Paris: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's hopes of securing a belated Olympic silver medal were dashed Wednesday when the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected her appeal against a gut-wrenching disqualification from the final for being 100gm overweight, a decision that...
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday emphasised the need to strengthen affirmative action as a tool for inclusion while urging the rejection of divisive tendencies rooted in perceived social hierarchies. In her address to the nation on the eve of 78th Independence Day, Murmu highlighted...
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the attempt to save the accused instead of providing justice to the victim raises serious questions on the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case filed by the CBI in the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the CBI on...
New Delhi: In a major victory for mineral-rich states, the Supreme Court Wednesday allowed them to seek dues from April 1, 2005 on royalty and tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land from the Centre in a staggered period of 12 years. A nine-judge Constitution...
Kolkata: Differences of opinion have started coming out within the ruling Trinamool Congress over the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata. The differences surfaced over the proposed 'Midnight Protest March by Women...
Dhaka: Several Bangladeshi students, who were behind the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are still controlling traffic on the roads in the country despite traffic police personnel rejoining their workplaces. A wave of violence, including revenge killings and arson, persisted after Hasina fled...
Kolkata: A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accompanied by a forensic expert, reached Wednesday to investigate the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. The investigating team, which arrived from Delhi, has...
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a surprise move Wednesday, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister. Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party...
Beirut: Hezbollah attacked the Mount Neria base, a battalion leadership headquarters of Israel's Golani Brigade forces, with volleys of Katyusha rockets late Tuesday night, according to state media. Earlier, Hezbollah had launched more than 20 rockets from southern Lebanon at the Meron base in northern...
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