Mumbai, 10/8: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Saturday accused NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray of using the ongoing Maratha reservation issue to trigger riots and disturb peace ahead of the Vidhansabha polls across the state Thackeray also wanted to know what the BJP-led NDA government at…
Paris, 10/8: The ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will give its decision on the appeal filed by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat against her disqualification from the Olympic finals by 6pm local time (9:30pm IST) on Saturday. The hearing on the matter concluded here on Friday after it accepted Vinesh’s appeal…
New Delhi, 10/8: Finance Secretary T V Somanathan will be the next Cabinet Secretary, succeeding incumbent Rajiv Gauba who will be completing five years in office. Prior to taking over as Cabinet Secretary on August 30, Somanathan has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat. Gauba, the longest serving Cabinet Secretary,…
Mumbai, 10/8: Hindenburg Research, the entity which shorted Adani stocks and led to a massive crash in the conglomerate’s market value, has posted a cryptic message on social media platform X, wherein it said, “Something big soon India”. Their post has already started garnering a lot of attention, with many X users slamming the short…
Sao Paulo, 10/8: A passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed Friday outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all on board, according to Brazilian authorities. The airline operating the flight, VoePass, said that Flight 2283 had crashed in the Brazilian city of Vinhedo, not far from its destination of Sao Paulo. The flight had taken off from…
Paris, 10/8: The Chhatrasal Stadium in north Delhi is a world-class wrestling factory and it’s latest premium quality export is Aman Sehrawat. The 21-year-old, who calls the venerable place his home after being orphaned at the age 11, joined the league of stalwarts like Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia to…
New Delhi, 9/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the landslides-hit Wayanad on Saturday to review the relief and rehabilitation efforts and interact with survivors. Officials said Modi will reach Kannur around 11 am and then undertake an aerial survey of the landslides-affected area in Wayanad.
Mumbai, 9/8: Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Friday came out in support of wrestler Vinesh Phogat who recently made headlines after being disqualified from the final match of 50 kg wrestling at 2024 Paris Olympics. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the cricket legend said that Phogat was robbed of a deserving silver…
New Delhi, 9/8: The Parliament was on Friday adjourned a day before schedule, amid escalating hostility between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc, with the latter mulling the initiation of a process to impeach Dhankhar. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, which started on July 22, were adjourned sine die…
New Delhi, 9/8: Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia walked out of Tihar Jail after 17 months behind bars on Friday and said he got bail due to the power of the Constitution and democracy, and this same power will ensure the release of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court…
