New Delhi, 10/12: Ushering in a new era in the country’s sports administration, the legendary P T Usha was on Saturday elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The 58-year-old Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and fourth place finisher in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 400m hurdles…
New Delhi, 10/12: The blame game between the AAP and the BJP has begun just three days after the announcement of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) poll results, with both sides alleging poaching of councillors by the other party. BJP leaders including national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala and Delhi unit media cell head…
Dhaka, 10/12: Ishan Kishan smashed the fastest double hundred in the history of ODI cricket as India beat Bangladesh by 227 runs in the inconsequential third and final match in Chattogram on Saturday. Put in to bat, Kishan blasted 210 off 131 balls, while Virat Kohli (113) also slammed his first ODI hundred…
10/12: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu who headed the Congress campaign committee in Himachal Pradesh is likely to be the next Chief Minister, party sources said on Saturday. The sources said the party high command has cleared the name of Sukhu, the 58-year-old MLA from Nadaun in Hamirpur district, for the top job. The…
New Delhi, 10/12: Hours after joining the Aam Aadmi Party, two newly elected Congress councillors and party leader Ali Mehdi switched back to the grand old party and issued an apology. Posting a video on social media, Mehdi said he made a mistake by crossing over to the AAP and asserted that he…
New Delhi, 9/12: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Army to put its “house in order” saying that it feels that it has not been “fair” to the women officers who have alleged delay in promotions after being granted permanent commission on the directions of the top court in 2020. A bench…
New Delhi, 9/12:The controversial private member’s Bill that seeks to provide for a panel to prepare a Uniform Civil Code was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. ‘The Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020’ was introduced in the Upper House amid protests from opposition parties. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena…
New Delhi, 9/12: Politics is the art of selling credibility to buy popular support. An essential ingredient of this commodity up for sale is the image of the leader and the political party. The advantage that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has in the political market is its image of being ‘different’, which people tired…
New Delhi, 9/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The relationship between India and Russia remains strong but trumpeting the friendship at this point…
New Delhi, 9/12: Vikas Walkar, father of Shraddha Walkar who was murdered allegedly by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in Delhi, on Friday demanded that the accused be hanged to death for killing his daughter. Poonawala allegedly strangled Shraddha and cut her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for…
