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Hangzhou, Sep 28 (IANS) Indian male golfers did not have a great opening round in the Men’s Individual competition on Thursday barring Anirban Lahiri, who was the best placed among them at tied-ninth position at the end of the first round at the West Lake International Golf Course in Hangzhou. Lahiri shot a seven-under 65 and was clubbed together with five others. They were all four strokes behind South Korea’s 21-year-old Jang Y, who shot an 11-under 61.Among the other Indians, seasoned SSP Chawrasia was T19, a further two strokes behind with a score of five-under 67. Shubhankar Sharma was…

More than four months after commencing the work on its first project at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (KMTP) in Warangal, it laid the foundation stone for the second cluster at Seetharampur in Rangareddy district near Hyderabad.Kitex, which is the second-largest manufacturer of infant wear in the world, is setting up this cluster with a capacity of seven lakh garments per day.The company thus intends to create a Guinness record. The plant will come up on 250 acres with an investment of Rs 1,200 crore. It will employ more than 11,000 people directly, more than 80 per cent of which will…

According to sources in the know of things, the names of several leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, are being discussed.The party had a successful outing in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections when Maurya was the state unit chief of the BJP.The sources said discussions were also underway on the prospects of fielding another Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak.Pathak, who began his political journey as a member of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, was a Lok Sabha member from Unnao constituency. Pathak, who was once considered quite close to Mayawati, joined the…

The incident occurred around 4.15 p.m. when the body of the boy – later identified as Hasan Y. Shaikh – was removed from the Arabian Sea waters by a member of Drishti Lifeguards. He was rushed to the R. N. Cooper Hospital nearby and pronounced dead on admission by AMO Dr. Devidas Walke. The Mumbai Police are probing the incident and further details are awaited on the tragedy. Meanwhile, thousands of gigantic, big, medium and small idols of Lord Ganesha started in the morning for the immersion ceremonies on Anant Chaturdashi, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganeshotsav. The…

If sources are to be believed, Raje has been asking for a bigger role while trying to position herself as the CM face. However, the party high command has reiterated many times that the Assembly polls will be contested on the face of PM Narendra Modi and the BJP symbol. Modi, during his Jaipur visit, asked all party workers to ensure that the lotus blooms in the state. In fact, he neither spoke of the former government’s achievements nor of Raje. Surprisingly, Raje also did not address the meeting.Even on Wednesday, when Shah and Nadda were in the state capital,…

Meanwhile, Malhotra and his team have begun meeting Air India’s staff, conducting discussions and fitting sessions with them to better understand their specialised needs.“Air India is delighted to be collaborating with Manish Malhotra to realise our shared ambition of representing the very best of a vibrant, bold and progressive India on the world stage,” said Campbell Wilson, CEO & MD, Air India.”We are working closely with Manish and his team to combine elements of our brand, our heritage and our culture, together with the unique requirements of the airline environment, for what we hope will be a fresh and exciting…

Protestors also torched two vehicles inside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Imphal and another civilian vehicle, parked nearby the DC office, was set on fire. CRPF personnel brought the situation under control, police said. Though the students’ protests were more or less peaceful on Thursday, but the mobs, comprising both men and women, turned violent in different places of Manipur. They burnt down a three-story building, which housed the BJP office at Khongjam and vandalised another at Wangjing in Thoubal district. On Wednesday night, the protesters, defying curfew, clashed with security personnel in Uripok, Yaiskul, Sagolband and Tera areas, prompting…

Khaira was constantly exposing AAP Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha’s marriage expensive diamond ring.“Will @raghav_chadha have the decency to clarify how he managed to gift a 4 Carat very expensive diamond ring to his newly wedded wife @ParineetiChopra (more than 10 times his declared income) while his income according to 2020-21 ITR is merely 2.44 Lacs? While she being a celebrity gifted him with a ring of lesser value? What is the truth? Punjab BADLAV wants to know?-Khaira @INCIndia @INCPunjab,” Khaira questioned Chadha on X, formerly Twitter, just hours before his arrest on Thursday morning.Reacting sharply over colleague’s arrest, Leader…

According to sources, Speaker Birla has referred the complaint against Bidhuri, who is a Lok Sabha MP from South Delhi parliamentary constituency to the Privileges Committee. The Privileges Committee is headed by BJP MP Sunil Kumar Singh.BJP MP Nishikant Dubey thanked Birla for referring the matter to the Privileges Committee and said, “Gratitude to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla, he entrusted the responsibility of the investigation in Danish Ali’s case to the committee of Lok Sabha.“Today this was possible because the BJP has majority in the Lok Sabha. Otherwise in the first Lok Sabha in 2006, the…

Gopi, in a Facebook post, noted: “Thank you Prime Minister of India, Home Minister of India and my friend Mr Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister for Information & Broadcasting.”Had the first call for the invitation and confirmation on the Chairmanship of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata. I’m taking over charge with the assurance of the Minister that it is 100 per cent not an office of profit and not at all a salaried job and that I will still continue to carry all the liberties of a politician that I am in every front. So I will take…