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Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

5:08 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: India will compete in more than one sailing event in an Olympics for the first time after Vishnu Saravanan on Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Games in Laser STD Class after finishing second in the Asian Qualifier in Oman. Nethra Kumanan on Wednesday became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian judo team withdraws from Olympic qualifiers after two players test COVID positive

5:00 pm April 7, 2021

New Delhi: A 12-member Indian judo team was forced to withdraw from the ongoing Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after two judokas — Ajay Yadav and Ritu — tested positive for COVID-19 just before the start of the tournament. Yadav, a 73kg class judoka, and Ritu (52kg) tested positive in the second test conducted […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

BJP-led Centre punishing AAP govt in Delhi for supporting farmers’ agitation: Kejriwal

5:40 pm April 4, 2021

Chandigarh: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre was trying to “punish” his government for supporting the farmers’ agitation by creating hurdles in its functioning with the new law that gives primacy to the Lieutenant Governor. Addressing a farmers’ ‘mahapanchayat’ in Haryana’s Jind district, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

LS passes NaBFID Bill; commercial decision-making kept out of CVC, CBI, CAG purview

12:05 am March 24, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the development finance institution (DFI) being set up to fund the infrastructure sector will remain outside the purview of the CAG, CVC and CBI, a move aimed at enabling faster decision-making. The DFI, called the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), however is going to be answerable to […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Fleeing Myanmar police: We defied orders to kill protesters

11:58 pm March 19, 2021

Aizawl : A group of police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup recounted their experience after they escaped to India. While speaking, they raised a three-finger salute — a symbol of resistance to Myanmar’s military rulers. “We cannot hurt our people, that’s why we came to Mizoram,” said […]