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Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu returns home, gets warm response
New Delhi: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu returned here Monday after her superb silver medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu was greeted enthusiastically at the airport. Chanu walked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, flanked by security and clad...
Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw added to Indian Test squad in England
London: Opener Prithvi Shaw and middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Indian Test squad in England. The five-match series against England starts August 4. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are replacements to injured players Shubman Gill and...
Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw added to Indian Test squad in England
London: Opener Prithvi Shaw and middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Indian Test squad in England. The five-match series against England starts August 4. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are replacements to injured players Shubman Gill and...
Another Bidyabharati note surfaces, ACF death case turns murkier
Paralakhemundi: Another hand-written note written by deceased Paralakhemundi assistant conservator of forest Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra has revealed the strained relationship between the two. The note is allegedly written during the time Bidyabharati spent at the Livestock Inspector Training Centre (LITC)...
Naveen Patnaik inaugurates ‘drink from tap’ project under ‘Sujal Mission’ for Puri residents
OHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Sheikh Hyder’s ‘encounter’ death, seeks report
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu returns home, gets warm response
New Delhi: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu returned here Monday after her superb silver medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu was greeted enthusiastically at the airport. Chanu walked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, flanked by security and clad...
Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw added to Indian Test squad in England
London: Opener Prithvi Shaw and middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Indian Test squad in England. The five-match series against England starts August 4. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are replacements to injured players Shubman Gill and...
Another Bidyabharati note surfaces, ACF death case turns murkier
Paralakhemundi: Another hand-written note written by deceased Paralakhemundi assistant conservator of forest Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra has revealed the strained relationship between the two. The note is allegedly written during the time Bidyabharati spent at the Livestock Inspector Training Centre (LITC)...
Naveen Patnaik inaugurates ‘drink from tap’ project under ‘Sujal Mission’ for Puri residents
Bhubaneswar: Puri became Monday the first town in India to provide 24x7 quality tap water to all its residents, with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating the supply system. The ‘drink from tap’ project has been commissioned under the ‘Sujal Mission’...
OHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Sheikh Hyder’s ‘encounter’ death, seeks report
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the police encounter that led to the death of dreaded gangster Sheikh Hyder and has sought a report from the police. A notice to this effect was...
4 including goldsmith arrested in Angul district over snatching of gold necklace
Angul: Talcher police have arrested four persons including a customer and a goldsmith in connection with a chain-snatching incident which took place under Talcher police limits in Angul district, a senior official informed Monday. Sources said that police were investigating...
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa submits resignation to Guv
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa submitted his resignation to Governor Thawarchand Gehlot Monday after tweeting that it was an honour for him to have served the state for two years. In a tweet in Kannada, he said that he has submitted his resignation to the governor and the latter...
Read moreMaharashtra monsoon mayhem: Death toll rises to 164, 100 missing
Mumbai: The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose Monday to 164. The new figure was announced after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad. Both in Wardha and Akola four bodies were found. The Maharashtra government said 100 people were still missing, so the toll may rise. So far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated from the affected areas, the Maharashtra government said in a statement. So far 71...
Read moreIndonesia extends Covid restrictions till Aug 2
Jakarta: Starting from Monday, Indonesia will extend the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions for the next eight days till August 2 aimed at further controlling the spread of the virus, President Joko Widodo announced. "By considering the aspects of health, economy and social dynamics, we decided to continue implementing the level 4 PPKM (public activity restrictions) from July 26 to August 2," Widodo said in a virtual press conference late Sunday. Widodo asked...
Read moreOver 50 killed in clashes, airstrikes in Yemen’s Marib
Sanaa: Fighting between the Yemeni government forces and Houthi militia in the country's oil-rich province of Marib has resulted in at least 50 deaths in 24 hours, a military source said. "Backed by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes, the army repelled several attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the frontlines of al-Mashjah, al-Kasarah and Raghwan in Sirwah district west of Marib during the past 24 hours," the source told Xinhua news...
Read moreCOVID-19: India reports 39,361 new cases
New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 39,361 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,14,11,262, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above 3 per cent after 35 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated Monday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,20,967 with 416 more fatalities, the ministry said. The active cases have increased to 4,11,189 and comprise 1.31 per cent of...
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8 huts set ablaze, tension escalates along Mizoram-Assam border
Aizawl: Tension flared along the Mizoram-Assam border after eight farmers’ huts were set ablaze by unidentified miscreants. Efforts are on to control the situation, a senior police officer said Monday. The incident happened a day after a meeting of chief ministers of northeastern states. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Shillong, during...
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu returns home, gets warm response
New Delhi: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu returned here Monday after her superb silver medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu was greeted enthusiastically at the airport. Chanu walked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, flanked by security and clad in a face shield and mask. “Happy to be back here in amidst so much love and...
DCW identifies 791 women widowed by Covid-19
New Delhi: As people lost their loved ones during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mahila panchayat team of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has identified 791 women who lost their spouses to Covid-19. The DCW team also conducted a social survey of such women and provided the report to the Delhi government. This...
Import duty on masur dal cut to zero; agri infra development cess halved to 10%
New Delhi: The Centre reduced Monday the import duty on masur dal to zero. It also halved the Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess on the lentil to 10 per cent. This was done in a bid to boost domestic supply and check rising prices. A notification in this regard was tabled in the Rajya Sabha by Finance Minister...
Film stars remember fallen heroes of Kargil; here is what they said
Mumbai: Top Bollywood personalities Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, and Farhan Akhtar among others marked Monday the 21st anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. The actors paid homage to the martyrs and said that the sacrifice of the soldiers will never be forgotten. On this day (July 26) in the year 1999, the Indian Armed Forces defeated attempts by...
Israeli judo star perseveres after 2 opponents’ withdrawals
Tokyo: Tohar Butbul could only shake his head in resignation after the Israeli judo star's first two potential opponents dropped out of the Tokyo Olympics shortly before they would have faced him. "These are things that sometimes occur in judo, so it wasn't that odd for me," Butbul said through a translator. "I just had to wait,...
Madhya Pradesh levies highest tax on petrol, Rajasthan on diesel says oil minister
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh levies the highest sales tax or VAT on petrol in India. On the other hand, Rajasthan has the highest tax on diesel. This information was given Monday by Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in the Lok Sabha. Heavily taxed petrol and diesel rates have shot to their highest prices this month. Taxes, both...
Sensex slips 123 pts; Nifty ends below 15,850
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex declined over 120 points Monday, tracking losses in index heavyweights Reliance, SBI and HDFC twins amid a largely subdued trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 123.53 points or 0.23 per cent lower at 52,852.27, while the broader NSE Nifty slipped 31.60 points or 0.20 per cent to 15,824.45. SBI was...
Maharashtra monsoon mayhem: Death toll rises to 164, 100 missing
Mumbai: The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose Monday to 164. The new figure was announced after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad. Both in Wardha and Akola four bodies were found. The Maharashtra government said 100 people were still missing, so the toll may rise. So far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated...
Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw added to Indian Test squad in England
London: Opener Prithvi Shaw and middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Indian Test squad in England. The five-match series against England starts August 4. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are replacements to injured players Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar. Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, who was in stand bye has been added to the main...
