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India javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra opened up about his injury woes after clinching a silver medal in the Olympics, revealing that he might have to undergo a surgery soon after having pushed himself extremely hard to compete here while battling a constant fear of breaking down. Chopra was dealing with a nagging adductor niggle (a problem related to muscles in the thigh) in the run up to the Paris Games. But he managed a season’s best effort of 89.45m to secure a silver medal, making him the first track-and-field athlete from India to have two Olympic medals, the first…
Dismissing a petition filed by a few students, the Supreme Court has refused to postpone the NEET-PG exam scheduled for Sunday and said it could not put the careers of nearly 2 lakh candidates at risk. The entrance exam for post-graduate medical courses, which was initially supposed to be held on June 23, had already been postponed once as a precaution amid the row over the irregularities in NEET-UG. Seeking that the NEET-PG exam be postponed again, the petitioners said many candidates appearing for the test have been allotted exam centres in cities where it was difficult for them to…
Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution’s authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear. In a stinging observation, the court also remarked that it was unfortunate that such bans were imposed even so many years after Independence. Hearing a petition filed by nine girl students against the ban on burqas, hijab, niqab, caps, stoles and badges imposed by the NG Acharya & DK Marathe College in Mumbai’s Chembur on Friday, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and PV…
India’s star javelin thrower, Neeraj Chopra, who clinched a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two consecutive Olympic medals. His remarkable achievement was celebrated across the nation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the chorus of congratulations. In a conversation with Mr Chopra, PM Modi said, “Many, many congratulations to you, Neeraj. You have once again made the country proud. Last night, even at 1 am, crores of people were watching you with hope.” Mr Chopra said that he could not push himself fully because of his injuries and the competition was…
US rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Friday over a fight at a five-star hotel in the French capital, prosecutors said. “Policemen were called to the Georges V hotel and arrested Travis Scott for violence against a security agent. The latter had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard,” the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It was not immediately clear if the 33-year-old singer was being detained. Scott was seen attending the Olympics men’s basketball semi-finals on Thursday evening. The music star, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster, was arrested in Miami Beach in June for…
There could be constant talks of rivalry between Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra in the sporting spectrum but there’s nothing but love between the two. After Arshad and Neeraj secured a 1-2 finish in the Paris Olympics javelin throw final, social media was flooded by the stories of their camaraderie. In fact, Neeraj’s mother Saroj even said that Arshad is also like her son. Now, Arshad’s mother has echoed the same sentiments, saying she sees Neeraj the same way as she sees her own son. “He is also like my son. He is Nadeem’s friend and also his brother. Wins…
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar went head-to-head in Parliament Friday after the former said the latter’s “tone is not acceptable”. A furious Mr Dhankhar hit back sharply, declaring “I don’t want a schooling!” and told Ms Bachchan, “You may be a celebrity but) you have to understand the decorum…” Ms Bachchan had prefaced her remarks (before she was cut short by Mr Dhankhar and told, repeatedly, to “take your seat”) by introducing herself as “Jaya Amitabh Bachchan” – a swipe at a related row with Mr Dhankhar that triggered sharp exchanges of its own…
When director Prashanth Neel signed on Hindi actor Sanjay Dutt for KGF Chapter 2, no one thought much of it. In fact, Neel’s casting of the Khalnayak star as ‘Adheera’ was peculiar. The 65-year-old Sanjay Dutt, who made his stunning debut over four decades back with Rocky (1981), had played everything from Bollywood hero to villain, and yet, his career had been in the doldrums for the last few years. But KGF 2 proved to be an unexpected turning point. ‘Abdheera’ turned Dutt into one of South cinema’s most sought-after ‘villains’. But why, and how? Making A Pan-Indian Film South…
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Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia – arrested by the CBI in February last year in the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam, and again by the Enforcement Directorate 12 days later – secured bail from the Supreme Court Friday after spending nearly 18 months in jail without a trial. In a powerful verdict the top court questioned the trial court and Delhi High Court’s rejection of Mr Sisodia’s bail pleas, and said the ex-Deputy Chief Minister could not languish in jail sans that trial. The Supreme Court’s ruling has been hailed by Mr Sisodia’s AAP – as the “victory of…