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London, July 10 (IANS) Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden reached the pre-quarterfinals in the men’s doubles competition at Wimbledon on Monday, winning their second-round match in straight sets, here on Monday.Bopanna and Ebden, seeded sixth here, defeated the British duo of Jacob Fearnley and Johannus Monday and reached the Round of 16 with a 7-5, 6-3 win just over one hour at No.3 Court here.The 43-year-old Bopanna and the 35-year-old Ebden, who won titles at the Qatar Open and Indian Wells earlier this year, made a sedate start as they trailed 1-3 before getting…

After winning the first two sets on Sunday evening, the seven-time champion from Serbia returned to Centre Court 16 hours later and dropped the third set before sealing a 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Hurkacz.In another match,American Christopher Eubanks stunned fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in a five-set thriller in the fourth round, storming into the quarterfinals with a superb win. Eubanks came back from a set deficit twice as he won the match 3-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in just over three hours at the No.2 Court.In what was his 100th match at Wimbledon, Djokovic faced some…

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 13,100 on each of them.The CBI had registered the case in 2015 on the orders of the Supreme Court, taking took over the investigation from the Bhind Dehat police station in Madhya Pradesh.”The case was lodged against Akhilesh on the allegations of impersonation in the constable recruitment examination by Vyapam, Bhopal, in 2012. It was alleged that a police inquiry was conducted by CSP, Bhind, during which signatures, handwritings and thumb impressions on the OMR sheet and RASA attendance sheet, used by Akhilesh, did not match with the specimens submitted by the…

This is the first visit after the establishment of Enhanced Strategic Partnership, which was announced during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Malaysia in 2015. Rajnath Singh also called on Prime Minister YB Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim, besides meeting Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abd Kadir. After touching down in Kuala Lumpur late on Sunday, he began his official engagements with a ceremonial Guard of Honour at Ministry of Defence. This was followed by talks between the two Defence Ministers. According to the Ministry of Defence here, both sides discussed initiatives to further…

The accused has been identified as Dil Mohd alias Dillu, a resident of New Seemapuri, who was previously involved in more than two-dozen cases of robbery and under the Arms Act in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.“Dillu was declared a proclaimed offender in Delhi and Haryana, while a reward of Rs 50,000 was declared for information leading to his arrest by the UP Police,” said Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), H.G.S. Dhaliwal.The police recently traced his movement in Howrah, West Bengal. Prompt action was taken on the input, and a team was rushed to Howrah where camped to develop…

In an official communication, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said: “Congress President has approved the proposal for the appointment of Pradesh Congress office bearers and Presidents to various District Congress Committees, in the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect.”The party announced Sitaram Agarwal as treasurer of the party in the desert state, and also announced 21 vice presidents.The party announced Lalit Tunwal as the General Secretary Organsaition of Rajasthan besides 48 other general secretaries.The party also named 121 secretaries in the state along with 25 district presidents.The list on Monday came after days of deliberations and discussion with…

The incident occurred at the government high school Rampur under Jamo police station. Teachers of the school intervened in the matter after other students raised alarm, but by that time, it was too late. The victim Pankaj Kumar Singh was unconscious and lying on the floor. When he was taken to a nearby hospital, doctors declared him dead. Following the incident, the family members of the deceased reached the school and attacked the teachers and the accused student. Local police also reached the spot and took the accused student and the headmaster of the school in custody. “We have taken…

Union Minister’s sudden visit comes following the horror pee-gate incident.He is scheduled to arrive Bhopal by 7:30 pm and will chair a meeting of the state unit party leaders at party headquarters.Sources said Shah is also likely to meet some state BJP leaders individually to discuss on pee-gate issue. Shah will leave the city at 11:30 pm.Sidhi’s incident has sparked political row in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, and the ruling BJP is facing ire of both the Scheduled Tribe and Brahmin communities. While tribals are furious over humiliation of one of their own, Brahmins are angry that the house the accused…

The cabinet has decided to modify the existing ‘Ama Gaon Ama Bikash’ programme by giving it a new dimension in the form of ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha’ under state plan for taking up measures to augment rural infrastructure leading to accelerated growth as well as to promote, preserve and protect Jagannath culture and tradition of the state, said Energy Minister Pratap Keshari Deb.The vision of the intervention is to transform Odisha to modern and aspirational Odisha retaining the essence, soul and spirit of Jagannath culture and spreading it to the world, he said.The main objective of the scheme is to…

This was disclosed by West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar through a Twitter post, in which he thanked Nadda for the decision to send the central delegation to the state.“Thank BJP National President Shri @JP Nadda for forming a 4-member fact-finding committee to visit the violence affected areas of West Bengal,” Majumdar’s tweeted. He also attached a copy of the press communique issued by BJP’s national General Secretary Arun Singh in this matter.The delegation will include former Union minister Ravishankar Prasad, ex-Commissioner of Mumbai Police Satyapal Singh, and party MPs Rajdeep Roy and Rekha Verma,Although it is not yet clear…