Mumbai, Oct 16 (UNI) IOC member Nita Ambani said that the inclusion of cricket in the sports program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Games was a welcome addition that had the potential to attract a lot of new interest and opportunities for the Olympic movement across newer geographies in the world. Speaking after cricket…
Udaipur, Oct 16 (UNI) JP Nadda, the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was welcomed by party officials upon his arrival in Udaipur on Monday as part of his one-day trip to Rajasthan. Party state president CP Joshi, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, party state in-charge Arun Singh, and others received Nadda at…
Chandigarh, Oct 15 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday slammed the leaders of opposition for running away from the scheduled debate on November 1 out of the fear of being exposed for their misdeeds. Mr Mann said that as the leaders belonging to opposition have been hand in glove with those who…
Bhopal, (UNI) As election-bound Madhya Pradesh continues to move from ‘simmer’ to ‘boil’ vis-à-vis the political temperature, the principal-opposition Congress announced its massive maiden list of 144 candidates on Sunday. Among the prominent names is erstwhile chief minister Kamal Nath who will be trying his fortune from his traditional bastion Chhindwara. Most of the outgoing…
New Delhi, (UNI) Former chief Election Commissioner of India Manohar Singh Gill passed away on Sunday at a private hospital in South Delhi. The Election Commission of India issued a statement expressing condolences on the demise of MS Gill who was 11th Chief Election Commissioner. MS Gill was an officer of the 1958 batch of…
New Delhi, (UN) Afghanistan scripted a historic 69-run victory over England in the first major upset of the Men’s World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Sunday. This victory will go down as one the greatest victories at the World Cup for beating the defending champions. Their first win was against Scotland in Australia,…
Oslo, Oct 16 (UNI) There are still 170 Norwegian citizens who need assistance to leave Gaza, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday, but excluding more chartered flights to take them back for the moment. In a press release, Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the situation in Gaza is unclear and is getting…
Tegucigalpa, Oct 16 (UNI) Four people were killed and 27 injured on Sunday in Honduras when a bus carrying migrants plunged into a ravine and fell into a river, the fire department said. The accident occurred at about 3 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), in the northwest community of Santa Rosa de Copan, a municipality…
Tehran, Oct 16 (UNI) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday warned of the expansion of the conflict if Israel continues its attacks on the Gaza Strip. “If the Zionist regime seeks to pay for its defeat through the continuation of these crimes (against Palestinians), the dimensions of the developments will expand,” said Raisi in a…
Kampala, Oct 16 (UNI) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday warned of retaliatory terrorist attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels following the military air strikes on their camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Museveni said in a statement that the military fighter-bombers on Saturday carried out the second airstrike on…
