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According to the police, a PCR call was received around noon on Friday, reporting a quarrel at the Croma showroom on Roop Nagar Bungalow Road.Upon arrival, the police found that two individuals, Jaskirat Singh and Mandeep Singh, both residents of Nirankari Colony, had placed an order for an iPhone at the Croma Centre, which was supposed to be delivered on Friday.However, the shopkeeper failed to deliver the phone on the promised date.“In response, the customers got engaged in a heated argument and resorted physically assaulted the Croma staff,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), Sagar Singh Kalsi.“As a preventive…

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India’s stand-in captain KL Rahul recalled the moment when MS Dhoni hit the winning six in the 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka to give the hosts’ their second ODI World Cup title, saying he hopes for recreating it through the upcoming 2023 edition.“I was in Bangalore and watching the games with a few friends. I remember when we lost two quick wickets, all of us thought the game was gone. Later, when we won, we ended up driving to the busiest area in Bangalore and it was a scene, everyone was jumping and…

Hangzhou, Sep 23 (IANS) The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach praised the organising committee of the Hangzhou Asian Games for its arrangements and said he is looking forward to an Asian Games that will set new standards.Bach, who is in Hangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games, visited the Asian Games Athletes Village on Saturday and interacted with some international athletes there.Talking about his expectations from the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Bach said, “We can look forward to an Asian Games which will set new standards in many different respects. We have…

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The draws for all Esports titles at the Asian Games have been officially announced with India set to commence with its campaign in EA Sports FC Online at the China Hangzhou Esports Centre on September 24.Lokesh Suji, Director of Esports Federation of India and Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation (AESF) had the privilege of conducting the draws for the Esports titles, alongside Sebastian Lau, the General Secretary of AESF and Steve Kim, CEO of AESF.The country’s EA Sports FC Online athletes Charanjot Singh (Charanjot12_) secured top seed at the South Asia seeding event…

Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Mumbai City FC kick off their league title defence and have named a 27-member squad to represent the Islanders in the 2023-24 Indian Super League.Des Buckingham’s side set the stage ablaze last season, breaking as many as 17 all-time ISL records, en route to winning the League Winners’ Shield in 18 games, with two rounds to spare. The Islanders will come in to the new ISL campaign aiming to do what no other club has done before – successfully defend the ISL League Winners Shield.Last season’s ISL Player of the Season and AIFF Men’s Player of…

San Francisco, Sep 23 (IANS) Google has mocked Apple in a new video by comparing the iPhone to an “iPager” because it does not use the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging protocol and still uses the decades-old SMS/MMS protocol for messaging with Android users. According to The Verge, Google last year launched a “Get the Message” campaign to put pressure on Apple to support RCS on the iPhone, which is still ongoing today with “iPager”.”iPager isn’t real, but the problems that Apple causes by using SMS are,” said Google in the video description on YouTube.”Let’s make texting better for everyone and…

‘Body of Lies’ is a 2008 American spy action thriller film directed and produced by Ridley Scott starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in the lead roles.Set in the Middle East, it follows the attempts of the CIA and the GID of Jordan to catch “al-Saleem”, a terrorist. Frustrated by their target’s elusiveness, differences in their approaches strain relations between a CIA operative, his superior, and the head of Jordanian Intelligence.Asked in a media chat why he said no to Hollywood movies even though offers kept coming his way, Nana said: “It was because I did not have confidence about…

Such spirit was reflected in drafting of the Constitution where members engaged beyond partisan line and conflicting ideologies came together “in one voice” to draft the Constitution, he said while addressing the inaugural session of the International Lawyers’ Conference organised by the Bar Council of India.CJI Chandrachud said that while the judiciary upholds rule of law, the bar plays a key role as lawyers help in business efficiency and cross border transactions and contribute to national well being and economic development.He stressed that it is time for the lawyers to reach across the world in a global landscape.During his address,…

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Delhi on its official X handle posted, “After 12 rounds of counting, ABVP is headed towards victory on all four seats. Tushar Dedha is ahead by 3000 votes for the post of President. Vice President post Sushant Dhankhar ahead of 1200. Aparajita ahead with 5,500 votes for the post of secretary. Sachin Baisla is ahead by 7,000 votes on the post of co-secretary.”Following the lead on all the four posts, the ABVP activists and workers started celebration in the campus of the colleges.Even Union Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated the ABVP candidates and said, “ABVP…

In Uttar Pradesh, out of the 9.1 lakh representatives, 3, 04,638 are women.Yet the tangible and transformative contribution of grassroots women leaders remains sidelined, in favour of stories around failure and co-option.The story of a man who broke his vow of celibacy in 2021 to marry and make his wife contest in the panchayat election after the seat was reserved for women, showcases the intense desire of men to retain their hold on seats reserved for women.The husbands of women who are elected as panchayat heads are known in Uttar Pradesh as ‘Pradhan Pati’ and many in the village are…