Month: January 2025

Kuki Protesters Clash With Security Forces In Manipur Flare-Up, Many Injured

January 3, 2025 admin

Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Protesters from the Kuki tribes clashed with central security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district this evening, days after the protesters tried to stop the security forces from dismantling bunkers on the hills. The protesters had been looking to stop transport as part of their economic blockade enforced to demand the withdrawal of central…

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Supreme Court On Caste Discrimination In Colleges

January 3, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Terming it as a sensitive issue, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will devise an effective mechanism to combat caste-based discrimination in educational institutions in the country. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to notify draft regulations to ensure no caste-based discrimination happened…

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Manchester United Trigger Harry Maguire’s Contract Extension As Club Starves For Leaders On The Pitch

January 3, 2025 admin

File photo of Harry Maguire.© AFP Head coach Ruben Amorim has confirmed Manchester United have triggered a one-year extension to Harry Maguire’s contract. The 31-year-old defender joined the club from Leicester City in 2019 and his deal was set to expire this coming summer, but it will now run until June 2026. Maguire…

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“Probably Seen Rohit Sharma For Last Time…”: Sunil Gavaskar Feels It’s Game Over For India Star In Tests

January 3, 2025 admin

Game over for Rohit Sharma in Tests? Well, Sunil Gavaskar thinks so. The official word from the India camp is that Rohit ‘opted to rest’ from the India vs Australia 5th Test in Sydney. But, ‘resting’ or ‘rested’ in Indian cricket often leaves the room for many interpretation. Rohit Sharma was not having…

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Former India Hockey Coach Jagbir Singh Suffers A Heart Attack, In ICU

January 3, 2025 admin

File photo of Jagbir Singh.© X/@jagbirolympian Former India forward and hockey coach Jagbir Singh on Friday complained of chest congestion and was rushed to the hospital, where he suffered a massive heart attack during a procedure. The two-time Olympian is here for the Hockey India League (HIL) with Team Gonasika. Jagbir felt breathing…

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‘Lathi’-Training By RSS To Instill Bravery, Not For Fighting: Mohan Bhagwat

January 3, 2025 admin

Indore: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not train its cadres to use the ‘lathi’ or stick for fighting or public display, but because it instills bravery and teaches one to be steadfast, the organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday. “A person who wields the lathi develops ‘veer vritthi’ (sense of bravery) and he…

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“We All Thought It Was Out”: Beau Webster Contemplates Virat Kohli’s Ruled Out Catch In 5th Australia Test

January 3, 2025 admin

Debutant Beau Webster felt Australia were “unfortunate” to be on the opposite side of the decision which saw the third umpire ruling out Steven Smith’s attempted catch for India stalwart Virat Kohli’s dismissal on the opening day of the Sydney Test. The incident occurred in the eighth over after India decided to bat…

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Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Appointed As Aviation Body Chief In Bureaucratic Reshuffle

January 3, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Faiz Ahmed Kidwai has been appointed the chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday. The 1996-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre is currently Additional Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers…

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Sharad Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal Share Stage

January 3, 2025 admin

Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and disgruntled NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday shared a stage in Pune to mark the birth anniversary of legendary educationist and social reformer Savitribai Phule. Speaking on the occasion, Bhujbal said many were “surprised” at the two sharing a stage but asserted “we will always come together for…

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Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge Attend Manmohan Singh’s Prayer Meeting In Delhi

January 3, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Several top dignitaries paid tributes to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a prayer meet organised in his memory at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj here. Among the top leaders who attended the prayer meeting (Kirtan and Antim Ardas) included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann,…

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