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London, July 11 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden stormed into the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles at Wimbledon here, beating David Pel and Reese Stalder in the Round of 16. The Indo-Australian pair, seeded sixth, got the better of David Pel of the Netherlands and Reese Stalder of the United States in a tough three-setter, beating the unseeded opponents 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(5) in two hours and 19 minutes.Bopanna, ranked 12th in the world doubles rankings, and world No. 16 Matthew Ebden, who won the Wimbledon doubles title with Max Purcell last year, put on a disciplined performance in…

Kohima, July 11 (IANS) Breaking an 11-year-old world record set by the Chinese, a taekwondo team from Nagaland etched its name in the Guinness World Records, officials said on Tuesday. Dimapur-based “Faith in Action” scripted the world record for “the highest martial arts kick (assisted)”.The ‘Faith in Action’ created the record with a 14 feet and 5 inches high kick against the Chinese record (in 2012) with a 14 feet and 2 inches high kick.Congratulating the taekwondo team, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio tweeted, “I am happy to know that “Faith In Action” from Nagaland created a new Guinness World Records…

Police said that no one was injured in the attack, but one of the window panes of a room were damaged.The Minister said that the attacker, armed with a Khasi dao, also attempted to enter her house, but was prevented by the people. She said that she did not know what was the attacker’s intention and hoped that the police would find out his intention behind the attack.Police officials also rushed to the minister’s residence to take stock of the situation.Police have been interrogating the detainee to find out the reason behind the attack.A case has also been registered and…

The Congress has postponed the dates of the ‘Maun Satyagraha’ in the states, which have been facing flood-like situation due to heavy downpour for the past few days.In a tweet, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal said, “Due to the prevailing flood situation, the Maun Satyagraha planned in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh will now be held on July 16.”He said the rest of the states will observe the Satyagraha on Wednesday, as planned.”The Modi government can try all the tricks in its armory against us, but we will be firm in our commitment to raising people’s voice. Rahul…

Finance Ministers of several states, including Delhi and Punjab, also opposed this move of the Central government in the GST Council.Atishi told reporters outside Vigyan Bhavan, where the GST council meeting was chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, that finance ministers from many states opposed the Centre’s decision to bring GSTN under PMLA provisions, as it would lead to unnecessary harassment of small and medium businesspersons in the hands of Enforcement Directorate (ED).Atishi said that the new system was a direct attack by the BJP to harass the traders and destroy their businesses.She said even traders paying GST on…

The Italian eighth seed survived a fright when he lost the second set before fighting back to win the next two sets, emerging a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory in two hours and 14 minutes at No.1 Court.The 21-year-old Sinner thus became the third Italian man to reach the last four at Wimbledon, joining Nicola Pietrangeli (1960) and 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini.In a clash that witnessed some heavy hitting, Sinner broke Safiullin’s serve six times to improve to 2-0 in his head-to-head series with Safiullin, who was making his debut at Wimbledon and produced an array of attacking shots to…

Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narendra Singh Tomar, and Prahlad Patel along with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state party chief V. D. Sharma were in the meeting.BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayavargiya, Organisation Secretary Hitanand Sharma and state in charge Muralidhar Rao were also present. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw, appointed as BJP incharges for Madhya Pradesh, had also reached Bhopal to join the meeting, which assumes significance in view of the Assembly polls due later this year, BJP sources said. BJP’s national Joint General Secretary Organisation Shivprakash and MP-Chhattisgarh incharge Ajay Jamwal were also there. As per…

Bose returned to Kolkata on Tuesday morning from Delhi, where he submitted his report on the panchayat poll violence in West Bengal to Home Minister Amit Shah. Soon after his arrival, the Governor went to the trouble-torn areas in South 24 Parganas district, even as vote counting for the panchayat polls were underway.In the evening, the Governor interacted with mediapersons at the Raj Bhavan, where he announced his twin agenda.“In the current situation, there should be a twin agenda in West Bengal. The first is against political violence. The second is against corruption. Time has come for the beginning of…

Police said that younger brother Bigan Kumar pressed the trigger of the loaded pistol, which the brothers had found kept below a pillow on a bed, and the bullet pierced into the stomach of elder brother Golu Kumar, 12. After hearing the gunshot, the family members rushed into the room and took Golu Kumar to Sadar hospital Bhabhua, where doctors, after preliminary treatment, referred him to Varanasi. However, the boy succumbed on the way. As per reports, the minor boys came to their maternal grandfather’s house four days ago and were playing inside the house in the afternoon. While playing,…

The arrested individual has been identified as Shehroj Khan.”Our search operation is on at his house in New Seelampur. According to the information we received, he sexually assaulted three to four girls. He works a tailor in Gandhi Nagar Market,” an official said.The CBI, however, has not made any official statement on this matter.According to sources, the accused used to circulate obscene videos of girls and minors on social media.When the CBI received a tip-off about his acts, a team was formed to look into the matter.The team eventually gathered information and evidence against him.”The victims belong to both Hindu…