Paris: Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Tokyo bronze medallist Malaysian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men’s doubles quarter-finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday. The Indian pair lost to the Malaysia duo 21-13, 14-21, 16-21 in a thrilling 64-minute clash. The Malaysians, known for their…
Chennai: The Supreme Court’s ruling that says states are empowered to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to grant quotas inside the reserved category is a recognition of the DMK’s Dravidian model and its efforts to ensure social justice for oppressed sections of society, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday….
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, has expressed his approval of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, allowing state governments to sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SC) for quotas. Declaring Telangana’s commitment to this progressive move, he stated that the state would be the first to implement it. Speaking in the Assembly, CM Reddy praised the Supreme…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ruled that the trial in 18 cases relating to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura can continue, dismissing a petition filed by the mosque committee that challenged the maintainability of these suits. Justice Mayank Kumar Jain had on June 6 reserved his judgment on the plea moved…
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous class, for granting reservation for the uplift of castes that are socially and economically more backward. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y…
Paris: Chateauroux, the venue for shooting events in the Paris Olympics, is becoming a memorable location for the Indian contingent. Swapnil Kusale, a 28-year-old shooter, added a third medal to India’s tally by winning a bronze in the 50m rifle 3 positions event on Thursday. In the challenging event, which includes kneeling, prone, and standing…
Paris: “Please give me something to eat,” Olympic bronze medal winning shooter Sarabjot Singh said on his arrival at India House — a repository showing the soft power of the country that aspires to host the 2036 Olympic Games. Singh and Manu Bhaker combined to beat South Korea 16-10 in the 10 meter air pistol…
Paris: In one of the biggest upsets of the Olympic Games boxing competition, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) bowed out after a 0-5 loss to Asian Games gold-medallist Wu Yu, completely outmaneuvered by the Chinese in a stunningly lopsided bout on Thursday. Nikhat was unseeded for the Games as the International Olympic Committee (IOC),…
Paris: Indian archer Pravin Jhadhav bowed out of the Paris Olympics after losing his individual men’s recurve opening round clash in straight sets to Kao Wenchao of China here on Thursday. Jhadhav lost 0-6 (28-29 29-30 27-28) in the round of 64. Even though Jhadhav shot as many as four 10s through the course of…
Paris: The Indian hockey team suffered its first loss of the Olympic Games here, going down 1-2 to defending champions Belgium after letting slip a one goal lead in a pool match here on Thursday. Abhishek gave India the lead in the 18th minute before Belgium made a strong comeback after half-time to score through…
