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His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs and Honorary President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) followed the second round of the 2023/2024 endurance racing season. https://youtu.be/ZU0DZmYjMOk?si=nlRdSLgSFu9hSoo8 The event was organised by BREEF and held in the presence of His Highness Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Council for Environment, Vice Chairman of the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club, and member of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa congratulated His…

Neetu’s rise from the ashes is in itself an inspiration to many aspiring sportspersons, and her recent silver medal win in the women’s 57kg weight division at the ongoing 37th National Games in Goa, only serves a timely reminder that there are no freebies in sport or in life.“I have been through a lot, don’t even want to touch upon that subject. Life gives a second chance to everyone, and today I can proudly say that I have earned each of my medals with sheer hard work and dedication to the sport,” said Neetu, currently employed with the SSB.Born in…

Shooting at Paris 2024 will have 12 individual events – four each in rifle, pistol and shotgun – in addition to three mixed team events. Each country can secure a maximum of two quota places in each of the 12 Olympic shooting events from various competitions like the ISSF World Championships and the continental championships.Indian shooters have so far obtained 13 quota places for Paris 2024 and can secure more before the qualification window closes on June 9.While it’s individual shooters who secure the quotas, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have the exclusive authority to decide the representation of their respective…

They have been identified as one Shadab Khan (21) from Gujarat, who was arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and Ganesh Vanaparthi (19) from Telangana, who was nabbed by the Gamdevi Police Station, after discreet investigations.The two accused have been charged with sending at least five emails in the past one week making extortion demands ranging from Rs 20-crore which went up gradually to Rs 200-crore, Rs 400-crore and Rs 500 crore, with a threat of death if not paid, sparking concerns in corporate and political circles.Deploying tech-intel, the Gamdevi Police managed to trace Vanaparthi through the IP address…

In a post on X, Kharge said, “It is work of Modi government to misuse ED, CBI and Income Tax during elections and threaten Congress.””But the Congress which fought against British and made them to leave India, then what is Modi and Shah,” Kharge added. His remarks came after the ED on Friday in a statement said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that a forensic analysis and a statement made by a ‘cash courier’ had led to “startling allegations” that the promoters of the Mahadev betting app paid about Rs 508 crore to the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister so far,…

The ED became suspicious after studying the patterns of the cases, geographical locations of the municipalities and the peak time of the irregularities.The central agency had identified 10 municipalities where the recruitment related irregularities had been maximum. Out of these, seven are in North 24 Parganas district.Going by the pattern of the recruitment irregularities, the ED has noted that the cases took place when Mallick was the Trinamool President of North 24 Parganas district, besides holding the ministerial portfolio.Mallick being the district President of the ruling party, ED suspects that it is quite possible that he had an indirect influence…

Superintendent of Police (SP) for Baksa district Ujjal Pratim Baruah stated that they followed the Foreigners’ Tribunals (FT) orders to arrest these individuals.“They were declared foreigners by tribunals and we received a list of their names with arrest orders. As per that our special team conducted operations,” he said.The arrested people include nine women and five men.Police stated, “This includes those who were arrested in Assam for illegally entering from Bangladesh by violating visa provisions and those who were declared foreigners by FTs in Assam.”They have been identified as Md Jahur Ali (79), Sarifa Begum Bibi (76), Siddique Ali (42),…

In a hard-fought clash, the third seeds won 88 percent (46/52) of their first-serve points and were strong in the key moments, saving all three break points to advance after 89 minutes.If Bopanna and Ebden triumph in Paris, the Indian-Australian team would pass Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek by 60 points to become World No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.Bopanna and Ebden are chasing their second ATP Masters 1000 crown of the year, having triumphed in Indian Wells in March. They have won 12 of their past 14 matches, advancing to the final at the US…

Sikkim shares a long border with the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China and restoration of road connectivity in the state was of great strategic importance for India to maintain a steady supply of men and equipment to forward areas.Highly-placed sources in GRSE confirmed that the company had supplied components for modular bridges to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the Army and these were used to span Teesta river at locations where bridges were washed away due to the sudden gust of water from the mountains in the north.For nearly a fortnight now, the Army and BRO, along with…

With the arrest of the duo identified as Sunder Singh (22), a resident of Nilothi Extension, West Delhi and Harmony Samuel (27), a Nigerian national, the police claimed to have solved 10 cases of cheating in which women were duped of lakhs of rupees.According to police, an FIR was registered on October 25, in which the complainant alleged that she received a message from an unknown Instagram ID ‘marino_ingegnere1’ for friendship who introduced himself as a Sea Engineer from Norway.Subsequently, the individual proposed marriage to the complainant and mentioned their intention to send gifts and Euros from Norway.“To receive these…