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Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey. | Photo Credit: File photo: ANI The absolute dominance by Indian teams on the field at the Asian Games here has been marred by the off-field ugliness in the sport’s administration back home. The latest low point in the power struggle within the different factions of Hockey India (HI) is an…
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The Court, which listed the matter for further hearing on October 14, directed the police to give complete police protection to the woman who submitted that she was receiving threats to her life. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court on Friday (September 25, 2026) directed Meta Platforms to immediately remove…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Opposition was “searching for issues” and making allegations without fully understanding the matter. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rejected as “absolutely baseless” allegations by the Opposition that the decision to levy a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI transactions above ₹2,000 was taken…
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MRF F2000 will be the showpiece category. A compact card of eight races has been framed for the second round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge to be held at the Madras International Circuit over the weekend. The programme will be headlined by the two MRF Formula classes, F2000 and F1600, besides the ever-popular…
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Kavya and Beast Mode impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday (Sept. 25) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Liam (T.S. Jodha) 41. Easy. Gunsmoke (Peter), Immortal Sar (S.J. Sunil) 40. Pair level. Satyavan (N. Bhosale) 42. Easy. Time And Tide (Ramswarup) 42. Easy. 800m: Starseed (T.S. Jodha) 54, 600/39. Moved freely. Neutralist (A. Gaikwad)…
Stud Poker, Edison, Whistling Glory and Sigrid shone when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Sept 25) Inner sand: 600m: Refined Aggression (rb) 39.5. Moved well. Evermore (Shreyas) 40. Strode out well. Hazel (rb) 39. Stretched out well. Xaily (Rajesh K), Alpha Legend (Kiran Rai) 40. Former finished four lengths ahead. 1000m: Interceptor…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee appreciated 19 paise to close at 95.80 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (September 25, 2026), holding above the 96-mark, on improved global risk sentiment and possible intervention by the Reserve Bank. Forex traders said gains in the rupee were capped…
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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Friday (September 25, 2026) after value buying in blue-chip banking, oil and gas, and auto shares following recent sharp losses. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 315.20 points, or 0.43%, to settle at 73,895.74 with 19 of its…
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Italy’s government passed a decree on Thursday (September 24, 2026) to place an upper limit on the number of students in each school classroom who have only limited Italian language skills and to ban face-covering Islamic veils in schools. Premier Giorgia Meloni’s conservative government said the package is aimed at strengthening integration through language learning…
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Kochi Mayor V. K. Minimol said notices had been issued to at least two agencies concerned The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) is set to launch a protest against what it describes as the continuing neglect by the Kochi Corporation in ensuring the proper functioning of street lights, while allowing companies entrusted with their operation…
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