Rahi Sarnobat on Thursday became the sixth Indian shooter to seal a berth in next year's London Olympics after winning the bronze medal in the 25m women's Sports Pistol event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for giving credible information about absconding accused Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.
It will be his fifth birthday in jail as an undertrial. He was arrested two days before his birthday in 2015. Tuesday also marked Peter's fourth year in jail.
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Close on the heels of the arrest of a man allegedly having links with right-wing outfit Sanatan Sansthan in connection with the murder of Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare, a 32-year-old woman has been picked up by police for questioning from Kanjurmarg in Mumbai suburb.
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In a sport which rarely gives India any highs to talk about in any given year, 19-year-old Virdhawal Khade produced a performance to remember by ending Indian swimming's 24-year-old medal drought in the Asian Games, holding out promise for a better future.
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Bhide gave various references from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and attacked the current political and social system.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has promised financial help to Tejaswini Sawant, the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships.
Sule, who is being projected as Pawar's heir apparent, has clarified that neither Pawar nor any member of the Pawar family had any investments in IPL. She preferred sugarcane-rich Kolhapur in Maharashtra to issue the clarification.
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The singer who mesmerised millions with her golden voice in a career spanning seven decades, turned 81 on Tuesday, spending a quiet day with the family even as fans, including famous names, wished her a happy birthday.
Tolgay Ozbey struck in the second half to help East Bengal to a 1-0 victory over Pune FC in an eighth round match of the I-League at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
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Mumbai FC notched their third win on the trot after defeating HAL Bangalore by a solitary goal in a third round I-League match in Kolhapur on Monday.
Soon, she says, she will repay the Rs 50,000 she owes her debtors and start life afresh. "Without my husband."
"Both the number of new patients and that of deaths are highest for a single day so far," an official said. 79 persons tested positive for COVID-19 during the day, taking the number of such cases in the country's financial capital to 775, the civic body said.
Voices of resentment resonated in the camps of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress criticising the choice of new faces by the leadership. Sena leaders have expressed disapproval over party seniors and former ministers not finding a place.
As the pyres were being lit, thousands of villagers who had gathered shouted slogans against Pakistan and demanded tough action against the soldiers' killing.
Post-monsoon rains continued to lash Pune and most parts of western Maharashtra on Wednesday, affecting normal life and damaging crops. The city recorded 75 mm rains till Tuesday night, accompanied by strong winds, Medha Khole, director of Meteorological office, said. According to the Directorate of Agriculture, heavy downpour in Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts have adversely affected crops like grapes and cotton.Vehicular traffic was badly affected in the city.
Maharashtra government on Friday decided to put a ban on Maggi noodles after some samples were found to contain lead above the permissible limit.
India's biggest hope in swimming, Virdhawal Khade feels the country will deliver a good Commonwealth Games despite the controversy-marred build-up to the event.
Kalburgi's wife, in her plea, said that the investigation in Dabholkar and Pansare murder cases was in a "sorry state" and no progress has been made in bringing the killers to book.
The Karveer assembly constituency in western Maharashtra's Kolhapur district witnessed highest polling percentage, while the Colaba segment in south Mumbai recorded the lowest voter turnout, as per final voting figures released by the election officials on Wednesday.
This year too, girls outshined the boys.
Injury-hit Air India (AI) held Kolkata's Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw in the 12th round match of the I-League at Shahu Maharaj ground in Kolhapur on Sunday.
The HC asked the investigators to look beyond their current line of probe to apprehend the culprits.
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Rahi Sarnobat, on Wednesday, became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Asian Games gold medal as she triumphed after prevailing in a double shoot-off in the 25m pistol event in Palembang.
The businessman was summoned at the ED's office and was asked questions about the purported links of the alleged main accused of the case Amit Bhardwaj with his businesses.
Rijiju said that at present, there is no proposal to ban right-wing group Santhan Sanstha.
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The couple's three daughters were injured in the firing.
An unidentified body with two bullet injuries has been found at a village in Belagavi district and police were verifying if it resembled the sketch of one of the two killers of writer M M Kalburgi, who was gunned down at Dharwad in August.
The downpour also disrupted the long-distance Mumbai-bound trains.
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