Badminton Association of India (BAI) todon Monday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh to PV Sindhu in recognition of her impressive title victory at the Macau Open. Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world, beat World no. 6 Minatsu Mitani from Japan 21-9 21-23 21-14 in the final to retain her title. “She has yet again made us proud […]
» Read morePresident Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated Amul’s state-of-the-art feed manufacturing plant in Kapadwanj in Gujarat’s Kheda district. Official sources said President Mukherjee will give away the APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award to children at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad on Tuesday besides interacting with the faculty and students. Visiting Gujarat for the first the first time after assuming office […]
» Read moreCongress president Sonia Gandhi has gone to the US for a medical check-up in the middle of the Winter Session of Parliament, which began last week. “She has gone to the US for a regular, routine checkup. She will return after a week,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in Delhi. Party sources said the 68-year-old leader’s checkup was due for […]
» Read moreA surprise raid conducted by the police in the coastal hamlet of Kooththenkuzhi, about 75 km from here on Sunday morning, has led to the seizure of 159 country bombs. The village, known for its ‘country bomb culture’, has witnessed several clashes between two fishermen groups. Police conducted a pre-dawn raid on June 13 last and seized over 300 country […]
» Read moreThe Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. A bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy questioned the “authenticity of the document” attached with the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) […]
» Read moreAndy Murray sealed Britain’s first Davis Cup title for 79 years with a brilliant 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 defeat of Belgium’s David Goffin in a fever-pitch atmosphere at Ghent’s Flanders Expo on Sunday. With hundreds of British fans decked out in union flags and saltires roaring on the Scot and thousands of baying Belgians urging on Goffin, Murray’s nerve held firm […]
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