After being stripped of his police medal, SPS Rathore's pension has been witheld completely in another blow to the disgraced ex-DGP of Haryana jailed for molesting minor girl Ruchika Girhotra.
Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday scrambled hard to stick to power as anti-regime protesters gained control of several eastern cities and the revolt moved closer to the capital Tripoli with many army officers defecting to join the uprising.
The former Beatle picked his favourites from the back catalogue of hundreds of songs including 32 that topped the US charts, as his best compositions.
Thirty-five-year-old Sonu Jaiswal, a liquor store owner who was among the five Indians killed in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, had gone to pay obeisance at the famed Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu after his wish for a son was fulfilled around six months ago, his relative said.
Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore again failed to get any relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court which adjourned till July 1 his plea challenging his 18-month jail term in the Ruchika molestation case.
Jamaican Usain Bolt capped a remarkable year by storming to victory in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Final on Sunday.
The defeat will rankle the Indian pair all the more as Bopanna is a top-10 player in doubles while Bhambri too is ranked among the top-100. The Uzbekis are not even in the top-300.
Those who cleared 17.05m or the 12 best performers across two qualification round groups qualify for the finals.
68-year-old Rathore was convicted for molesting budding tennis player Ruchika who later committed suicide, but he got away with six months imprisonment.
Flood in the rice bowl: Keralites who lost everything stare at uncertainty.
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Former Czech Republic coach Karel Brueckner has been appointed Austria coach, the Austrian Football Federation said on Friday.
Australia will have a new chairman of selectors before the next Ashes series after Cricket Australia said on Thursday that Rodney Marsh would not be seeking to stay on in the role when his contract expires next year.
Making his first public appearance since the launch of coalition air strikes on his forces, a defiant Muammar Gaddafi pledged victory and said he was ready to die as a "martyr" in Libya. "In the short term, we'll beat them, in the long term, we'll beat them," thundered Gaddafi, who slammed the West, calling the attack an "unjust aggression".
Pro-Gaddafi forces were locked in a fierce battle with rebels in Libya's east to reclaim the lost territory as the regime scrambled hard to quell fresh protests in Tripoli, amid reports that at least 49 people were killed in the fighting and explosions in a military arms depot.
Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4 against defending champions Saurashtra
Addressing his supporters in Tripoli on Wednesday, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday dismissed allegations about his tyrannical rule and claimed that power was in the hands of the people of the nation.
The dismissal reignited an intense debate over the 'spirit of the game'.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned till July 19 the hearing on two FIRs filed against former Director General Police SPS Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case after the Central Bureau of Investigation sought more time to conduct the probe.
Former Union Minister Najma Heptulla was on Wednesday made Governor of Manipur while ex-Rajya Sabha MP V P Singh Badnore goes to Punjab in new gubernatorial appointments announced for four states with all of them being associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
A local court in Chandigarh on Wednesday adjourned till March 10 the hearing on the appeal of SPS Rathore against the six-month sentence in the Ruchika molestation case, taking into cognizance that the former Haryana director general of police was still recovering from the assault on him two days back.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni announced the transfer of the Vizag shipyard to the Defence Ministry for meeting 'national security requirements of building strategic vessels for the Indian Navy'.
Princes Diana was murdered, a leading barrister who played a key role in the inquest into her death in 1997 has claimed.
Barring Maharashtra, the poll percentage in rest of the states was in excess of 60 per cent while in Puducherry it was 80.47 per cent.
Cameron Green's all-round heroics lead Mumbai Indians to victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
A student of Delhi's Ramjas College, Antil was an able-bodied wrestler before his accident. A para athlete in his village initiated him to the sport in 2018.
The 34-year-old briefly captained Sri Lanka's Test side in 2018 in the absence of Dinesh Chandimal due to a ball-tampering ban, winning his first match as skipper against West Indies at the Kensington Oval.
IMAGES from Day 1 of all the action from the Wimbledon Championships played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
4 Aussies, 3 Indians, 1 Kiwi, 3 South Africans in Harish Kotian's World Cup 2023 Dream XI.
Harshal Patel bowled a game-changing spell with the old ball as Haryana beat Rajasthan by 30 runs in a well-contested final to lift the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Rajkot on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to vote in large numbers. "Today, there are bypolls taking place in various places across India. I urge those voting in these seats to vote in large numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy," he said in a tweet.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances.
British media reported that the fee for the 24-year-old would be around 75 million pounds ($96.68 million), making him the club's second most expensive signing after last year's world record deal for French midfielder Paul Pogba.
Motor racing's world governing body gave Max Mosley a strong vote of confidence to remain as president on Tuesday despite his involvement in a lurid sex scandal. In a secret ballot at an extraordinary meeting of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) general assembly in Paris, the 68-year-old Briton gained 103 votes to 55 against.
Jhulan Goswami achieved the feat against NZ when she dismissed wicketkeeper Katey Martin in the 50th over.
Here is a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh.
He also reclaims the number one world ranking from defending champion Scottie Scheffler.
Former India stars Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh said Virat Kohli's T20 World Cup team should be finalised four months prior to the marquee event. India has already begun their preparations for the tournament by trying out lots of youngsters during the recently-concluded T20I series against Bangladesh and West Indies.
The names of PPP's Punjab Province president and formal Federal minister Shah Mehmood Quereshi, senior leader Yousuf Reza Gillani and firebrand lawyer Aitaz Ahsan were also doing the rounds for the top post.
Earlier, the 22-year-old Jemimah finally returned to form and it was her strokeplay which helped India up the ante after a slow start at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
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