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Chennai Lions played brilliantly from the start of the tie and defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis by 10-5 team points to make a positive start in the tournament.In the first match of the tie (Men’s Singles), Chennai Lions’ ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Omar Assar by 2-1 to gain two valuable team points for his franchise.The Indian paddler started the tie on a positive note as he defeated Omar 11-10, 9-11, 11-6 with his aggressive play and precise shots.Chennai Lions’ Yangzi Liu was up against Archana Kamath in the second match (Women’s Singles) and won it by 2-1 to…

The police have arrested four persons connection with the case.The 48-second CCTV footage shows the accused fleeing from the crime scene after hacking two persons to death. It also shows one of the accused dropping a weapon smeared with blood, even as the trio walk away without noticing it.The footage also shows an onlooker, sensing that something has gone wrong, trying to go into the building only to step back after seeing the accused coming out.The Karnataka police on Thursday arrested the owner of Zee-Net company in connection with the case, who has been identified as Arun Kumar, taking the…

Jaiswal, who resumed day two’s play on 40 not out, was watchful, yet positive during his stay at the crease. He accelerated after the lunch break and completed a well-made hundred in 215 balls, laced with 11 boundaries.The opener completed his hundred on Test debut in the 70th over, when the opening stand with captain Rohit Sharma had crossed 200. This is India’s highest opening partnership in West Indies in Test cricket as Jaiswal also became first Indian opener to make a Test hundred on debut outside home.The last Indian batter to score a Test century on debut was Shreyas…

The ‘Unity Mall’ initiative, proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, envisages to the promote and facilitate sale of a state’s ODOPs (one district, one product), GI products and other handicraft products.Parkash, during his Goa visit, held a review meeting on ODOP and said that it is a “very good scheme to showcase a wide range of products”. Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte was also present in the meeting.”This is a unique scheme. Goa will get Rs 100 crore for the project,” he added.Under the ODOP initiative for North Goa, Cashew nuts have been identified as ‘Product One’, while Feni has…

Taking to Twitter, Sarma wrote: “The Royal Government of Bhutan has informed us that tonight there will be an excess release of water from the Kurichu Dam. We have alerted our district administrations to remain vigilant and assist the people in every possible way in case the water breaches the Beki and Manas rivers.” The floods that hit Assam last month affected roughly 500,000 people in 19 different districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the impacted districts included Barpeta, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Kamrup, and Nalbari. The worst-affected district was Bajali, which has a population of…

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji called from France and inquired about the waterlogging and flood situation in Delhi and the efforts being made to deal with it in detail. He directed to take appropriate steps in the interest of Delhi by taking all possible help from the Central,” Saxena said in a tweet. In the wake of the flood situation in several parts of the national capital, Saxena, earlier in the day, chaired the meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, along with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and several officers. In the meeting, it was decided to close schools and…

Sharing the details of the meeting, Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “We had a very good meeting of the five election-bound states. These states are going to polls at the end of this year — Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram.”He added that the General Secretaries, AICC In-charge, the PCC presidents, social media chairpersons and media chairpersons of these five states were present in the meeting.Khera said that the meeting was conducted by K.C. Venugopal, who is the party’s General Secretary (organisation) and Jairam Ramesh, who is the party’s General Secretary of Media and Communication and Social Media.The Congress…

“The Lt Governor said such barbaric acts targeting labourers highlight the desperation and cowardice of terrorists and their sympathisers,” an official statement said.”He has directed the district administration to ensure all possible assistance to those injured and their family members.”Sinha also said no efforts will be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice.–IANSzi/vd

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, in response to queries on European Parliament discussing developments in ethnic strife-battered Manipur, said: “We have seen that the European Parliament held a discussion on developments in Manipur and adopted a so-called Urgency Resolution. Such interference in India’s internal affairs is unacceptable, and reflects a colonial mindset.” He added that Indian authorities at all levels, including the judiciary, are seized of the situation in Manipur and are taking steps to maintain peace and harmony and law and order. “The European Parliament would be well advised to utilise its time more productively on its internal…

According to fresh data given by railways, around 260 passenger services were cancelled between July 7-13.Talking to IANS, Northern Railway CPRO Deepak Kumar said: “On an average, 30 to 32 train have cancelled on daily basis since we started cancelling trains from July 7 and 8.”He said that the Railway cancelled about 260 trains between July 7 to 13.Meanwhile, railway officials said that several trains between Delhi-Chandigarh and several other routes have been short terminated and diverted due to water on railway tracks and flood-like situation.On Thursday, even the Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate was completely…