New Delhi, Aug 18 (UNI) Pistol shooter Kapil Bainsla won India their first gold of the 16th Asian Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Bainsla fired 243.0 in the 10m air pistol men’s junior final leaving Uzbekistan’s Ilkhombek Obidjonov 0.6 seconds behind. Kapil’s compatriot Jonathan Gavin Antony won bronze shooting 220.7, bowing out after the…
Mumbai, Aug 18 (UNI) Industrialist Anil Ambani’s lawyer has stated that State Bank of India’s (SBI) action against Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) CMD Anil Ambani did not follow principles of natural justice as laid down by the Supreme Court. “SBI’s ex-parte action against Ambani is in violation of the principles laid down by the top…
Vijayawada, Aug 18 (UNI) The Yuva Andhra Championship 2025, a feeder into the Telugu Kabaddi League, produced another action-packed day at the Chennupati Ramakotaiah Municipal Corporation Indoor Stadium here today. Day 4 saw Vizianagaram Ninjas reclaim the top spot in Pool A back-to-back victories and Amravati Crushers extend their unbeaten run in Pool B. The…
London, Aug 18 (UNI) Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero has signed a new four-year contract to commit his future to the club. The 27-year-old Argentina centre-back joined Spurs from Atalanta in August 2021, initially on loan before the move was made permanent the following summer. He has made 126 appearances for the club, scoring eight…
London, Aug 18 (UNI) Excellent bowling from veteran seamer James Fuller, inexperienced slow left-armer Andrew Neal and pacy youngster Manny Lumsden proved too much for Surrey in what became an embarrassingly one-sided nine-wicket Hampshire victory. The Hawks dismissed Surrey for 160 in 46.3 overs at the Oval before skipper Nick Gubbins anchored a buccaneering chase…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (UNI) China today said it looked forward to working with India to follow through on the existing common understandings and on that basis continue the in-depth communication to jointly keep the border areas peaceful and tranquil. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said while commenting on Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s ongoing…
Windhoek, Aug 18 (UNI) Namibia will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier from August 31 to September 6 in the capital, Windhoek, Cricket Namibia announced today. The qualifiers will feature eight teams competing for two spots at the Global Qualifier for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The participating…
Kanpur/ Lucknow, Aug 18 (UNI) In a historic initiative to chart the path to the Ganga’s future through its past, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has launched a project led by IIT Kanpur that combines images on various aspects of the river taken half a century apart, officials said here today. Researchers at…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pressuring Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) employees to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Delhi on Sunday, claiming the event saw poor public participation. AAP leaders have demanded an investigation into the alleged coercion, while the…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Union Minister J P Nadda today launched a scathing attack on India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, terming the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan as one of his “gravest historical blunders” and an act of “sacrificing national interest at the altar of personal…
