Long distance runner Govindan Lakshmanan was disqualified on Sunday under dramatic circumstances after initially being shown to have secured a bronze medal by finishing third in men’s 10,000m race at the ongoing Asian Games here.
Two get life sentence, 3 acquitted in Godhra train burning case
Two accused were awarded life imprisonment by a special SIT court here today in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in which 59 ‘karsevaks’ were burnt alive in two coaches of the Sabarmati Express.
SC asks Centre where is WhatsApp grievance officer
The Supreme Court today sought response of the Centre and WhatsApp on a plea alleging that the social media giant does not comply with the provision of appointing a grievance officer and other laws of India.
Nirav Modi’s firms are ‘not mere victims’ but, ‘active participants’ in fraud: PNB
Punjab National Bank has told a US bankruptcy court that it suspects Nirav Modi controlled US firms Firestar Diamond, Fantasy and A Jaffe are not mere victims of circumstance but instead ‘active participants’ in the massive billion-dollar fraud perpetrated over seven years by Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi.
Court acquits 2 accused in Air India hijack case
A Delhi court today acquitted two men, accused of hijacking a New Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines RPT Indian Airlines flight and forcing it to land in Pakistan in 1981.
Operation Madad: Navy rescues nearly 17,000 Keralites
The Indian Navy rescued nearly 17,000 people caught in gushing waters in flood-ravaged Kerala, a Defence spokesperson said here today.
Four movies to compete on 13 September
Come 13 September, four biggies will clash at the box office. Sivakarthikeyan’s Seema Raja, Vijay Sethupathi starrer 96, Samanatha in U Turn and Naragasooran, directed by Dhruvangal 16 fame Karthick Naren will hit the screens.
We are not your PR, says TRAI chairman R S Sharma to telecos
Unfazed by industry’s criticism of some past decisions, TRAI chairman R S Sharma has asserted that the regulator is not into a PR role, but is, rather, doing its job transparently with wide stakeholder consultation in the interest of consumers and the sector.
Anushka to be part of a biggie
After Baahubali and Bhagamathiee, Anushka was waiting for a good script. Her search seems to have ended.
RBI’s deadline to banks to file plans for resolving NPAs worth Rs 3.8 tn ends
The six-month deadline set by RBI to finalise resolution plans for around 70 large stressed accounts worth over Rs 3.8 lakh crore ends today with banks making a last mile dash to avoid bankruptcy proceedings against these defaulters who are mostly in the power and highways sectors.
