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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) suspended five wrestlers, including U20 Asian Championship trails winner Deepanshu, for four years after their birth certificates were found to be fake during a verification exercise in its crackdown on age fraud in the sport. Deepanshu, who had won the men’s freestyle 65kg event…
The proposal to enhance the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi’s district courts from ₹2 crore to ₹20 crore has triggered a legal and institutional debate within the national capital’s legal fraternity. While district court lawyers are backing the move, the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) is questioning both its rationale and implementation. Currently, civil disputes…
Ryan ten Doeschate. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK The position of No. 3 in India’s Test team has been like a revolving door for the past couple of years. As many as seven players have batted there since January 2024. India’s previous red-ball assignment against South Africa was an apt microcosm of the…
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Around 250 men, women, and children with luggage wait beside the BSF checkpost at the Hakimpur border outpost on the road towards Bangladesh, in North 24 Parganas. FIle | Photo Credit: ANI Bangladesh said on Thursday (June 4, 2026) it had foiled several attempts by India to force people into the country over the previous…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Data centres are expected to consume twice as much power and water by 2030 as they expand to meet the surge in demand from artificial intelligence, U.N. researchers said on Wednesday (June 3, 2026). Unless governments heed the rising environmental costs of AI, the rapid rollout could also…
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Afghanistan Test team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi at New Chandigarh on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Eight summers ago, Afghanistan entered the Test fold with a game against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Since that momentous occasion, which although ended in a thumping innings defeat, the Afghans have gone on to feature…
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A case of alleged fraud involving a ritual and gold jewellery has been registered at Arasikere Rural Police Station. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A case of alleged fraud involving a ritual and gold jewellery has been registered at Arasikere Rural Police Station. Kanthubai, a resident of Halekallanayakanahalli in Arasikere taluk, on Wednesday, filed a…
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Former India sprinter Anil Kumar is happy that the 100m is making headlines again in India It is one of the ironies of life that the once fastest man in India can now barely jog 10 metres. But P. Anil Kumar, who held National records in 100m (10.21s unratified) and 200m (20.73s) at the start of the…
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Salal Dam, Chenab river, Resai. File | Photo Credit: ANI Pakistan said on Thursday (June 4, 2026) two river projects by arch-rival India would “weaponise” water and violate a major treaty between the neighbouring nations, threatening a response if they move ahead. India, which has announced the two initiatives separately this year, insists it is…
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GBA Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN With voter mapping ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls progressing at a slower pace in Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) areas compared to several other districts in Karnataka, GBA Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao said efforts would be intensified to improve…
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