Satwiksairaj, Chirag rise to eighth in BWF rankings after India Open triumph

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the India Open. Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with […]

IPL 2022: KL Rahul set to lead Lucknow franchise

NEW DELHI: KL Rahul will captain the yet-to-be-named Lucknow franchise in the upcoming IPL, a league source told PTI on Tuesday. It is learnt that Rahul is one of the players Lucknow has picked from the draft ahead of the mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. The other two are likely to […]

AAP declares Bhagwant Mann as CM face for Punjab Assembly polls

  Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly polls, party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday. The 48-year-old two-time Sangrur MP’s name was announced at a public event where Kejriwal declared the result of the AAP’s ‘Janta Chunegi Apna CM’ drive in which it had […]

COVID-19 caseload in Ladakh rises to 23,536

  Leh:Ladakh reported 152 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 23,536 and active cases to 844, officials said on Tuesday.       The highest 132 positive samples were received from Leh district while 20 cases surfaced in Kargil district, the officials said.   According to the officials, the […]

Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 230 days

New Delhi: With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.       The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in 230 days, while […]

No person can be forced to get vaccinated against their wishes, SC told

NEW Delhi: COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Health Ministry in an affidavit filed before the top court submitted that India’s vaccination programme is the largest in the world and as on […]

Govt takes over Kashmir Press Club premises

Govt takes over Kashmir Press Club premises

Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club has ceased to exist, the Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday as it took back the premises allotted to the largest journalists’ body in the Valley following illegal takeover by a few journalists. The administration — which has been facing flak on the issue with the Editors Guild of […]

Ultimate goal was to shut down KPC, says ousted managing body

Ultimate goal was to shut down KPC, says ousted managing body

Srinagar: The ousted managing body of the Kashmir Press Club on Monday said the installation of a group of journalists as an interim body was done with the ultimate goal of shutting down the club. It reiterated that journalists in the Valley will confront these challenges . “It seems the ultimate goal was to shut […]