News Alerts! Asian Games 2018: Shardul Vihan wins a silver medal in men’s double trap event

— By FPJ Web Desk | Aug 23, 2018 03:12 pm

15:12 pm Budaun: Minor girl who was allegedly gang raped inside a primary govt school, has died. Ashok Kumar,SSP Budaun, says,“rape complaint was filed on 21 Aug. Medical examination was done.Investigation was underway. Today,we got info that the girl is dead. Postmortem reports awaited.”

14: 32 pm Asian Games 2018: India’s Shardul Vihan wins a silver medal in men’s double trap event

13:47 pm India captain Virat Kohli has reached a personal best of 937 rating points while reclaiming the top position in the ICC Test Player rankings after the Trent Bridge Test.

13:17 pm Ashes of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee brought to Lucknow. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, UP Governor Ram Naik and UP CM Yogi Adityanath present.

12:58 pm West Bengal: A blast has occurred at TMC party office in Makarampur of West Midnapore district. One party worker dead, 5 injured. A police team is present at the spot. Investigation is underway.

12.29 pm: BJP to hold National Executive meeting on September 8 and 9 in Delhi.

12.26 pm: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar sanctions Rs 5 Crores as Goa Govt’s contribution towards Kerala CM’s relief fund for Kerala flood relief operations.

12.20 pm: Asian Games 2018 : Indian tennis player Ankita Raina wins bronze in Women’s Singles semi final. India has won 4 gold, 3 silver and 9 bronze medals.

12.16 pm: Asian Games 2018: India’s Rohan Bopanna & Divij Sharan beat Japan’s K Uesugi & S Shimabukuro to enter Tennis Men’s Doubles final.


12.04 pm: Delhi: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives Defence Minister of China General Wei Fenghe at the South Block

11.50 am: Patna: Lal Ji Tandon sworn-in as the Governor of Bihar

11.40 am: Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributes certificates to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Gramin in Valsad


11.10 am: Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a public meeting in Valsad, also to distribute certificates to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin

11.00 am: Srinagar: Satya Pal Malik sworn-in as the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

10.25 am: Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Surat. He will distribute certificates to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin in Valsad, launch several projects in Junagadh & address convocation of Gujarat Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar today.

9.50 am: People pay last respects to senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat at his residence in Mumbai, he passed away in a Delhi hospital yesterday

9.45 am: Congress will hold press conferences in two-phases in 100 cities of India from August 25 over the issue of Rafale deal: Sources

9.20 am: In past few months we noticed morphed images of members of our family posted with abusive captions on Facebook. We found out the culprit&registered police complaint. It was resolved with police intervention. But after namaz y’day some miscreants attacked&hurled bombs at us: Local

9.15 am: West Bengal: 20 people injured in a clash which broke out between two groups in Samudragarh town in Purba Bardhaman district yesterday after morphed images of members of a family were allegedly posted on social media.

9.00 am: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan conducts an in-person review of the functioning of relief camps in Chengannur


8.45 am: UGC(University Grants Commission) has issued a notice to Vice Chancellors of all universities requesting to ensure strict adherence to the advisory issued in Nov’16 for banning junk food in colleges to ‘set new standards for healthy food & reduce obesity levels in Young Learners’

8.45 am: President Ram Nath Kovind has directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley.

8.40 am: Veteran journalist Kuldeep Nayyar passed away last night in a Delhi hospital. He was 95 years old.

7.30 am: Mumbai: Visuals from outside the residence of senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat, who passed away in a hospital in Delhi yesterday. His last rites will be performed today in Mumbai.

7.15 am: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will conduct today an in-person review of the functioning of relief camps. CM will visit the camps in Chengannur, Kozhencherry, Alappuzha, North Paravoor and Chalakudy.

7.00 am: PM Narendra Modi to visit #Gujarat today. He will distribute certificates to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin in Valsad and launch several projects in Junagadh. PM will also address convocation of Gujarat Forensic Science University later in the day.

6.50 am: Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urges “jihad” in purported new recording, reports AFP

6.40 am: Karnataka: Portion of a road in Kodagu’s Somwarpet collapsed following heavy rainfall. Restoration work underway. (22.8.2018)

6.30 am: Maharashtra: Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat’s mortal remains arrived at Mumbai last night. The senior Congress leader passed away in Delhi yesterday morning.