Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday underwent a successful pacemaker implantation procedure, a surgery scheduled just days before the Knesset is set to vote on a controversial judicial reform bill that has paralysed the whole country. Last week, Netanyahu, 73, was hospitalised from Saturday to Sunday after he complained of dizziness following a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate on July 26 the redeveloped ITPO complex here, which will host the G20 leaders’ meeting in September, official sources said on Sunday. The venue, also known as the Pragati Maidan complex, has a campus area of approximately 123 acres and is India’s largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives,…
New Delhi: The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi breached the danger mark again on Sunday following a surge in discharge from the Hathnikund Barrage into the river after heavy rain in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Further increase in the water level of the river is expected to impact relief and rehabilitation work…
New Delhi: Having dragged the national federation to the court over his non-selection in the Indian team for the Asian Games, world championships silver medallist boxer Amit Panghal alleged that he has been “demotivated” and made to feel unworthy during his time at national camp. Panghal, the country’s lone men’s world championships silver medallist, has…
Yeosu (Korea): Star Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the final of Korea Open super 500 badminton tournament with a thrilling straight-game win over world number two Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang here on Saturday. The world number three Indian pair notched up a 21-15 24-22 win over the…
New Delhi: The Indian men’s and women’s 25m standard pistol team picked up two more bronze medals at the ongoing ISSF World Junior Championship in Changwon, Korea on Saturday. With the two medals on day seven of competitions, India maintained second place on the standings behind China, with four gold, five silver and five bronze medals….
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs 2 crore to an Indian Army officer for the loss of reputation suffered by him on account of a 2001 “expose” by a news portal alleging his involvement in corruption in defence procurement. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, while deciding a lawsuit by Major General M S Ahluwalia,…
A Hindi film song said ‘Hamse ayaa na gaya, tumse bulaya na gaya. Pyar ka ye fasla, dononse mitaya na gaya’. When two failed lovers meet, there is normally recrimínation by both, with each blaming the other for the failure. This meaningful and deep song has none. Both admit that both had failed though…
(Our Special Correspondent) Vijayawada: In a path-breaking initiative towards a greener and more sustainable future, the Andhra Pradesh State Housing Company Limited (APSHCL) on Saturday entered into a historic Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). This was done under the joint venture of PSUs – the Union Ministry of Power,…
New Delhi: There is a long list of heinous crimes against women in opposition-ruled states such as Rajasthan, West Bengal and Bihar, but it is playing politics over the Manipur incident, the BJP alleged on Saturday. Tension mounted in the hills of strife-torn Manipur after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from…
