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MELBOURNE: Extreme heat triggered a suspension of play on outside courts at the Australian Open on Saturday and briefly held up the match involving champion Jannik Sinner before his encounter resumed under a closed roof. Players, spectators and officials roasted on day seven at Melbourne Park, where temperatures were forecast to hit 40C in the…
The yatra to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi’s cave shrine has come to a temporary halt due to prevailing bad weather conditions that resulted in the season’s first snowfall in the Trikuta Hills of Reasi district. Authorities have stated that due to incessant rains in the plains and subsequent snowfall enroute to the shrine, the yatra…
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (Via Kyodo news) A Tokyo court on Thursday sentenced Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the former chairman of publishing giant Kadokawa Corp., to a suspended prison term in a major bribery case linked to the Tokyo Olympics. The court ruled that Kadokawa approved illegal payments to a powerful Olympic official to secure sponsorship status for his…
BENGALURU: Karnataka DGP (Civil Rights Enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao was suspended on Monday night after the state government ordered a probe into unverified sleaze videos allegedly showing the senior IPS officer in intimate acts with women inside his office. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said disciplinary action would follow a detailed inquiry. “We will take action. No…
Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan received the councillors on Thursday MUMBAI: Despite reservations within BJP, the 12 councillors in Ambernath suspended by Congress for ‘anti-party activities’ joined the saffron party Thursday. State BJP chief Ravindra Chavan received the 12 councillors at a function, raising questions not only from opposition but also from within his own…
MUMBAI: The 12 Congress corporators who were suspended from the party for supporting the BJP-led alliance in the Ambernath Municipal Council, along with former Congress Block President Pradeep Patil, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. The induction took place in the presence of BJP Maharashtra state president Ravindra Chavan, marking a significant…
PALGHAR: An alleged ragging incident at a private medical college hostel in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has led to police action and the suspension of a hostel warden and a teacher, after a female student was reportedly forced to perform namaz, according to news agency PTI. The incident occurred on Sunday night at the institute located…
INDORE: The sub-divisional magistrate of MP’s Dewas district was suspended on Sunday for alleged misconduct and indiscipline within hours of him granting permission to Congress for a public protest against what the official order acknowledges as an “indecent comment” by minister Kailash Vijayvargiya while responding to “14 water-contamination deaths” in Indore.Ujjain divisional commissioner Asheesh Singh’s…
Mustafizur Rahman (Image credit: BCB) NEW DELHI: In addition to seeking a shift of Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup league matches from India to Sri Lanka over “concerns about players’ safety” following Mustafizur Rahman’s removal from the IPL on BCCI instructions, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has also been asked to suspend the broadcast of the…
Ballari Superintendent of Police Pavan Nejjur was suspended after a Congress worker was killed outside BJP MLA G Janardhana Reddy’s residence. BALLARI/BENGALURU: Twenty-four hours after he took charge, Ballari superintendent of police Pavan Nejjur was suspended following a clash outside BJP MLA G Janardhana Reddy‘s residence in which a Congress worker was killed. CM Siddaramaiah…
