Abha Khatua has set a national record and won gold medal in Women’s Shot Put with a massive throw of 18.41 metres at National Federation Cup Athletics Competition in Bhubaneswar. Representing Maharashtra at the event, Abha was the joint record holder of 18.06 metres with Manpreet Kaur before this event. But after a throw of
In Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden have entered the Men’s Doubles pre-quarters of the prestigious Italian Open Tennis in Rome, Italy. The second seeded Indian- Australian duo defeated Francesco Passaro and Matteo Arnaldi of the host country in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, in the round of 32 yesterday. Bopanna
India and Iran today signed the long-term contract for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar. Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal witnessed the signing of the agreement between India Ports Global Ltd. and Ports and Maritime organisation of Iran. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sonowal said that with this agreement
In Kerala, a 57 year old woman patient was charred to death when an ambulance carrying her caught fire on the way to a hospital in Kozhikode early this morning. The patient was being shifted on a Mobile ICU from one private hospital to another when the mishap took place. There was heavy rain in
Election Commission today said that the voter turnout in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election which was held yesterday has been recorded at 67.71 percent. In this phase, polling was held in 96 Lok Sabha seats spread over nine states and one Union Territory yesterday. Andhra Pradesh which voted for both Lok Sabha and
In Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian companion Matthew Ebden will face the Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the Men’s Doubles pre-quarters of Italian Open in Rome today. The second seeded Indian- Australian duo defeated Francesco Passaro and Matteo Arnaldi of the host country in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2
In the forex market, the rupee closed at 83 rupees and 53 paise against the US dollar today. The dollar index, which indicates the US dollar’s strength against a basket of six other leading currencies was down at 105.28 in intra-day trade.
President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to present the government’s policies and programmes for the coming fiscal year in the joint sitting of the federal parliament later this afternoon. The parliament secretariat has finalised the preparation for the meeting slated to begin at 3:00 pm. In this connection, Speaker Devraj Ghimire is consulting
Frontier Kupwara district in north Kashmir, which is part of 1-Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency, has extended home-voting facility for voters aged 85-years plus and PwD (specially abled /Divyanjans) today. A total of 402 registered elderly and PwD electors of the district with over 40 percent locomotive disabilities from across all the six assembly segments of the
Today is the last date for filing nomination for Seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha polls. Elections will be held in 57 Lok Sabha seats in seven States and one Union Territory in this phase. Thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine seats of West Bengal, eight seats of Bihar, six seats