Unprecedented security arrangements have been made for the Bahujan Samaj Party workers' national convention, which will be held on August 9 in Lucknow.Over 5,000 policemen will be deployed across the 42 - acre Rama Bai Ambedkar Maidan, where Chief Minister Mayawati held her first mammoth rally, after assuming power for the fourth time last year. The authorities have decided to tighten security measures after serial blasts recently rocked Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.
After guiding Hyderabad Hotshots to the inaugural Indian Badminton League title, Saina Nehwal has cited fatigue and will skip the Japan Open Super Series tournament.
Her frequent losses in the finals and the accompanying criticism does not affect ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who, on Saturday, said playing in the summit showdown of a tournament itself is 'a big achievement'.
India's two top women's singles shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu, have decided to skip the upcoming China Masters Super Series to be held from September 10-15.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, arraigned as an accused in a graft case relating to awarding of contract to a Canadian firm during his tenure as Power Minister in 1998, was on Wednesday granted bail by a CBI special court in Kochi.
The former India captain's application was rejected by returning officer K Rajiv Reddy who was not sure whether the Board of Control for Cricket in India has lifted the ban on him for alleged match-fixing.
From being called 'paon paon wale bhaiya' (foot soldier) by villagers to being addressed as 'Mama' (maternal uncle) by children, Chouhan's long innings at the top was interrupted when the BJP fell short of seven seats from the majority mark in the 2018 polls.
'My father would have liked Piku and PINK.' 'I don't think he would have liked item songs though.'
The problem, says Chandrasekaran, arises from the lack of access to services, including healthcare, education and financial services.
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The London Olympics bronze medallist was trailing 4-10 in the opening game when Marin decided to withdraw from the contest.
Sindhu leads India to 3-2 win over Hong Kong in Asia badminton Team Championship
Srikanth had entered the finals of Commonwealth Games last year but he failed to reach the summit clash in any BWF superseries or BWF World Tour tournament since his French Open win in October, 2017.
Padmini Rout has 6.5 points, one behind the leader, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, in the girls' section at the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune.
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Most key rabi-producing states of north India, such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, have staggered their procurement to enable farmers to come in batches, so that there is no overcrowding. The Centre has also set up a call centre to coordinate the inter-state movement of farm commodities.
Parth Gupta quit a good corporate job to work for the welfare of farmers in rural Madhya Pradesh.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
The Trinamool Congress leader had been languishing without a portfolio for over four months.
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Seema, 22, left her husband's home over a year-and-a-half ago after her repeated requests of getting a toilet built at home fell on deaf ears.
Social media helps #RainHosts come to the rescue of those stuck in every part of the island city.
Three pistol-waving bearded men stormed a 60-year-old temple in Karachi and desecrated the idol of a Hindu deity, leading to fear among the minority community in Pakistan's largest city, a media report said on Tuesday.
He was asked to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 in the case of assault and of Rs 20,000 in the other case.
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A wall hanging featuring Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad left the prime minister in awe
Baghel led from the front to take on the BJP, led by Raman Singh, after being entrusted the task to revive the Congress' fortunes in Chhattisgarh following the third consecutive defeat in the 2013 assembly polls.
'I have only this to say to those who talk about Mewar rulers and Akbar's brutality -- do you expect a king to not expand his kingdom?' 'You have entire cities named after Muslim rulers. It's time our heroes got their due.'
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Top shuttlers are unlikely to take part in the hastily arranged selection trials by Badminton Association of India.
GoAir on Monday said it plans expansion and has ordered 20 A320 aircraft .
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Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for Hyderabad Cricket Association president's post after incumbent Arshad Ayub quit office following the Supreme Court verdict on Lodha committee reforms.
It said that rebels of the Manipur People's Army, the armed wing of the UNLF, came from across the Myanmar border and a gunfight took place at Gamphazol village.
Legendary Prakash Padukone was revered as the world number one player during his hey days before the modern day computerised ranking system was introduced.
'The investment rate in China might be high precisely because the return on capital in China is high'.
Nothing has been done for Dalits in the last four years, Nagina MP Yashwant Singh wrote in a letter to the PM.
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