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Rahul Gandhi wished Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on his 56nd birthday. New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the INDIA bloc is with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the “fight against injustice”. Mr Gandhi made the remarks while greeting Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday. Delhi CM Kejriwal…
The Indian paralympic contingent was on Friday accorded a grand send-off ahead of the Paris Games scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 8. The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and Sports Authority of India (SAI) hosted the ceremony for the Indian team comprising 84 athletes across 12 disciplines, including archery,…
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File photo of Sumit Antil.© X (formerly Twitter) Tokyo Paralympics gold medal winner Sumit Antil and Asian Para Games silver medalist Bhagyashree Jadhav will be Indian flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics. “Antil and Bhagyashree have been consistent performers over the years. They will be Indian flag-bearers at the Paris…
File photo of Sachin Tanwar.© X/@DeepakS90565715 The 12 franchises of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 11 broke the bank as they spent more than Rs 30 crore in buying 118 players sold over the two days of the Player Auction, which concluded in Mumbai on Friday. Eight players crossed the Rs 1…
On England’s tour of India in 1976-77, John Lever found himself becoming an unintended brand ambassador for Vaseline. The series might be remembered more for the Vaseline-ball controversy from the third Test in Chennai, but before that, the pacer had registered match figures of 10 for 70 after making 53 lower down the order on…
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Sport is primarily seen as the finest distillation of life’s exuberance. Moving limbs, kinetic energy, streaks of sweat, the earnest desire to win — above all, it is in essence the pursuit of happiness. Precisely due to these associations, even if they are not explicitly spelt out, an athlete’s death often seems like an oxymoron…
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More than 450 people were killed in Bangladesh unrest (File) The United Nations said Friday there were strong indications that the Bangladeshi security forces used unnecessary force in tackling the student-led uprising that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as demonstrators flooded Dhaka’s streets in a…
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A rescue operation quickly found the body of the 65-year-old pilot A small aerobatic plane crashed into the sea Friday during an airshow off the coast of southeast France with the pilot trapped inside, officials said. The Fouga Magister aircraft was performing at Le Lavandou just before a demonstration by the French air force’s elite…
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Mr Bose said the medical fraternity stood as a one-man army against Covid. In caustic comments directed at the West Bengal government after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital and the subsequent vandalism in the campus, Governor CV Ananda Bose has said “vandals and scandals” are marring civic life…
Ishan Kishan has made a remarkable return to red-ball cricket. He is playing for Jharkhand against Madhya Pradesh in the ongoing Buchi Babu tournament in Tamil Nadu. On his first day of action, the star was quite impressive with his glovework behind the stumps as Madhya Pradesh won the toss and opted to…
