singh, who has long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberalizing the Indian economy, has been dubbed as an ‘underachiever’ by a top US magazine which says that he appears to be unwilling to stick his neck out on reforms that will put the country back on growth path.

Pointing towards Singh's fall from grace, the magazine said, "In the past three years, the calm confidence Singh once radiated has been absent. He seems unable to control his Ministers and his new, temporary portfolio at the Finance Ministry notwithstanding unwilling to stick his neck out on reforms that will continue the process of liberalization he helped start."