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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics with a silver.© AFP Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged the country’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics with a silver in women’s 49kg category. China’s Zhihui Hou took the gold medal with a total lift of 210kg,...
76 dead as rain, landslides hit Maharashtra
Mumbai: At least 76 people have died in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra. The deaths include 36 people who died in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai. However, it is feared that the death count could be over 100 as...
Shilpa Shetty says ‘erotica’ is not ‘porn’
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty has said she was unaware of the exact nature of content on ‘Hotshots’ – the mobile app via which her husband, Raj Kundra, is accused of streaming pornographic content – Mumbai Police sources have told news agency ANI. Police sources said Ms Shetty said it...
Sonia-Mamata meeting likely on Mission 2024
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress, the two bitter political rivals in West Bengal, seem to be coming closer, and ironically it’s the Pegasus snooping scandal that is doing the trick. The two parties have their leaders’ names in the list of potential Pegasus targets — Abhishek Banerjee...
‘CM question’ left hanging in Amarinder-Sidhu truce
In Punjab, it is said, nothing is sealed or forgiven without a Jhappi (bear hug) or a younger person touching an elder’s feet for blessings. The uneasy truce between Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was not certainly marked by a bear...
Mamata gears up to helm anti-BJP front
TMC MPs have unanimously chosen party supremo Mamata Banerjee as the chairperson of its parliamentary party although she is not a member of parliament. Announcing this at a press conference in Delhi, Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien said she has been the guiding force behind the TMC parliamentary...
Court order forces BSP to rename ‘Brahmin Sammelan’
The Bahujan Samaj Party’s “Brahmin Sammelan”, which is scheduled to be held on Friday at the Taraji Resort, has been renamed as “Seminar in honor of the enlightened class”. The National General Secretary of BSP, Satish Chandra Mishra, who has been given the responsibility to organise the event, reach...
Assam Congress demands CBI probe into organ racket
Guwahati/Dibrugarh/Nagaon, Jul 15: The Assam Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into the recently busted human organ racket while party MP Gaurav Gogoi has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to initiate an inquiry to verify the ring’s links with Kolkata. Congress state unit President Ripun...
Amarinder, Sidhu to end war with tea
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu will meet today for tea in a first effort for peace ahead of the cricketer-turned-politician’s inauguration as the Punjab Congress chief. The overture came from Mr Sidhu, who invited the Chief Minister for the programme at the party office. Mr Singh...
Amarinder slams Meenakshi Lekhi for “hooligans” remark on farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday demanded resignation of Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi for allegedly calling protesting farmers “hooligans”. Ms Lekhi, when asked about incidents of violence during the farmers’ protests against the three central agricultural laws, had on Thursday called the protesters “mawali” or hooligans. After...
