Paris: Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has come to Paris to support Ukrainian athletes at the Olympics amid war at home. On Monday, he visited the Ukrainian House in Paris and from there he watched the fencing competition in which Ukrainian Olga Kharlan won the bronze medal in women’s individual saber, marking the first medal…
New Delhi: With young shooter Manu Bhaker becoming the first Indian in post independence era to win two medals in a single edition of Olympics, here is a look at the Indian athletes who have won two individual medals in the global showpiece, albeit in different years. Sushil Kumar: Wrestler Sushil Kumar is India’s first two-time…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday launched the second phase of his government’s crop loan waiver scheme with an outlay of over Rs 6,198 crore, which would benefit about 6.40 lakh farmer families. The chief minister and his cabinet colleagues started the second phase of disbursal of money for the loan waiver…
New Delhi: Manu Bhaker’s consistency and composure drew effusive praise as President Draupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s sporting fraternity hailed the young shooter for becoming the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two medals in a single Olympic Games. Bhaker combined with Sarabjot Singh win the 10m air pistol mixed…
Jamshedpur/Ranchi/Kolkata: Two persons were killed and 20 others injured as at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred at 3.45 AM near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER), they said. Train number…
Wayand (Kerala): A massive rescue operation is underway in the southern Indian state of Kerala after major landslides in the northeastern district of Wayanad killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Tuesday. At least two landslides hit Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday morning, impacting about one thousand people, A…
Chateauroux (France): A calm and composed Manu Bhaker scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games as she combined with an equally unruffled Sarabjot Singh to clinch the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze here on Tuesday. The Indian pair…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said he will hold a meeting with his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to resolve the Polavaram issue between the two states. Majhi, upon his arrival from Delhi after attending the Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog on July 27, said he had a discussion…
New Delhi: Country’s first sunken museum at the site of Humayun’s Tomb complex here that displays over 500 “never-before-seen artefacts” was inaugurated on Monday evening by Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat who said it will be an “incredible addition” to Delhi’s cultural landscape. The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval ‘baolis’, or…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday attacked the BRS for moving court against the inquiry panel formed to look into alleged irregularities in the power sector during the previous regime instead of facing the probe to prove their honesty. The BRS leaders feared that their “loot” would be exposed, he said in…
