Alvaro Robles partnered Syndrela Das for a flawless straight games win against Sathiyan and Maria Xiao Panaji: Whatever Alvaro Robles touched, it turned gold.A two-time Olympian and three-time Spanish singles champion, Alvaro has been the heartbeat of Dempo Goa Challengers in Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT). Nowhere was this more evident than at the Shyama Prasad…
Varanasi: The CBI arrested Nitesh Agarwal, senior divisional materials manager of the North Eastern Railway’s Varanasi division, while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹1.70 lakh on Thursday evening.According to officials, Agarwal had allegedly demanded the bribe from a contractor supplying furniture to the railways in return for clearing bills and facilitating contract-related work. The contractor…
Ahmedabad: O K Krishnan, who spent more than two decades fighting for justice in his daughter Sajni Nair’s killing, died after brief illness in Ahmedabad on Friday. He was 89.A native of Pottor in Kerala’s Thrissur district, Krishnan lived in Ahmedabad for several decades. He was among the founding members of the Shree Narayana Cultural…
3 generations, 1 demand: A fair education system Chandigarh: The protest site at Sector 17 on Friday looked different from the image often associated with student movements. There were teenagers carrying placards, but there were also grandparents, parents and young children weaving through the crowd. Some had come because they had lived through examination controversies…
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan visited the Artificial Limb Centre in Pune on Thursday Pune: Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Krishna Swaminathan lauded the Artificial Limb Centre’s (ALC) work in various indigenous assistive technologies and rehabilitation medicine for injured armed force personnel, veterans and civilians.During his maiden visit to the rehabilitation…
A man carrying clothes on his shoulders walks in the flood water in Guwahati on Friday Guwahati: Assam’s flood toll climbed to 61 on Friday with 14 more deaths reported in a day. The fatalities were reported from the worst-hit upper Assam districts of Charaideo (7), Jorhat (1) and Sivasagar (6).On Thursday, the state reported…
Lucknow: Chief Secretary SP Goyal on Friday directed officials to ensure effective coordination among all concerned departments to prevent cybercrimes in the state.Reviewing the functioning of the UP Cyber Police during a meeting, the chief secretary assessed the progress on nine priority areas related to cybercrime.He said a comprehensive public awareness campaign should be launched…
Deesa town in Banaskantha Palanpur: Rain-starved North Gujarat finally witnessed a proper onset of the southwest monsoon on Friday, with all districts receiving significant rainfall that brought much-needed relief to farmers but also triggered flooding, waterlogging and rescue operations in several areas.Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Aravali recorded intense downpours that inundated towns, submerged fields and…
Power supply goes off during a solar energy event in a star hotel in Jaipur attended by energy minister Heeralal Nagar Jaipur: Power cuts continue to dog energy minister Hiralal Nagar, with a supply failure during a solar industry event at a star hotel Friday briefly plunging the venue hall into darkness.The disruption interrupted proceedings…
Thank you, friends’: PM Modi hails ‘love, support’ of youth in new Insta video NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked young people for watching his video on examination reforms and sharing their suggestions.In a video message shared on Instagram, PM Modi expressed appreciation for the response to his address and the feedback…
