It was a disappointing first session for Indian boxers in the World Championships quarter-finals, on Wednesday, as the seeded duo of Asian champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) lost, and Satish Kumar (+91kg) was declared medically unfit.
The killer has been arrested.
The sexual assault case involving allegations against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was fit for trial in a fast-track court, Additional Advocate General Anand Purohit said on Thursday.
Vijender Singh (75kg) made a return to the Indian boxing team along with Thokchom Nanao Singh (49kg) as the selectors picked the team for the World Championships after a two-day trial in Patiala, on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
"I have been brought here forcibly from my rented room in Rambagh (area of the city)," Manoj Kumar, a labourer from Bihar, said.
According to an ED official, the arrest of the former Public Works Department minister was affected under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after he allegedly refused to cooperate during the questioning.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
India's schedule for Thursday, the sixth day of competition at the Asian Games, in Incheon.
As opposition parties targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party over the police action on the campus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and asked him to address the issue at the earliest.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) stormed into the semi-finals, while Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) entered the quarters to be just one win away from clinching Olympic berths at the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) World Qualifying Tournament in Baku on Tuesday.
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Achin and Sarthak Narula join the list of KBC's crorepatis.
he days of turmoil in Indian boxing are over and the newly-elected federation will be welcomed into international fold this year itself, said International Boxing Association (AIBA) vice-president Edgar Tanner expressing confidence that the country's administrative revival will stand the test of time.
Nine months after he stepped down, JD-U leader Nitish Kumar was on Sunday sworn-in as the Bihar chief minister
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Commonwealth Games on Day 3.
Mauritius and Singapore account for the bulk of the $278 billion in foreign equity investments since 2000
Now, funds from Mauritius interested in India will have to weigh paying capital gains taxes that could range from zero to as much as 20 per cent
Five more bombs were found on Tuesday during searches at the sprawling Gandhi Maidan in Patna, where another political rally is scheduled for Wednesday, after Sunday's multiple blasts at a BJP meeting in which six persons were killed and 82 injured.
The partners intend to invest $2 million annually through the India Innovation Growth Programme for the entrepreneurs to develop technology-based solutions for the betterment of the society
Indian boxers continued to pack a mighty punch at the World Championships, as Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) entered the pre-quarter-finals with contrasting victories in their respective second round bouts, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday.
'Rahul Gandhi was given the impression that if the seat was given to me, then the alliance would be broken in all 40 seats.'
The wife of slain Kunda Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul Haq on Wednesday moved a special Central Bureau of Investigation court seeking quashing of the probe agency's closure report, in which it had given clean chit to former UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya.
Sukanya Verma lists the films she will never watch again.
This is one of the biggest casualties suffered by the elite COBRA unit that undertakes special jungle warfare ops.
While a pick-up in summer monsoon rains in recent weeks is expected to cool food inflation, most analysts don't anticipate another rate cut before a new governor is on the job
Polling will take place amidst tight security in 13 Maoist-affected constituencies in the first phase of 5-stage elections to the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Bankers and government officials told Reuters Rajan's successor may be less aggressive in fighting bad loans, but the general direction will remain the same
Trinamool Congress described it as "Black Monday" and a dark day for the country's constitution, the idea of India, and the Rajya Sabha
There was ecstasy and agony in equal measure for the Indian contingent on Friday.
Also seen in action for India will be the shuttlers, boxers, the women's hockey team and the table tennis players among others.
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha by a voice vote, although many parties including the Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazagham opposed it citing various reasons, including apprehensions data theft.
It was a day when India counted the silvers, a total of five, even though there was no gold in the tally.
The overall tally of six gold, five silver and 14 bronze medals at the end of day six put the country in 8th spot in the table with China leading the pack by quite a distance, having already crossed the 100-mark.
Singing the national anthem and watching patriotic movies on Doordarshan.
The bill was passed with 165 voting in favour and 7 against it.
New Delhi was reluctant to spook investors by clipping the bank's wings
This after high drama in the House over what opposition charged was "intimidation" by the treasury benches to get the motion for sending the amendment to the RTI Act to the select committee rejected.
The HC refused to stay the Centre's notification disqualifying the 20 MLAs.
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