Melbourne, 22/1: World number one Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the Australian Open in the fourth round on Sunday, losing a showdown of current Grand Slam champions to Elena Rybakina in straight sets. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner from Kazakhstan, beat Poland’s Swiatek, the French and US Open champion, 6-4, 6-4 in 1hr…
New Delhi, 21/1: Reacting for the first time on the aircraft’s emergency door opening incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bengaluru South, Tejasvi Surya on Saturday said a clarification on the matter has already been provided, and he will “not further glorify the criticism of the Congress”. While the airline — IndiGo, did not…
Raipur, 21/1: Mohammed Shami led an inspired pace attack to set up a crushing eight-wicket, series-clinching win for India in the second one-day international against New Zealand on Saturday. Shami, India’s pace spearhead, returned figures of 3-18 to help dismiss the Black Caps for 108 after the hosts elected to bowl first in…
New Delhi, 21/1: The Centre has issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, sources said. The directions were reportedly issued by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday using the emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021. …
Kolkata, ,21/1: TMC MP Derek O’Brien has alleged that a tweet by him on a BBC documentary which he claimed “exposed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on minorities has been deleted by Twitter. Posting a mail from the microblogging site which said his tweet was deleted on the request of the Indian government claiming it…
Jammu, 21/1: At least six persons were injured in twin blasts in Narwal area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Saturday, police said. The blasts were reported in yard number 7 of Transport Nagar in Narwal and the nature of the explosions is yet to be determined. However, unconfirmed reports said…
New Delhi, 21/1:Aska police station in Ganjam district was awarded as the best police station in the country by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. IIC Prashant Kumar Sahoo received the trophy of the best police station from Shah at the DGP/IGP conference in New Delhi on Friday. Aska topped the annual ranking of police…
London, 21/1: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain acknowledged Friday that he had been fined by police for not wearing a seat belt after he posted an Instagram video of himself riding in a car without one. Sunak’s office said he would pay the penalty but did not disclose the amount. “The…
Wellington, 21/1: Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, must still get an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues in Parliament but that is just a formality now. …
New Delhi, 21/1: The aggrieved grapplers called off their protest late on Friday night after getting assurances from the government that their grievances would be addressed, the first step of which was the stepping aside of under-fire Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik…
