Mumbai, Feb 18 (UNI) Reliance Foundation athlete Jyothi Yarraji won India’s first medal at the ongoing Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran (Iran), winning Gold in the 60m Hurdles event with a new National Record timing of 8.12s. The performance is a great 2024 season opener for Jyothi, who bettered her own NR from last…
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (UNI) India’s top men’s singles player Sumit Nagal’s campaign at the DafaNews Bengaluru Open came to an end after a hard-fought loss against Italy’s Stephano Napolitano in the semifinals at the KSLTA Tennis Stadium here on Saturday. Nagal, who had won the Chennai Open ATP Challenger last week, tried his best against…
Washington, Feb 18 (UNI) Four anti-ship missiles were fired from areas controlled by the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, in Yemen, with at least three of them targeting Danish merchant ship MT Pollux in the Red Sea, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday. ” … four anti-ship ballistic missiles launched…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Sunday, while attacking the INDIA alliance, especially the Congress, for its politics of appeasement, dynasties, corruption, and casteism, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “established the politics of performance.”. Speaking at the BJP National Council Meeting at Bharat Mandapam here, Shah said, “The…
Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) In a surprise development, the Congress high command has elevated its Legislature Party Leader K.Selvaperunthagai as the new President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. He replaces present TNCC Chief K.S. Alagiri, who assumed office in 2019 and senior party leaders said they…
Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) Nothing succeeds like success. And the success always motivate one to achieve even more better and higher results. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is definitely proceeding on this path having increased its payload capacity using its heavy rocket GSLV from the initial 1,500 kg to 2,274 kg as on date,…
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (UNI) India’s Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan comfortably clinched the doubles title while top Sumit Nagal’s campaign came to an end in the semi-finals of the DafaNews Bengaluru Open at the KSLTA Tennis Stadium here on Saturday night. Myneni and Ramkumar defeated the French combination of Constantin Kouzmine and Maxime Janvier 6-3,…
Bangkok, Feb 18 (UNI) Thailand’s convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday, six months after his return to the country from self-exile. Xinhua reporters observed that a car carrying Thaksin left a police hospital in Bangkok at 6:06 a.m. local time (2306 GMT) on Sunday, where he received medical treatment…
Srinagar, Feb 18 (UNI) Higher reaches of Kashmir valley including Gulmarg and Sonamarg received a fresh snowfall while plains were lashed by rains resulting in closure of Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Sunday, officials said. Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri road connecting Ladakh was closed for vehicular traffic following the accumulation of snowfall at Baltal and Zojila pass. Keran and Machil…
Chennai, Feb 18 (UNI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted one more accused in a case related to the revival of the proscribed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka and India. A NIA statement here said, the chargesheet was filed on Saturday evening before the Special Court for NIA cases/Sessions Court…
