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Birmingham, August 5India’s Sudhir claimed the gold medal in men’s heavyweight para powerlifting event at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday.Sudhir, an Asian Para Games bronze medallist, lifted 208kg in his first attempt before increasing it to 212kg in his second effort to gather 134.5 points and break the Games…

New Delhi, August 4 A Go First aircraft returned to Ahmedabad after it suffered a suspected bird strike within a few minutes of take-off on Thursday afternoon. A senior DGCA official said the Go First flight (G8911), which was operating from Ahmedabad to Chandigarh, was diverted to Ahmedabad after the…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, August 4 Southeast Asia’s ASEAN regional bloc has warned that a miscalculation could blow up into a confrontation while offering to mediate in the escalating tensions between China and Taiwan following US Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei earlier in the week. EAM…

New Delhi, August 4 Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday recommended to the Centre to appoint Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court after him, as his successor and the next CJI. A Supreme Court official said CJI Ramana personally handed over a copy…

Ravi Dhaliwal amp; Praful Chander NagpalFazilka/Gurdaspur, August 4 Unabated illegal excavation of white sand in sensitive border villages of the district has been continuing for nearly two decades allegedly with political patronisation. Read more news about illegal mining The district is known for high quality white sand and…

Chandigarh, August 4 The Special Task Force of the Haryana Police on Thursday recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) packed with around 1.3 kg RDX near Shahabad in Kurukshetra district, an official said. Terror suspect in the custody of STF in Shahabad on Thursday. A person hailing…

Srinagar, August 4A migrant labourer was killed and two others injured in a grenade attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said.”Terrorists hurled grenade on outside labourers at Gadoora area of #Pulwama. In this terror incident, one labourer died and two others were injured. Area…

New Delhi, August 4 Dentist for a gynaecological problem! This bizarre incident took place at a private hospital in Gurugram, resulting in the death of an airhostess from Nagaland on June 24 last year, prompting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to launch an inquiry. The CBI, on the directions…

Ravinder Sood Palampur, August 4 Schoolchildren and villagers of Hangloh and Bagroa areas risk their lives every day to cross the temporary wooden bridge over the Lingti rivulet 10 kilometers from Palampur as the authorities concerned have failed to reconstruct a pucca bridge. In present circumstances, the journey of dozens…

Chandigarh, August 4 International rapper and singer Drake shared a special bond with late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. He recently paid tribute to Sidhu Moosewala at his concert in Canada by wearing a T-shirt with the late singer’s face on him. His gesture won the hearts of not alone…

New Delhi, August 4The government has received an intelligence input about a new terror outfit named ‘Lashkar-e-Khalsa’, which plans to launch attacks in the National capital and also in Jammu amp; Kashmir (Jamp;K) before or during Independence Day celebrations, sources said.The sources in the security establishment said, the Intelligence Bureau…

Dharamsala, August 4A Russian, Sergei Novikov, now an Israeli citizen has married Elona Bramoka, a Ukrainian citizen, in Dharamsala.The marriage has created quite a buzz on social media as Russia and Ukraine continue to be at war.The marriage was solemnised with Hindu rituals at Divya Ashram in Dharamsala.To make the…

New Delhi, August 4 An aircraft of Go First returned to Ahmedabad after it suffered a bird strike within a few minutes of take-off on Thursday afternoon. The directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an inquiry into the incident. A senior DGCA official confirmed that Go First flight…

New Delhi/Ludhiana, August 4 National Testing agency on Thursday laid out a public notice regarding postponement of first shift CUET (UG) entrance exam at few test centres scheduled for August 4. The agency has pointed out administrative and technical reasons for this adjourn. The exam will now take place…

Ludhiana, August 4The residents of Ludhiana got panic stricken on Thursday at around 3pm when sound similar to a bomb blast was heard in the city.Some assumed the sound to be of a cloud burst while others felt it might be of sonic boom but none could clearly confirm.As soon…