India’s Velavan Senthilkumar won his eighth Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour title yesterday by winning the Batch Open, a PSA Challenger event, at the Societe Sportive du Jeu de Paume in Paris. World No. 58 Senthilkumar, the top seed, beat Frenchman Melvil Scianimanico 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 to clinch the title. The final was
In Kenya, more than 40 people have been killed in Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst today, pushing the death toll from devastating floods to more than 120. Kenyan authorities are struggling to cope with the chaotic conditions. Heavy rains have been lashing East Africa in recent weeks as the El Nino weather
In Jammu and Kashmir, a massive search operation to track down and neutralise two groups of terrorists in the dense forests of Basantgarh in Udhampur district entered the second day today. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that a village Defence Guard (VDG) was killed in a brief encounter with terrorists in remote Panara village in Chochru
In Karnataka, Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge campaigned today in Gurmitkal in Yadgir district, a part of Gulbarga parliamentary constituency. He spoke about the public distress due to price rise and unemployment in the country. He said that the Congress party is pro poor and will provide one lakh rupees to a woman in every household
Poll campaigning has intensified in Uttar Pradesh for the next phase of elections. Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav today came down heavily on BJP and said that the saffron party wants to change constitution. He was addressing a political rally in Etah district. Later in the evening he is scheduled to address rallies in
BJP today accused Congress of spreading false narrative that it wants to take away reservation and change the constitution. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, party MP Brij Lal alleged that Congress is doing religious appeasement and is extending reservation on religion basis to woo one particular community. He said the Constitution doesn’t talk
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a road show in Guwahati in the evening to garner support for the party candidate ahead of the third phase polls in Assam. Mr. Shah will take part in a 2 km roadshow from Cycle Factory to Lal Ganesh on the Lokhra road in
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years for allegedly seeking votes for the Bhartiya Janata Party in the name of religion. The Court was of the view that the plea was “thoroughly misconceived” since the petitioner had approached the court when the Election
In the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, elections will be held on 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh. This includes the important seat of Sambhal. Congress has not won this seat for the last 40 years, while the BJP has won only once till date. This seat is dominated by the Samajwadi Party and
The University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) examination has been postponed from 16th June to 18th June this year. The UGC has taken this decision following feedback from the candidates. UGC added that the UGC-NET will be conducted in OMR mode across the nation on a single day. The UGC-NET is a standardized test to determine