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Blood samples of not only the 17-year-old minor involved in the Kalyani Nagar Porsche crash but those of the two friends accompanying him were also replaced at the government-run Sassoon hospital in Pune so as to establish that they were not drunk, the prosecution said on Thursday. The sessions court is hearing the bail applications of six accused in the case, namely, the minor’s parents Vishal Agarwal and Shivani Agarwal; Sassoon hospital’s Dr Ajay Taware and Dr Shreehari Halnor, and alleged middlemen Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad. The minor driver himself has been released from the observation home following a…
Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso who made headlines for her controversial departure from the Olympic Village wants to compete for the United States instead of her home country, a report said. According to Paraguayan outlet HOY, 20-year-old Alonso had expressed her preference for representing the United States, citing her strong ties to the country where she attended college. “I want to represent the United States more,” Alonso allegedly stated during a live video on social media before the Olympics. Alonso swam for Southern Methodist University (SMU) after spending the 2021-2022 season at Virginia Tech University. The swimmer said that the more…
The joint committee of Parliament to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will have 31 members — 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha — and will submit its report by the next session. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted a motion moved by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, who also holds the parliamentary affairs portfolio, naming the members to be part of the committee. In the Lower House, 12 members of the panel are from the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), including eight from the BJP, and nine from the opposition.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat for clinching the bronze medal in the men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling event at the Paris Olympics. Mr Sehrawat, making his Olympic debut, secured the medal with a 13-5 victory over Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz on Friday, marking India’s first wrestling medal at the Paris 2024 Games. PM Modi praised him for his “dedication and perseverance” in a post on X. More pride thanks to our wrestlers! Congratulations to Aman Sehrawat for winning the Bronze Medal in the Men’s Freestyle 57 kg at the Paris Olympics. His dedication and perseverance…
Aman Sehrawat weighed 61.5kg after his semifinal defeat on Thursday — exactly 4.5 kilograms more than the permissible limit in the men’s 57kg — but in the next 10 hours, he worked tirelessly with his Indian coaches to lose 4.6kg. Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya, the two senior Indian coaches attached to the six-member wrestling contingent, now had a ‘mission’. They could not afford another jolt after what happened with Vinesh Phogat, who is now fighting a legal battle against her disqualification from the women’s 50kg final for being overweight by 100g in the second-day weigh-in. The 21-year-old Aman lost…
Rs three crore cash and gold worth lakhs were recovered during a raid by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on the residence of the Superintendent and in-charge Revenue Officer at the Nizamabad Municipal Corporation in Telangana on Friday. During the search at officer Dasari Narendar’s residence, the ACB discovered Rs 2.93 crore in cash stashed in his house, along with a bank balance totaling Rs 1.10 crore in accounts held by him, his wife, and his mother. Around 51 tolas (about 595 grams) of gold worth Rs six lakh and 17 immovable properties valued at Rs 1.98 crore were also seized.…
Born in a poor village, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has overcome numerous obstacles throughout her life to win a controversial Paris Olympics gold on Friday. Sporting braided hair and standing strong at 1.79 metres (5ft 9in), the 25-year-old has unwittingly become one of the central figures of the Games. Along with Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, she was disqualified from last year’s world championships after failing gender eligibility testing, only to be cleared to compete in the French capital. Ms Khelif was born in a village 300 kilometres (180 miles) from the Algerian capital Algiers. From a family of limited means, she…
AAP leader Manish Sisodia was released from Delhi’s Tihar Jail Friday evening – even as the dark clouds hovering over the national capital all day broke to shed much-needed rain – hours after the Supreme Court granted the ex-Deputy Chief Minister bail in the alleged liquor policy scam. Mr Sisodia – who held multiple portfolios while a member of the Delhi government, including Education – was received by jubilant AAP supporters. And standing in the rain, he gave a short speech. “Ever since this order came in the morning, every inch of my skin has been feeling indebted to Babasaheb…
Tamil Nadu politics is rife with speculation that state Youth Welfare and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin might soon be elevated after the state’s Backward Classes Welfare Minister, Raja Kannappan, referred to the scion of the Stalin family as deputy chief minister at a public function in Ramanathapuram on Friday. However, he immediately corrected himself and suggested that he could refer to Udhayanidhi as deputy chief minister only after August 19. This has given a clear indication that Udhayanidhi is likely to be elevated soon. It had earlier been reported by IANS that before Chief Minister Stalin embarks on his tour to…
India cricketer Shardul Thakur has revealed many details about India’s victorious tour to Australia in 2020-21, stating that the team had not received good facilities from Cricket Australia. Terming the treatment towards them as “horrible”, Thakur stated that then-India captain Ajinkya Rahane and coach Ravi Shastri were regularly involved in arguments with Cricket Australia, as the team did not receive adequate facilities. Thakur revealed that several negative things were spoken about India, whilst going as far as calling then-Australia Test captain Tim Paine a liar. In a public appearance, Shardul Thakur revealed his true feelings about the tour when asked…