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Repair work at Hry water canal on, normalcy by tomorrow: DJB

A day after a portion of the boundary of channel-lined canal (CLC), or the Munak Canal, broke near Barwasni village at Sonepat district in Haryana, affecting the supply of raw water to parts of the Capital, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials on Sunday said a team has been dispatched to the site of the breach to oversee repair work of the canal, which is likely to take 48 hours.

Regimented system and robust network: The secret behind China's sporting rise

At the end of the 19th edition of the Asian Games, the medal tally, not surprisingly, has three familiar names on top - China, Japan, and South Korea. The three have featured in the top three in each edition since the 1978 Games and while Japan and Korea have often traded second and third places, China have rarely, if ever, relinquished pole position.

California governor vetoes bill passed by state legislature against caste-based discrimination

California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark but controversial bill passed by the state's legislature that added caste to its basket of anti-discrimination legislation, arguing that the administration already barred discrimination across various dimensions, including caste, and the new legislation was unnecessary.

Aditya-LI goes through crucial manoeuvre: Isro

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully performed a 16-second-long trajectory correction manoeuvre for Aditya-Ll to ensure the country's first solar observatory is on track to its intended spot in the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1), the space agency said on Sunday, days after the craft left the Earth's sphere of influence.

SANGAY WANTS TO PLAY A SOLDIER IN A MOVIE NEXT

He has served his country as an Army officer and was also a part of the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan before switching to showbiz.

Abhinav: Getting trolled is a price you pay for being famous

Actor Abhinav Shukla recently gave it back to trolls when he took to Instagram to answer the most commonly asked questions posed to him in the comments section of his posts.

Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez have settled their divorce

Singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and real estate agent Dalton Gomez have officially settled their divorce. According to a report, both the parties have reached an amicable settlement less than a month after Grande filed for divorce.

Ram Charan is not working with Rajkumar Hirani

Ever since Ram Charan was spotted in Mumbai, there has been growing chatter that work brought the actor to the city. A report by the portal 123Telugu claims that Charan has signed a Hindi film being directed by Rajkumar Hirani. However, this is not true.

Priyanka in the middle of Joe-Sophie divorce drama?

Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas is reportedly caught in the middle of the ongoing divorce battle between her brother-in-law, singer Joe Jonas, and actor Sophie Turner.

Chennai stirs to life as the Indian team comes calling

MERCURY RISING - HUNT ON FOR TICKETS

Chepauk, left-handers in Aus squad tilt scales towards Ash

In India's stirring 2011 World Cup triumph, R Ashwin, a rookie then who was secondary to Harbhajan Singh in the rank of off-spinners, played two matches. The first was against West Indies in Chennai and the second against Australia in Ahmedabad. Will Ashwin play against Australia in Chennai in 2023?

SA smash Cup records and SL; B'desh win too

South Africa got their World Cup off to a rollicking start by smashing a tournament-record 428/5 against Sri Lanka at Delhi on Saturday.

Geared up for a pitched battle

Skipper Rohit invokes \"unfinished business\" as India kick off Cup campaign against Australia with hopes to end a 12-year wait

India beat Iran amid kabaddi final row

A kabaddi match lasts 45 minutes. On Saturday, the India-Iran men's final dragged on for about 100 minutes, including a 60-minute break of farcical proportions. Seven-time champions India had waited for five years to reclaim gold, and with the contest at 28-all with a minute left, desperation spilled on to the mat at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre.

Like Asiad, defending Olympictitle is a big motivation: Neeraj

Ending the season that began in May and ran until October with him becoming the world champion and defending the Asian Games crown, Neeraj Chopra is finally back home.

Archers Jyothi and Ojas complete golden hat-trick

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale entered this Asian Games with contrasting goals. While Vennam, competing in her third Asian Games, was searching for her first success at this stage, Deotale, in his first Asian Games, was looking to add weight to his world champion tag.

Satwik-Chirag bring India first Asiad badminton gold

World No.3 combine smash aside Korean rivals in straight games to win their fifth title of the year

Normalisation of Saudi-Israeli ties is Hamas's target

Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel, welcomed and celebrated by Iran, appears to be aimed to complicate the historic process of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia that is underway in the region and has the potential to dramatically alter global geopolitics.

Israel, Palestine and a deadly impasse: A brief history

Tensions that have raged since the Middle Eastern state's founding in May 1948 date back much further.

Hundreds dead as Hamas stuns Israel

The US and other Western powers on Saturday backed Israel's right to defend itself in the face of a wave of attacks by Hamas and other groups as key West Asian players such as Saudi Arabia urged the world community to back a peace process that leads to a two-state solution.

Govt looks to bolster welfare schemes' coverage in villages

GOVT OPTIMISING USE OF RESOURCES ALLOCATED BY OVER 24 CENTRAL MINISTRIES AND DEPTS TO DEVELOP RURAL AREAS

ED looks into FIR against NewsClick

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is studying the first information report (FIR) filed by Delhi Police against NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha under the anti-terror law to see if an additional case is made out against the news portal, an agency official said on Saturday.

UK PM calls Trudeau, seeks end to India-Canada diplomatic row

British PM Rishi Sunak and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau underscored the importance of de-escalation of the India-Canada diplomatic row and respect for the rule of law in a call, which was dominated by the standoff over the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June.

Om Birla unveils a new tech to help patients with myopia

A cutting-edge technology to help people suffering from myopia or short-sightedness attain clear vision without the need for spectacles or lenses through a precise and swift procedure was unveiled during an event in the Capital on Saturday.

CM announces caste survey across Raj ahead of elections

Rajasthan will soon conduct a caste survey, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday without specifying a timeline, just days before the Election Commission of India is expected to announce dates for the assembly polls in the state.

Capital's air quality remains poor

Delhi's pollution levels remained in the \"poor\" zone for the second consecutive day on Saturday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 216 - a marginal deterioration from Friday's reading of 212, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's national bulletin.

Monu Manesar sent to four-day police custody

A Pataudi court on Saturday granted the Gurugram police four-day remand of cow vigilante and Bajrang Dal activist Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar in an attempt-to-murder case registered at the Pataudi police station on February 7.

Water supply in Delhi to be hit for 2 days: DJB

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Saturday said that the water supply to parts of north, northwest, west, and south Delhi, along with parts of Delhi Cantt, will be affected for two days - Sunday and Monday due to a breach in the water channel at Sonepat in Haryana.

Revamp of ten arterial roads to curb accidents

The Delhi government's transport department has begun implementing road design changes at 10 arterial road stretches, mostly in north Delhi, to curb fatal accidents based on data gathered between 2019 and 2021, officials said.

Ram temple trust finalises modalities for Jan event

The trust overseeing the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has decided to distribute sacred grain rice (akshata), offered to the deity at the Ram Janmabhoomi, to 500,000 villages across the country ahead of the consecration ceremony of the deity scheduled in January next year.