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09 Aug

Biopic can wait, want to focus on the game for now: Neeraj Chopra

editor0 CommentsEntertainment, India, SportsSports

Neeraj Chopra, who made history on Saturday by winning India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics at the Olympics, is now setting sight on next year’s Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and the World Championships. Excerpts from an interview with the star Indian athlete: Q: What does it feel like to be India’s first-ever track & field medallist?Ans: Feeling great to win the first medal in track and field for India, that too gold. It has been a very fantastic start. Can’t express it in words. It was a very proud moment when our country’s national anthem was playing and I was…

09 Aug

BJP leader, wife shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag

editor0 CommentsCrime, Indiacrime, jammu and kashmir

Kulgam district president of BJP Kisan Morcha, Ghulam Rasool Dar, and his wife Jawahira Bano were on Monday afternoon shot dead by terrorists in the busy Lal Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag. The critically injured couple was taken to the hospital where they succumbed. Security forces have cordoned the area and launched a search for the terrorists. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha condemned the incident and said that the perpetrators of violence will be brought to justice very soon. He tweeted; “I strongly condemn brutal terrorist attack on the Sarpanch GH Rasool Dar and his wife Jawhara Banoo of Redwani…

09 Aug

Actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother accused of fraud

editor0 Commentsbreaking news, IndiaShilpa Shetty

Film actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother allegedly have been accused of cheating crores of rupees. Shilpa Shetty and her mother Sunanda Shetty started a fitness company called Iiosis Slimming Skin Salon and Spa. The responsible officials of the company approached many people in the name of opening their branch. It is alleged that Shilpa Shetty and her mother took crores of rupees from two people in the name of opening a branch of the centre. Millions of rupees were collected from them in the name of wellness center. Two FIRs have been registered at Hazratganj and Vibhuti Khand police…

09 Aug

Thousands flee as wildfires engulf Greek island of Evia

editor0 CommentsWorldEvia, Greek island, wildfires

Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea. “I feel angry. I lost my home... nothing will be the same the next day,” said one resident after boarding a rescue ferry at Psaropouli. “It’s a disaster. It’s huge. Our villages are destroyed, there is nothing left from our homes,” she said. The blaze on Evia, a large island east of the capital, quickly burgeoned into several fronts, ripping through thousands…

09 Aug

IPS officer with BJP ties likely to take over as Bengal’s DGP

editor0 CommentsWest BengalIPS Manoj Malviya, mamata banerjee

Bengal’s senior-most IPS Manoj Malviya has emerged as the front-runner to head the state police after much-delay from the Mamata Banerjee government in announcing the successor to the incumbent Director General of Police (DGP) Virendra. According to sources in the state administrative headquarters, the 1986 batch officer is most likely to get the coveted post, despite chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s reservations about Malviya. Earlier in June, the Mamata Banerjee government had suggested to three senior-most IPS officers of the state to opt for voluntary retirement to clear its own mess in appointing the next DGP and get a man of its…

09 Aug

Rupee snaps 5-day winning streak, drops 11 paise against US dollar

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiaeconomy, India

Halting its five-session winning run, the rupee on Monday declined by 11 paise to close at 74.26 (provisional) against the US dollar, tracking the firm American currency. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 74.21 against the American currency and slipped further to close at 74.26, registering a decline of 11 paise over its previous close. On Friday, the rupee had settled at 74.15 against the US dollar. During the session, the local unit touched an intra-day high of 74.21 and a low of 74.29 against the US currency. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s…

09 Aug

SC notice on plea seeking transparency in vaccine clinical data

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, IndiaSUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking transparency in clinical trial data for the vaccines being administered in India under emergency use authorization and also a stay on the vaccine mandates, which is being issued by authorities in various parts of the country. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing petitioner Jacob Puliyel, vehemently argued that there is evidence in the medical literature that, vaccines that have not been adequately tested for safety or efficacy are now licensed under emergency use authorization without the data being disclosed to the public. Bhushan emphasized coercive mandates for use of these inadequately…

09 Aug

Indian national football camp to be held in Kolkata

editor0 CommentsSportsBlue Tigers' camp

The national football team's camp will be held in Kolkata after 15 years on August 15 to prepare for next month's international friendlies. This will be the first time Blue Tigers' camp will be held in Kolkata as they assembled here for training way back in 2006 ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Saudi Arabia. National team head coach Igor Stimac has named an initial list of 23 probables, leaving out players from ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC owing to the two club's commitments in the AFC Cup in the Maldives.Players from both clubs will be joining…

09 Aug

Rahul Gandhi on two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit

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Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader will be on a two-day visit to Srinagar from today (9th August) during which he will inaugurate the party's Jammu and Kashmir headquarters and meet Congress workers. Rahul, will reach Srinagar in the afternoon and will attend the wedding of the son of J&K Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir in the evening. On 10 August, he will inaugurate the headquarters of the J&K unit of the Congress and address a meeting of party workers and leaders in the Union Territory. Apart from the meeting, Rahul will visit Kheer Bhavani templewhich is located in Ganderbal. Rahul…

09 Aug

Lionel Messi breaks down while announcing Barcelona exit leaving football fans in tears

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Lionel Messi's incredible 17-season career at Barcelona appears to have come to an end and this marks as one of the most heartbreaking moments for football fans. On Monday, during a press conference Messi began crying even before he started speaking at his farewell ceremony at the Camp Nou Stadium. "This is very hard for me after so many years, after being here my entire life, I wasn't prepared," he said. Barcelona fans and football fans around the world took to social media to express their sadness. Many even called it the end of an era. "Don't cry because it's…