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India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopich (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand’s run to a historic bronze medal at the BWF World Championships was no accident. It was the result of six weeks of targeted work, tactical tweaks and an unwavering emphasis on patience, said chief national coach Pullela Gopichand on Saturday.The Indian women’s doubles team signed off with a bronze medal after going down to defending champions Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning of China 21-18, 13-21, 8-21 in front a massive crowd at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.Jolly-Gopichand, both 23, became India’s first women’s doubles…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi on Saturday evening, shortly after the party passed a resolution on the honour and historic legacy of ‘Vande Mataram’ and announced a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the National Song’s history and significance.The BJP strongly condemned the Congress Working Committee’s decision to re-adopt its 1937 resolution restricting the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ at Congress programmes to its first two stanzas.In its resolution, the BJP said it considers ‘Vande Mataram’ as India’s National Song, an expression of reverence for Bharat Mata, a mantra of…
3 mnths on, pvt schools face book shortageBengaluru: Three months after schools reopened, private institutions across Karnataka are still facing a shortage of textbooks, with managements alleging the school education department hasn’t invited a second round of intent for ordering books.The first round of intent is usually collected in Jan, when schools provide an approximate estimate of their textbook requirements. However, admissions pick up pace in April-May and continue until June, often changing the number of students enrolled.“Many schools that admitted more students than anticipated are now facing a shortage, while those with lower enrolment have excess books. It is,…
Kareena Kapoor Khan has seemingly put an end to recent pregnancy speculation with a tongue-in-cheek social media post. The rumours began on August 21 after a video of the actress leaving a gym in Mumbai surfaced online, prompting some social media users to speculate that she was expecting her third child after claiming to notice a baby bump.Kareena’s team and her sister-in-law Saba Pataudi were quick to dismiss the claims. Now, the actress herself appears to have joined in on the joke.Kareena recently shared an amusing picture on her Instagram Stories featuring a man showing off a visibly bloated stomach.…
For some prisoners with problematic sexual arousal (PSA), “images of sex flood their minds” all of their waking hours, according to Prof Belinda Winder, a leading forensic psychologist who has evaluated the use of drugs to control libidos.“I remember talking to one guy a few weeks after he started taking the medication. He said: ‘It’s amazing. I followed a film plot. I wasn’t just looking for when I could see bra straps, when I could see nipples, when someone’s going to bend over so I could see their bum.”“Without the drugs, these images were going around his head all the…
Image credit: Hockey India The Indian men’s hockey team are out of the FIH World Cup semifinal race after losing 1-3 to reigning Olympic champions Netherlands in their second-round match on Saturday.India needed a win to keep their last-four hopes alive, but a strong first half was followed by a difficult final quarter. The Netherlands scored twice in the last 10 minutes to seal the match.Harmanpreet Singh scored India’s only goal in the 52nd minute from a penalty corner. Duco Telgenkamp (41st), Tjep Hoedemakers (51st) and Thijs van Dam (55th) scored field goals for the Netherlands.India will now play Argentina…
New Delhi: A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another to death and injuring three others after two of them refused to give him tobacco in northeast Delhi’s Sundar Nagri.Abhishek succumbed to his injuries Saturday, a week after the incident in which his brother Sachin and cousins Vishal and Vinod were injured.Information about the stabbing was received at Nand Nagri police station on Aug 15 from Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, where all four were undergoing treatment. Sachin told police that he and his cousin Vishal were on their way to work when two unidentified men intercepted them and…
Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the bail petition filed by Swamy, 38, and Suprith, 23, after nearly two months in judicial custody. Bengaluru: In a bizarre case where cricket rivalry spilled into real-world violence, Karnataka high court recently granted regular bail to two men who allegedly assaulted a lodge owner in Tumakuru after mistaking his business acronym for a tribute to Chennai Super Kings (CSK).Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the bail petition filed by Swamy, 38, and Suprith, 23, after nearly two months in judicial custody.According to police records, the incident took place on June 1 within Tilak Park police…
History-sheeter arrested for molesting woman Chennai: A 28-year-old history-sheeter was arrested on Friday after he entered a house in Velachery and molested a 25-year-old woman sleeping inside. The woman, who worked at a private company, lived with her father in Velachery. According to the complaint, the accused, Balusamy, fled after she raised an alarm. Following a complaint, police checked CCTV footage and arrested Balusamy. Police said he was involved in several criminal cases.Do you feel safe in your neighborhood at night?3k+ users shared opinion today 5k+ users already voted today 3k+ users shared opinion today Share Opinion Source link
Berhampur: A 12-year-old tribal boy’s courage, presence of mind and instinct for survival helped him overcome a life-threatening abdominal injury, leaving his small intestine protruding outside, following a road accident recently.The Class V student from a remote village in Ganjam district’s Dharakote block saved his life by applying presence of mind and demonstrating extraordinary courage. He was cycling to school through a hilly area when he fell on Monday. His abdomen struck a sharp object by the roadside, causing a deep wound, through which a portion of his small intestine even protruded outside.Despite severe pain and the frightening nature of…