Indian weightlifter Pardeep Singh took silver in the men’s 105 kilogram category at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Monday. Pardeep lifted 152 kg in snatch and 200 kg in clean and jerk to register a total of 352 kg. Sanele Mao of Samoa won gold with a total of 360 kg. He lifted […]
Team India is up for another huge day at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games tomorrow, with the athletes aiming for the final medal events in a number of sports. The finalised list of athletes in the badminton team, table tennis team and squash singles semi-final and final events tomorrow will be decided tonight, so […]
Cricket Australia has provided the following update in relation to charges against article 2.3.5 of the CA Code of Conduct against Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and David Warner. Smith, Bancroft and Warner have officially advised Cricket Australia they have accepted the charges and sanctions, and no hearings will be required. Speaking on the matter, Cricket […]
The headless body of a youth who was abducted by militants earlier this week, was recovered on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. The body of 25-year old Manzoor Ahmad Bhat was found in an orchard in Hajin area. Police sources said Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had abducted the slain youth and his […]
The appointment of Karnataka’s M.K. Surappa as Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu’s prestigious Anna University has drawn the ire of major political parties in the state. PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Friday said the appointment does not respect the feelings of the Tamil people and was condemnable. Ramadoss said his party would mobilise the varsity’s […]
German Justice Minister Katarina Barley has slammed social media giant Facebook in the ongoing Cambridge Analytical data scandal. Speaking to the press in Berlin on Thursday, she labelled Facebook as a “network of opacity” and demanded consequences for the firm in response to its mishandling of private user data, Xinhua news agency reported. “The time […]
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Friday to prevent separatist called protests. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called for peaceful protests after Friday’s congregational prayers. Geelani and Mirwaiz […]
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games have well and truly kicked off, with India taking in multiple events throughout the day. Tonight, high medal contenders Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal will take to the squash courts in their first preliminary singles games of the Games. Chinappa faces off against Papua New Guinea’s Lynette Vai, while […]
On 31st March 2018, day 96 of Queens Baton Relay, Reena Augustine represented Australian & Indian community and carried the baton starting from 999 Brunswick Road, New Farm at 3pm.Reena came to Australia as a student, and now she is a proud Australian citizen. She works as a migration agent. Reena offers her service to the […]
Gururaja bagged the first medal for India at the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games with silver in the men’s 56 kilogram category here on Thursday. Gururaja had a best attempt of 111 kg in the snatch and 138 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 249 kg. Izhar Ahmed of Malaysia […]