Tashkent: Tokyo Olympian Ashish Chaudhary advanced to the 80kg pre-quarterfinals with a split decision win over Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran at the Men’s World Boxing Championships here on Tuesday. Ashish secured a hard-fought 4-1 victory against the former Asian Championships silver medalist. The 28-year-old from Himachal Pradesh displayed his attacking intent from the word go…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his plea for stay of conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, saying it will pass its final order post-summer vacation. Counsel for Gandhi (52), Abhishek Manu Singhvi, cited “extreme urgency” to request…
Mumbai: Springing a surprise, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he is stepping down as the chief of NCP, the political outfit he founded and helmed since 1999. Pawar made the announcement at the launch of his revised version of the autobiography which was met with protests by party workers and leaders who…
Washington: There is no plan to add new members to the Quad now, the White House has said, emphasising that the relatively young grouping welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partner countries on issues like maritime security, infrastructure and climate change. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan…
New Delhi: Gold price declined Rs 225 to Rs 60,075 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid a fall in precious metal prices internationally, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had ended at Rs 60,300 per 10 grams. Silver also went lower by Rs 380 to Rs 75,600…
New Delhi: Around 39 per cent of families in a survey claimed to have experienced financial fraud in the last three years and only 24 per cent of them got their funds back, LocalCircles said in a report on Tuesday. The largest group of 23 per cent respondents in the survey indicated to have experienced…
New Delhi: Realty firm Advance India Projects Ltd (AIPL) will invest around Rs 600 crore to complete a 500-acre township project at Ludhiana in Punjab that was launched by another real estate developer Ireo group more than a decade ago but got stalled due to financial problems. The company has signed a contract with Ireo…
Mumbai: Go First on Tuesday said it has been forced to seek voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings due to “serial failure” of Pratt & Whitney engines resulting in grounding of 50 per cent of the fleet and is no longer in a position to continue to meet its financial obligations. The latest move by the Wadia group-owned…
Washington: A federal US commission has urged the Biden administration to impose targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies and officials responsible for “severe violations” of religious freedom in the country by freezing their assets. The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) also recommended to Congress to raise the issue of religious freedom during US-India…
Washington: The Biden administration has said that America’s immigration system needs to be “modernised” and Republicans, who control the Congress, should take action on it rather than use it as a “political stunt or a political tool”. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at her daily news conference on Monday, said the opposition Republican party is…
