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The COCOMI, an umbrella body of the Meitei community, and its women wing, called the protest march on Wednesday to remove an army barricade at Phougakchao Ikhai in Bishnupur district, a few kilometres away from tribal-dominated Churachandpur district.Locals claim that due to the army barricade, they were not able to visit their homes at Torbung, which they had to vacate after the ethnic violence broke out on May 3.Officials said that a full curfew was clamped in all the five valley districts — Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Imphal West, and Imphal East and a huge contingent of security forces were deployed…

Lahore, Sep 5 (IANS) Mohammad Nabi hammered the fastest ODI half-century for Afghanistan but they lost their way in the run chase as Sri Lanka won by two runs and made it to the Super Fours stage in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday. After Sri Lanka rode on a superb 92 by Kusal Mendis and some vital contributions by the tailenders to post 291/8, Afghanistan had the challenging task of reaching the target in 37.1 overs. They were eventually bundled out for 298 in 37.4 overs and failed to register a historic win.Sri…

A senior police officer said that the arrested person has been identified as Paresh Chakraborty, who allegedly treated patients at his fictitious clinic ‘Charu Lakshmi Ayush Medical Pharmacy’ at Shankar Hotel in the Jyotikuchi area.The Medical Association of Assam had lodged a complaint against Chakraborty, following which a police team raided Chakraborty’s chamber.According to the police, they seized a number of objectionable documents from Chakraborty’s chamber.–IANStdr/arm

The Cafeteros will face Venezuela on Thursday in Barranquilla and Chile in Santiago on September 12 in the opening two rounds of the South American zone qualifiers.”It’s another qualifying campaign and what happened last time, happened,” Quintero told reporters on Monday.”We are focused on the present and looking forward. We don’t want to miss the chance to earn our spot at the next World Cup and we have the opportunity to do that now.”Quintero, 30, has grappled with a series of injuries in recent years and has not represented his country since March 2022, reports Xinhua.The former Porto and River…

An impressive two lakh pilgrims visited the sacred Machail Bhawan during the pilgrimage.”During the visit the Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav engaged with the local community, extending his heartfelt congratulations on the resounding success of this year’s Yatra. He expressed gratitude to the local residents and other stakeholders for their unwavering cooperation throughout the pilgrimage,” an official statement said on Tuesday.”He expressed optimism that the annual yatra is on a path to surpass an impressive milestone of three lakh next year. In anticipation of this, the administration is actively considering measures to enhance the yatra experience. Plans include extending the…

“I want to ask them that if appealing to people for genocide of a particular community in a religious conclave is right. Is it a part of Sanatan Dharma? The way a self-styled saint announced the reward of beheading a person is highly condemnable,” he said. Paramhans Acharya had announced Rs 10 crore reward for beheading Udhayanidhi Stalin, who had called for eradication of the Sanatan Dharma like dengue, malaria, and coronavirus. Citing the case from the Mahabharat when Guru Dronacharya demanded the thumb of tribal’s son Eklavya only to make Arjun as the best archer in the world, the…

Speaking at a Teacher’s Day function here, Sawant said, “This concept of Vidya Samiksha Kendra is such that we can monitor students and teachers from one centre. We can track how students study and how teachers teach in classrooms. Even monthly report cards can be provided for any class using this system.”“In last three to four years, big changes have taken place in the education sector and now the results of them can be seen,” Sawant added. “The government aims to ensure that no school is understaffed in the days to come,” he said.Sawant also emphasised the pivotal role teachers…

Both the accused were produced before a special PMLA court which remanded them to three-day ED custody.An ED official said that Kiran was the beneficiary of illegally sanctioned loans in the names of benamis using benami properties. They generated proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs 48.57 crore, including principal and interest amounts, which remained unpaid to the bank.The official said that Sathish Kumar also committed the scheduled offence and generated proceeds of crime of more than Rs 14 crore in the form of illegal loans from the bank. The ED initiated a PMLA investigation based on an FIR…

Taking a swipe at Modi, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said: “Look at how confused the Modi government is. The Prime Minister of Bharat at the 20th ASEAN-India summit. All this drama just because the Opposition got together and called itself INDIA.” He also attached the picture of itinerary about Modi’s upcoming visit to Indonesia which read ‘Prime Minister of Bharat’. The itinerary was shared by BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. Modi will leave for Indonesia during the night on September 6 and return to New Delhi late in the evening the following day (September 7).…

Gauff came up with a dominant display as she defeated Ostapenko 6-0,6-2, extending her win streak to 10 matches on Tuesday. Gauff thus became the first American teenager to reach the semifinals here since Serena Williams did it in 2001.It was a battle between two form players. Ostapenko had caused a major upset in the fourth round by beating world No. 1 Iga Swiatek. Gauff has now won 16 of 17 matches in 35 days.Gauff committed to chasing every ball down from the start. Desperate to make anything work, Ostapenko tried going for an uncharacteristic drop shot on break point…