Dev Kumar Meena bettered the previous National record of 5.31m set by Subramani Siva while winning the gold in the 2022 Games in Gujarat.
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She was cremated on the banks of the Alaknanda at Shrinagar around 6.30 pm in the presence of commissioner, Garhwal, Sushil Kumar and Pauri district magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande.
India's Ankita Raina on Friday won her maiden WTA title as she and her Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova clinched the doubles event in the Phillip Island Trophy in Melbourne.
Out of the 10 gold on offer on the opening day of athletics competitions, Maharashtra and Services picked up two each, while Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu claimed one each.
'It is a beautiful portrait of Ek Bharat, Sreshth Bharat.'
Film folk are celebrating Diwali with a lot of light and love on social media.
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Ankita Raina's maiden appearance in Wimbledon's main draw ended in disappointment as the Indian and her American partner Lauren Davis lost in straight sets to the US pair of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula.
Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, 18-year-old high jumper Pooja Singh of Haryana and long distance runner Sawan Barwal of Himachal Pradesh rewrote National Games records and won gold medals on the concluding day of athletics competition. Yadav sent his spear to a Games-record distance of 84.39m in his fifth attempt, while Pooja cleared 1.84m to defend the women's high jump gold. Barwal won the men's 5000m in a time of 13 minutes and 45.93 seconds, bettering the earlier Games record.
Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina won the singles as India secured the Fed Cup tie against Uzbekistan
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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.
Film folk celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi by bringing Lord Ganesha home and making beautiful memories on social media.
The flight attendant revealed the reason she was hesitant to start a relationship with Milind Soman.
Bhajan Kaur clinched India an Olympic individual quota in style, winning a gold medal
India's Ankita Raina crashed out of the the French Open qualifiers with a 3-6, 6-7 defeat at the hands of Evgeniya Rodina of Russia in the women's singles first round in Paris.
Former Davis Cupper Rohit Rajpal, who was already a member, has been elevated as Chairman.
"Wishing you all the best for your future endeavours, Ankita! Hope you continue making the nation proud. Many congratulations @ankita_champ ! #TOPSAthlete #SAI," the Sports Authority of India wrote on its Twitter handle.
India will take on the winners of France and the Netherlands in women's team quarter-finals on Sunday; Men's team most fancied
Former Uttarakhand DGP Aloke B Lal on Tuesday said the hurry shown in the demolition of the resort in question in the Ankita Bhandari murder case must have destroyed crucial evidence.
Film folk looked gorgeous as they stepped out on the red carpet of the Mid-Day Showbiz Icons Awards, 2024.
India will next take on Chinese Taipei on Thursday.
India's Divij Sharan and Ankita Raina crashed out of the Australian Open men's and women's doubles events respectively, after suffering straight set defeats in the opening round in Melbourne on Thursday.
Based on the latest world rankings, India's archers secured team quota places for both the men's and women's categories at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
India picked up their third victory in the Billie Jean King Cup as they defeated South Korea 2-1 in a Asia Oceania Group-1 tie in Changsha, China on Friday.
The two-day away tie will be played from April 16 on the indoor hard courts at the National Tennis Centre, Lielupe, Jurmala.
Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi will have to punch above their weight when the battle to qualify for Fed Cup tennis tournament's World Group II,
India finish with four medals in World Cup Stage 3.
Sharma told PTI that dozens of members from right-wing organisations, including the Bajrang Dal and the VHP, participated in the demonstration, chanting the Hanuman Chalisa.
The 55th International Film Festival of India kicked off in India's party venue, Goa, and the stars added to the dazzle.
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The Indian pair look as if they would cakewalk through the contest after breezing through the first set. However, the Kichenok sisters rallied splendidly from the dead to pull off a 0-6, 7-6(0,) 10-8 victory on court 11 of the Ariake Tennis Centre.
Prajnesh is now ranked 102 in the men's singles rankings with a jump of seven places while Ankita leapfrogged 35 places to a career-high 168 in the women's singles.
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It's been two years since she started running.
Six Indian athletes found themselves agonisingly close to the podium, ultimately falling short.
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