Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday launched the ‘Tamizh Pudhalvan’ (Tamil son) scheme of Rs 1,000 per month assistance to help boys from government and state-aided schools pursue higher education. Launching the scheme here at the Government Arts College, Stalin said the ‘Dravidian model’ government is committed to social justice and…
Paris: An Egyptian Olympic wrestler was arrested in Paris on sexual assault charges, French prosecutors said Friday. A 26-year-old athlete was detained early Friday after allegedly groping a woman from behind outside a Paris cafe, according to a statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office. The office did not name the wrestler but said he was…
Paris: World record holder and former world champion Tobi Amusan crashed out of the women’s 100m hurdles at the Olympics on Friday as defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn sailed into the final. Amusan shocked the world in 2022 when she set a world record of 12.12sec on her way to victory at the World Champoinships in…
Paris: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad hoc Division has officially registered an application filed by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat in response to a contentious decision by United World Wrestling (UWW),CAS said in a statement. Phogat’s appeal challenges UWW’s decision to disqualify her from the gold medal match in the Women’s Freestyle 50kg…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Centre government has set up a panel to monitor the situation on the Indo-Bangladesh border on Friday. “In the wake of the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, the Modi government has constituted a committee to monitor the current situation on the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB). The committee…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11, which claimed that candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient for them to reach. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
New Delhi: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhakhar on Friday lost his cool and schooled Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Amitabh Bachchan after the veteran actor questioned his tone in the House during the ongoing monsoon session. The heated exchange led to protests by the Opposition members, who finally staged a walkout. The exchange…
Paris: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he — and Covid –upstaged Noah Lyles’ plans for a sprint double in Paris. Tebogo, 21, was able to ease up at the end and still clocked an African record of 19.46sec for gold, with American Kenny Bednarek…
New Delhi: Neeraj Chopra’s silver medal in the Paris Games was hailed as a feat which will inspire the future generations in pursuit of excellence as President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in lauding the superstar javelin thrower’s achievements. Tokyo Games champion Chopra on Thursday became the first Indian track-and-field…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib. The petitioner claimed before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that Article 84 of the Constitution deals with qualification for membership of Parliament…
