Bhubaneswar, 4/10:Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a cash award of Rs 1.5 crore for Odisha’s Javelin star athlete Kishore KumarJena who has clinched a silver at the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. With a personal best of 87.54m, Kishore has also qualified for Paris Olympics. With this silver, Kishore has created a historic…
Beijing, 4/10: Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra defended his Asian Games gold in the javelin throw event, with a best throw of 88.88m. India also secured a silver in the event, with Kishore Jena coming second with a best throw of 87.54m.
Mumbai, 4/9: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Ranbir Kapoor for questioning on Friday in connection with Mahadev betting application money laundering case of Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. They said the agency had alleged Kapoor received money from the promoters of the app for performing at the wedding of one of the promoters. The…
New Delhi, 4/10: The government on Wednesday hiked the subsidy paid to poor women who got cooking gas connections under the Ujjwala scheme, to Rs 300 per cylinder from the current Rs 200, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said. Ujjwala beneficiaries currently pay Rs 703 per 14.2-kg cylinder as against the market price of Rs 903….
Bhubaneswar,4/10: In a big development, Biju Janata Dal(BJD) has appointed MP Manas Ranjan Mangaraj as Chief Whip of the party in Rajya Sabha with immediate effect . “Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, MP, Rajya Sabha is hereby appointed as Chief Whip of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Rajya Sabha with immediate effect,” the party said in a…
New Delhi, 4/10: NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations the portal received money for pro-China propaganda, were sent to seven days of police remand, officials said. Police on Tuesday searched for more than 30 locations, questioned several journalists in connection…
Sikkim, 4/10: Twenty Army personnel are missing in North Sikkim following a flash flood caused by a lake burst in the Chungthang area in North Sikkim. Due to a sudden cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River in Lachen valley, defence sources said. The release of water…
Beijing, 3/10: Neeraj Chopra would seek to defend his gold medal and end the season on a high when he takes the field for the much-anticipated men’s javelin throw event here on Wednesday. It could just be a cakewalk for India’s greatest athlete as his nearest competitor and world silver medallist Arshad Nadeem has pulled…
Beijing, 3/9: India’s Parul Chaudhary displayed tenacity and tremendous temperament to clinch a gold medal in the women’s 5000m at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 28-year-old stayed in the top two before stepping up in the final moments to pip Japan’s Ririka Hironaka for the top position with a timing of 15:14.75. Mohammed…
New Delhi, 3/10:Four earthquakes, the strongest being of magnitude 6.2, jolted Nepal in quick succession with tremors reverberating through parts of north India including Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said on Tuesday. An NCS official said the first quake of magnitude 4.6 struck west Nepal at a depth of 10 kilometre at 2:25…
