Uttar pradesh forest, State of India

Rajkot, Oct 8 Fancied Uttar Pradesh survived a massive scare before pulling off a 5-4 thriller win via a penalty shootout against West Bengal to sneak into the hockey semifinals of the 36th National Games at the Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.Formidable Haryana and Karnataka also booked their berths in the last four, beating Tamil Nadu and Gujarat 3-0 and 11-2 respectively. In a late match, Maharashtra scored thrice and conceded one against Jharkhand to join them.In the fight for a place in the men's summit clash to be played on Monday (Oct 10), Maharashtra will take on Uttar Pradesh while Haryana face off against Karnataka.The women's semifinals will be played on Sunday (Oct 9), with Haryana taking on Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh meeting Punjab.Tamil Nadu's frontline failed to deliver when it mattered most, missing easy chances even as their defence managed to hold the Haryana strike force. Their keeper Dhinakaran Venkatajalapathy was very impressive, pulling off several saves, including a penalty stroke in the third quarter of the game, the organising committee said in a release on Saturday.Haryana, however, went ahead in the ninth minute, when skipper Bharat slapped home from close range.Defender Mandeep Mor converted Haryana's fifth penalty corner to make it 2-0 in their favour. In the 50th minute, Abhishek put it beyond Tamil Nadu's reach, adding one more.Karnataka's Sheshe Gowda BM hogged the limelight, netting only the second hat-trick of the Games as they thrashed hosts Gujarat.Karnataka played well below their normal game, not wanting to risk injury to their key players ahead of the semifinals."We played it safe. It was a free and easy outing," Shankar B. Tolamatti, former Karnataka coach, who is here as an observer, said.Goals came at regular intervals and halfway through Karnataka had a cushion of 6-1.Sheshe Gowda BM (3), Mohammed Raheel Moussen, Pranam Gowda YM Harish Mutagar (two each), Nachappa, S V Sunil (C) (all one each) scored for Karnataka while Shyamprakash Yadav, Himalay Thakur reduced the margin for the host.Men's results:Karnataka 11 bt Gujarat 2Haryana 3 bt Tamil Nadu 0Uttar Pradesh 5 bt West Bengal 4Maharashtra 3 bt Jharkhand 1Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Uttar Pradesh ForestFOLLOW

Uttar pradesh forest, Latest News

Uttarakhand Police on Thursday registered an FIR against over 10 Uttar Pradesh policemen under attempt to murder and other relevant sections of the IPC, following a raid by UP Police on Wednesday in which one woman died. ...

Lucknow, Oct 12 The Uttar Pradesh government has asked all District Magistrates and police chiefs to impose fines ... ...

Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 12 In yet another freak incident, a man playing the role of Lord Shiva ... ...

Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], October 11 : Doughty Uttar Pradesh got the better of Maharashtra in the tie-breaker to sneak ... ...

Saifai (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 11 The air reverberated with chants of 'Netaji amar rahein', emotions ran high and ... ...

Noida, Oct 9 Around 20 lakh populace of Ghaziabad and Noida will be hit as the Ganga water ... ...

Ahead of Diwali, preparations by the Uttar Pradesh government are going on in full swing to celebrate the sixth Deepotsav (festival of lamps) in Ram ki Paidi ghats in Ayodhya on October 23. ...

Rajkot, Oct 8 Fancied Uttar Pradesh survived a massive scare before pulling off a 5-4 thriller win via ... ...