Aishwarya Singh Tomar bags India’s 13th Olympic quota

Aishwary Pratap Tomar bagged 13th Olympic quota for India in shooting with a bronze medal in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 14th Asian Championship here, giving the country its best-ever quota haul. Tomar shot 449.1 in the eight-man finals to finish third on the podium. Earlier, Indian shooter Tejaswini Sawant won 12th Olympic … Read more

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ disrupts normal life in Bengal and Bangladesh

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’, which barreled through the coastal districts of West Bengal before hurtling towards Bangladesh, claimed at least ten lives and affected over 2.73 lakh families in different parts of the state on Sunday. The severe cyclonic storm, which brought in its wake heavy rain coupled with gale wind, uprooted hundreds of trees and snapped cables in … Read more

India win Final T20 International at Nagpur

India defeated Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final T20 International to win the series 2-1, in Nagpur on Sunday. Pacers Deepak Chahar, who registered the best figures in a T20 match besides becoming the first Indian to take a hat-trick in the shortest format, and Shivam Dube shared 9 wickets amongst themselves … Read more

Bolivian President Evo Morales calls for new elections

Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month. The development came after international monitors on Sunday called for the election result to be annulled, saying they had found “clear manipulations” of the 20 October poll. Evo Morales was the first member from Bolivia’s indigenous population to become president and … Read more

CJI Ranjan Gogoi inaugurates Assamese version of ‘Courts of India’

Chief Justice of India designate, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Several judges of Supreme court and Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal attended the event.  The book which captures the historical developments which took place in the history of nation’s courts has been published by the Publication Division.  Speaking on the occasion, the CJI said that … Read more