PV Sindhu opts out of Asian Games camp, to prepare under coach Hafiz

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will not be attending the two-week national camp for Asian Games and will train separately with new coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia

Spain, Italy step up chase of runaway Euro leaders

Spain crashed in six in Euro 2024 qualifying while Belgium were also big winners as Italy revived their campaign and Austria and Switzerland stayed on course for qualification

Asian Games: Stimac to coach Chhetri-led squad

The squad named has only nine of the list of 22 chosen by coach Stimac and released by AIFF on August 1

Bodies pile up in Libya as flood death toll hits 5,300

Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,300 people

Naidu to remain in jail as HC defers plea till Sept 19

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday adjourned to September 19 a petition filed by the chief of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) N Chandrababu Naidu seeking to quash the case filed against him by the state crime investigation department (CID) in connection with the multicrore state skill development corporation scam

HC summons Hry chief secy over 'contemptuous' letter

The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Thursday over the \"contemptuous\" content of a letter purportedly written on the \"recommendation of the chief minister\" to the high court, rejecting a list of names proposed for appointment as additional district and sessions judges (ADJs) in the state

In 3 months, prepare guidelines to check media trial: Top court to govt

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to come out, within three months, with guidelines on how the police should brief media about ongoing investigations so as to prevent biased reporting, speculation, and media trials, while still ensuring transparency

IAF takes delivery of first C-295 in Spain

Airbus Defence and Space on Wednesday handed over to the Indian Air Force its first C-295 aircraft at Seville in Spain, with the new planes ordered by India to modernise the air force's tactical airlift capabilities and replace its ageing fleet of Avro transport aircraft that entered service in the early 1960s, officials aware of the matter said

CM Shinde defers plan to visit Maratha reservation activist

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday did not go ahead with his planned visit to Jalna district to meet Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, who a day ago had announced to call off his indefinite hunger strike if Shinde and a few other leaders met him in person

Monumental chapter': BJP hails Modi for success of G20 summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday evening showered with petals and greeted with slogans and drumbeats at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters, where party workers joined hands to raucously congratulate him for the successful G20 Summit

ED, 2 other agencies on a search for chiefs

With just two days to go before the term of Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Mishra ends, the central government is yet to call a meeting of the panel led by the Central Vigilance Commissioner to appoint the next chief of the premier investigation agency

Manipur cop killed in fresh flare-up

Unidentified militants shot dead a Manipur Police sub-inspector and injured two other civilians in Churachandpur district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said, bringing the toll in the strife-torn state to 169

Suraksha taking over projects by Jaypee gets nod

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida), in its 78th board meeting on Wednesday, approved Mumbai-based Suraksha Group's resolution plan to take over stuck realty projects of bankrupt Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL), which failed to deliver around 32,000 units in its different housing projects in Noida and Greater Noida

Chadha: Delhi has lowest inflation rate, welfare plans benefit people

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Wednesday said that Delhi has the lowest inflation rate among all states, crediting his party's welfare schemes for the same

Atishi writes to chief secy to toughen harassment panel

We will identify repeated offenders and make a list so they could not get sensitive posting till they get a clean chit from the courts

Once a palace, now a wholesale market

Bhagirath Palace began life as the mansion of powerful Begum Samru, but as it completes 200 years, it has become famous as a market for electronic goods

Crackers available in Delhi despite ban: SC

THE COURT ALSO DISMISSED A PLEA BY BJP MP MANOJ TIWARI WHO OBJECTED TO THE DELHI GOVT’S BAN ON THE USE, SALE OF ALL CRACKERS

Post on social media enabled case against vigilante: Police

Cow vigilante Mohit Yadav, who is known more widely as Monu Manesar, was picked up by Haryana police after it was established through social media company Facebook’s assistance that it was he alone who made an incendiary post on August 26, the police remand note has said

Nifty 50: The unstoppable India story

IT TOOK ALMOST 22 YEARS FOR NIFTY TO REACH THE 10,000 MARK, BUT IT STARTED TO GALLOP POST-2017, TAKING JUST OVER SIX YEARS TO ADD ANOTHER 10,000 POINTS

RBI sets time limit for banks to release mortgage papers

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said regulated entities have to release original property documents to retail loan borrowers within 30 days of full repayment, and any delay would attract a penalty

INDIA bloc to begin seat parleys, hold joint rallies

The top decision-making body of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Wednesday asked state units to start negotiations on seat-sharing arrangements for the upcoming assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and decided to hold a string of joint public rallies, initiating crucial preparations to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

UJJWALA 3.0 APPROVED BY UNION CABINET AT ₹1,650 CRORE

A fortnight after slashing cooking gas rates by ₹200 per cylinder for 330 million customers ahead of crucial elections, the government on Wednesday launched the third phase of its popular Ujjwala scheme to provide free gas connections along with a stove and a refill to 7.5 million poor households for three years

2 Indian Army officers, cop killed in J&K attack

Two decorated army officers — a colonel and a major — and a deputy superintendent of police were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, with a burst of gunfire ending the relative calm in the valley where terror attacks had significantly declined and were at their lowest during the last five years, officials aware of the matter said

Crackers available in Delhi despite ban: SC

THE COURT ALSO DISMISSED A PLEA BY BJP MP MANOJ TIWARI WHO OBJECTED TO THE DELHI GOVT’S BAN ON THE USE, SALE OF ALL CRACKERS

NDMC to procure 200,000 tulips this winter, most ever

The annual tulip bloom in New Delhi will cover a much larger area during the coming winter season, as the New Delhi Municipal Council plans to plant 200,000 tulip bulbs, up from 123,000 bulbs last winter and 40,000 the year before, officials said on Wednesday, adding tenders worth 287 lakh have been issued to purchase tulip bulbs

Post on social media enabled case against vigilante: Police

Cow vigilante Mohit Yadav, who is known more widely as Monu Manesar, was picked up by Haryana Police after it was established through social media company Facebook's assistance that it was he alone who made an incendiary post on August 26, the police remand note has said

RBI sets time limit for banks to release mortgage papers

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said regulated entities have to release original property documents to retail loan borrowers within 30 days of full repayment, and any delay would attract a penalty

UJJWALA 3.0 APPROVED BY UNION CABINET AT ₹1,650 CRORE

A fortnight after slashing cooking gas rates by ₹200 per cylinder for 330 million customers ahead of crucial elections, the government on Wednesday launched the third phase of its popular Ujjwala scheme to provide free gas connections along with a stove and a refill to 7.5 million poor households for three years

2 Indian Army officers, cop killed in J&K attack

Two decorated army officers — a colonel and a major — and a deputy superintendent of police were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, with a burst of gunfire ending the relative calm in the valley where terror attacks had significantly declined and were at their lowest during the last five years, officials aware of the matter said

INDIA bloc to begin seat parleys, hold joint rallies

The top decision-making body of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Wednesday asked state units to start negotiations on seat-sharing arrangements for the upcoming assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and decided to hold a string of joint public rallies, initiating crucial preparations to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)