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Pune, July 27 (IANS) Rising star Manush Shah produced the biggest upset of the Ultimate Table Tennis season 4 to stun World No. 17 Quadri Aruna on Thursday before Puneri Paltan Table Tennis defeated U Mumba TT 10-5 to reach the semi-finals at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi, here. Puneri Paltan Table Tennis reached the last four of the league with a total of 38 points, while U Mumba TT crashed out with 33 points in the league stage.The Vadodara boy Manush, who is ranked 133 in the world, extended his brilliant show in the first match (Men’s Singles)…

Kuldeep, brought into the attack from 17th over, took 4-6 while Jadeja set the base for the West Indies collapse with 3-37. The duo spun a vicious web of spin wizardry to bowl out West Indies for their second lowest ODI total — 114 in 23 overs — against India.In reply, Kishan opened the batting, took on the bowlers and hit seven fours and a six in his 46-ball 52 as the visitors’ rejigged their batting order. Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli sat back as everyone else were given a go with the bat.Rohit eventually came out to bat…

The meeting aimed to address several key issues related to security and coordination during the national event. Officials from neighboring states, including Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, and Jammu and Kashmir, along with senior officers from agencies such as the NIA, the NCB, the IB, NATGRID, and Delhi Police, attended the meeting. Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa said that one of the primary topics of discussion was intelligence sharing concerning potential terrorist threats, along with measures to counter them, such as border checking and verification of suspicious individuals. During the session, special attention was…

Her family members — Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, Rishikesh Chaudhary, Rajshree Chaudhary and Kaushal Kishor Sinha have also been named in the chargesheet.The chargesheet was filed at a Special Patna Court.The ED’s investigation revealed that Thakur while functioning at different posts under the government of Bihar, amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of almost Rs 14 crore (Rs 13,98,38,213) between 1987 and 2013 in her name, in the name of her husband Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, her son Rishikesh Chaudhary and daughter Rajshree Chaudhary.The disproportionate assets amounting were acquired through corrupt and illegal means, by abusing her position as a Public Servant…

The two missing journalists of local media are Atom Samarendra Singh, 47, and Yumkhaibam Kirankumar Singh, 48. These 27 persons, some of them remained missing since May, some in June, and remaining from July and they are residents of Imphal West, Imphal East, Tengnoupal, Bishnupur, Kangpokpi, Thoubal, and Kakching districts. The missing cases were reported in various police stations. The ages of the missing persons ranged between 17 years to 47 years. –IANS sc/vd

Lakes, tanks, streams and canals were overflowing due to unprecedented rainfall in parts of Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalapally districts.Breach of some lakes led to submergence of villages and snapping of links to the outside world. People from villages to towns faced the rain fury while road and rail transport was affected.Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari said 10,696 people from 108 villages were shifted to safer places. She said 600 people from Morampalli village of Bhupalpally district and 19 workers stranded in a sand quarry near Gopalpur of Manthani in Peddapalli district were rescued and shifted to safer locations.Personnel of the National…

The senior police officer has directed the officials to submit a detailed report, seeking to know how the incident happened.Gangwar said that two persons — Sonu Shah and Mohammad Khurshid — were killed in the police firing in Barsoi block on Wednesday. One person was also injured in that incident.Two persons were killed and another injured as police opened fire when a protest demonstration turned violent in Bihar’s Katihar district on Wednesday.The incident occurred at Barsoi block when local villagers were staging a dharna at the block office with a demand to provide uninterrupted power supply in the region.The area…

The 25-year old shared a photo on Twitter after his surgery in Mumbai.”When a sweet result is received in the temple of life, everyone accepts it easily, but when a bitter result is received, accepting it with gratitude is the ultimate joy of life,” Ravi wrote along with his picture.Ravi was diagnosed with ACL and MCL injuries on his right knee in February and he could not recover after rehab.Last week, the wrestler from Chhatrasal stadium lost in the selection trials (57kg) for the Asian Games, going down to Aatish Todkar in the qualification round. Ravi was in pain when…

As per her affidavit, she had mentioned she had two children. When the SEC verified her other documents, it found she had three children. Rakhi Gupta had recently won the mayoral election, defeating her nearest rival Sunita Gupta. Sunita Gupta, who was the former Mayor of Chapra, filed a complaint before the SEC demanding the cancellation of the result. After hearing both sides, the SEC disqualified Rakhi Gupta. Seubsequently, Rakhi Gupta has approached the Patna High Court against the decision. –IANSajk/vd

The Minister said this in a written reply in response to a question on the steps taken by Centre in response to the recommendations of the Mishra Committee in reference to the Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand.Choubey said that as per National Policy on Disaster Management, the primary responsibility of disaster management including disbursal of relief and the rehabilitation of the people affected due to disaster also rests with the state government.He said that the Central government provides necessary financial and logistics support as per established procedure.“Pursuant to the land subsidence incident reported recently in Joshimath, Chamoli district, all construction activities…