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The Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) spearheading the indefinite blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur (NH-2) and Imphal-Jiribam (NH-37) National Highways in Kangpokpi district is demanding uninterrupted and adequate supplies of essential commodities in the hill areas of the state inhabited by the Kuki-Zo community.Officials said that a large number of men and women in Kangpokpi district enforced the blockade and prevented movement of goods-laden vehicles.COTU General Secretary Lamminlun Singsit said, “We had earlier given an ultimatum that we would block both NH-2 and NH-37 from August 21 if uninterrupted and adequate supplies of food grains, essential commodities and live-saving drugs are…

Releasing the list of candidates for the polls slated to be held in November-December, BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that development will be the only agenda for the party.KCR, who is confident of BRS winning another term in the new state, promised that under BRS, Telangana will march ahead on the path of development and reach new heights.”For other political parties, elections are a game but for BRS it is a task,” he said after releasing the list at 2.38 p.m., the auspicious time set by ‘pandits’.KCR made it clear that BRS is going alone…

A scuffle broke out after the cops deployed at the MLA’s office tried to stop the farmers.However, MLA Pankaj Singh met the farmers and gave assurances to them over their demands. He said, “The chairman of the Noida Authority, who is also the Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC), should not sit in Lucknow and watch the drama. I am giving 15 days time. I am also giving this time to the Industries Minister. Solve the problem quickly.” After the assurance of the MLA, the farmers calmed down.The farmers have been demonstrating at the Noida Authority for the last one…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) After three consecutive tournament victories, a 16-match unbeaten streak at home, and a re-entry into the top 100 in FIFA Rankings, the Indian men’s football team will head abroad for the first time this year in September to take part in the King’s Cup in Thailand.Up against a heavyweight side like Iraq in the first game, it will be a challenge unlike any other the Blue Tigers have faced in 2023.Yet, head coach Igor Stimac’s biggest focus in a hectic month of football is on the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, beginning nine days after…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s exclusion from India’s 17-member squad for the upcoming 50-over Asia Cup came as a surprise to many. With India set to play their Asia Cup matches in Sri Lanka, many expected that with pitches favouring spinners, they could pick four spinners.But when the squad was announced in a press conference on Monday, Chahal’s name was missing, with India’s bowling composition being three spinners in Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, apart from six fast-bowling options. Asked about Chahal’s exclusion, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said it was difficult to have two wrist-spinners…

Chicago (USA), Aug 21 (IANS) Viktor Hovland played one of his best rounds of the year as he shot a course-record 9-under 61 to win the title at the BMW Championship.The win moved Hovland to the second spot in the FedExCup standings ahead of the Tour Championship with Scottie Scheffler at the top.Korea’s Sungjae Im, fired a closing 4-under 66 at Olympia Fields for a solo seventh at 10-under, a distant seven strokes back of Hovland.A record three Koreans led by Im moved into the Tour Championship. After a tied sixth in the first FedExCup Playoffs event in Memphis last…

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) The Indian senior team selection committee’s move to pick Tilak Varma for the upcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and Pakistan has come in for praise from former India player Sanjay Manjrekar while former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody called it a brave yet smart decision.The selectors decided to pick Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav along with Shreyas Iyer and K.L Rahul, both of whom are returning from long injury layoffs.Speaking exclusively to Star Sports, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar seconded the decision to have Tilak Varma in the squad for Asia Cup.”Yes, because he is in…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic edged closer to Carlos Alcaraz’s No. 1 position following his Cincinnati Masters triumph as per the latest ATP Rankings released on Monday.Djokovic saved one championship point en route to a 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4) victory against Alcaraz for the Cincinnati title which saw him reduce the gap between the two players to just 20 points.Alcaraz narrowly held onto the No.1 place in the rankings with 9,815 points while Djokovic sits on 9,795.Although Alcaraz leaves Cincinnati as the No.1 player in the ATP Rankings, Djokovic will enter the US Open…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Right-handed batter K.L. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been selected in India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, happening from August 30 to September 17, after recovering in time from a right thigh and back injury respectively. In a press conference held in New Delhi on Monday, India’s chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar announced the 17-member Asia Cup squad, handing young middle-order left-handed batter Tilak Varma a maiden ODI call-up. Varma has so far been capped in T20Is but is yet to make his ODI debut. Rahul has been out of action since injuring his…

Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s latest moon lander has established communication links with the Chandrayaan-2 mission’s orbiter that is circling the moon since 2019, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).“Welcome, buddy!” said the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter to the lander that was carried by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft this year.“Two-way communication between the two is established,” ISRO tweeted on Monday.The space agency also said the Mission Operations Complex had now more routes to communicate with the lander.In other words, the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter will be the backup communication channel for ISRO with the lander.The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft comprises a propulsion module (weighing 2,148 kg), a…