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LONDON — Newcomer Christos Tzolis helped set up two goals as defending champion Arsenal opened the Premier League season by dismantling promoted Coventry 3-0 to spoil the visitor’s long-awaited return to the top flight Friday.Tzolis shines as Arsenal opens Premier League season by sweeping aside promoted CoventryAfter ending a 22-year wait for the Premier League title, Arsenal showed why it’s favored to repeat as champion by completely dominating Frank Lampard’s side in a game that was one-sided from start to finish.Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard scored for the Gunners, who spurned chances to pad the scoreline even further.For…

SG Tushar Mehta asks CJI Surya Kant to examine APTEL’s functioning after Maharashtra govt flags alleged pro-private power developer bias New Delhi: Days after Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged pro-private power developer bias of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday requested CJI Surya Kant to look into the tribunal’s functioning.While seeking an urgent hearing of an appeal filed by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) against JSW Energy Ltd, Mehta said: “The CJI must examine what is happening in APTEL.” MERC has challenged APTEL’s decision not to…

Neeraj Chopra, of India, competes in the javelin during the World Athletics Diamond League athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, August 21, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage edged out Neeraj Chopra by just nine centimetres in Lausanne, securing his third victory over the Indian star this season and tightening his grip on one of the sport’s most compelling emerging rivalries.For a brief moment on Friday night, it looked as though Chopra had finally found a way past the man who had beaten him in Doha and again at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The Indian…

New Delhi: BJP on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of indulging in “cheap and anarchic” politics by staging a dharna outside the Parliament Street police station, alleging that it was an attempt to divert attention from his party’s stand on the Vande Mataram issue.Union health minister JP Nadda said Gandhi’s dharna was neither for students nor for justice but reflected Congress’ “political frustration” and his “hunger for footage”. “Today, the entire nation has once again witnessed Rahul Gandhi’s cheap and attention-diverting politics, which he displayed outside the Parliament Street police station. Rahul Gandhi’s protest is neither for students nor…

If your goal is to lose fat, build muscle and improve your overall body composition, consistency matters more than chasing complicated fitness hacks. Fitness coach Kevin Heintz shared in his August 19 post on X a straightforward checklist centred around nutrition, resistance training, sleep and daily movement.“These are the two most important numbers when it comes to fat loss, so only focus on these to start,” Kevin says, highlighting a 500–750 calorie deficit and 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight as key starting points. (Also read: Burn 300 calories in 25 minutes? Fitness coach shares full-body workout…

SC upholds Rajasthan High Court verdict benefiting 11,000 School Lecturers in seniority disputeNew Delhi : The Supreme Court has upheld the Rajasthan High Court’s July 8, 2026 judgment in a long-standing seniority dispute involving School Lecturers appointed through the 2015 recruitment process, bringing relief to around 11,000 lecturers.A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli dismissed a batch of Special Leave Petitions challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment after hearing the parties at length.The Supreme Court, after examining the records and the High Court’s judgment, said it found “no good ground to interfere” with the impugned judgment and…

Laapataa Ladies actor Satendra Soni has filed a Zero FIR against Paid Paalki filmmaker Pushpendra Singh and Pragati Chauhan over alleged assault, threats, wrongful confinement and unpaid dues, with AICWA extending support and demanding a fair investigation. Actor Satendra Soni, who is known for his role in Aamir Khan-backed Laapataa Ladies, has filed a Zero FIR against filmmaker Pushpendra Singh and his wife, actor Pragati Chauhan, alleging non-payment of dues, assault, intimidation and wrongful confinement during the shoot of their film Paid Paalki.The allegations relate to an incident in June during the film’s shoot in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh. Soni has…

Aditya Birla addresses tariff and investment concerns NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over low private sector investment, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla Friday said the corporate sector was undertaking capital expenditure at a very fast pace.He said RBI data pointed to growth in bank loans to the corporate sector, which are evenly spread between small and medium enterprises. “There is capital discipline, wherein you will take a view regarding the investments. But I don’t think we should confuse it with conviction about India. Conviction about India is perhaps the highest I have seen in a long time,” Birla said…

The Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit unless the liberal research organization retracts a report criticizing the effectiveness of the president’s National Guard rollout.The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis and Los Angeles failed to have a measurable impact on crime in these cities despite an estimated cost of $1.7bn. The report looks at the falling rate of crime in cities without a National Guard intervention and concludes that they are not statistically different from the rate of decrease in those that…

SC permanently releases 105-year-old life convict Rasik Mandal, says he should spend his remaining days with family Born in 1920 when Congress had launched the non-cooperation movement against the British, Rasik Mandal got his freedom as a 105-year-old life convict Friday after SC ordered the centenarian should spend his remaining days with his family. He was convicted in 1994 for a 1988 murder. On Friday, the bench first asked: “Is he alive? Why should he not be released permanently? Why should he be on interim parole?”Born in a nondescript village of Malda district, Rasik Chandra was arrested in 1988 for…