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Paris: India’s sports fraternity waited with bated breath as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), having heard arguments of all parties, got ready to deliver its verdict on wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification at the Paris Olympics, on Tuesday. Vinesh, who stormed into the final of the women’s 50kg freestyle event with three convincing wins, including against wrestling royalty Yui Susaki of Japan last Tuesday, was debarred from the gold medal bout against eventual winner Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States as she was found 100gm above the prescribed limit in the customary morning weigh-in. Shocked by…

New Delhi: With no international cricket action for Team India till the start of the two-Test series against Bangladesh on September 18, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has found a new way to keep the national team players in shape. The BCCI have decided to involve senior players in the four-team Duleep Trophy. Set to be held in Andhra Pradesh, the first round will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, before the Bangladesh series. The Duleep Trophy may also provide a path for outcasts like Ishan Kishan to find their way back into…

Kokrajhar: Bodoland FC prevailed over Border Security Force FT in a seven goal thriller to keep their knockout chances alive in Group E of the 133rd Durand Cup played here at the SAI Stadium to keep their slim chances of qualifying for the knockouts alive. Jwngbla Brahma scored a brace while Mitinga Dwimary and Sibra Narzary scored for the hosts. Kishori scored twice and Asif Khan also found the target for the BSF men. Bodoland finished their group stage campaign with six points while BSF FT, who lost all their three matches, could not register a point. Khlain Syiemlieh made…

Kolkata: Junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday questioned why West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set a seven-day deadline for solving the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee, asserting they would continue their strike until their demands are met. Banerjee earlier in the day asserted that her government would transfer the case to the CBI if the police failed to solve it by next Sunday. Despite Banerjee’s promise of a transparent investigation, the protesters criticised the delay, demanding a judicial inquiry, capital punishment for the culprits, and adequate compensation for the victim’s family. They also called…

New Delhi: In a big catch for the security establishment ahead of Independence Day, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Delhi Police on Monday arrested a man identified as Rizwan Ali, an IED expert and close associate of Shehnawaz Alam — the mastermind of the Pune ISIS module. Top Intelligence sources told that both Alam and Ali were part of a major global conspiracy being hatched by the Islamic State. “Ali was trained under Alam, a hard-core ISIS member who was an expert in recruitment and fabrication of explosives and IEDs. He is also an expert in raising funds through…

DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed a contempt case against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna in misleading advertisements case. In a big relief to the Yoga Guru and Patanjali Ayurved MD, the top court today closed all proceedings against them. In Februrary, the apex court issued a show cause notice to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda and its Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna for causing contempt over running misleading advertisements despite an undertaking to the top court. The court took a prima facie view and said that the company has violated the November 2023 order by the…

New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Monday that a campaign was being run in India and outside to project that minorities were not safe in the country and accused some parties and organisations of defaming the nation through overseas media. Speaking at a programme of the BJP’s Minority Morcha, he said minorities from neighbouring countries had found refuge in India over the decades, be it from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, and also referred to Tibetan refugees from China and pro-democracy activists from Myanmar. If any disturbance occurs in the neighbourhood, everyone thinks India is safe…