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New Delhi: The Delhi government has passed a resolution against the appointment of former CBI officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The resolution has sought a reversal of the appointment from the Union Home Ministry, which controls...

New Delhi: Medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections under the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, Prime Minister...

Tokyo: Two-time world champions Kerri Gowler/Grace Prendergast of New Zealand came from behind to win their first Olympic gold in the women's pair competition here on Thursday.The two were part of the New Zealand team that finished fourth in...

Tokyo: Italy won gold in women's lightweight double sculls at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.The time of Italy's Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini was 6 minutes 47.54 seconds.France's Laura Tarantola and Claire Bove took silver with 6:47.68.The Netherlands' Marieke...

Tokyo: Croatian rowers led from the beginning to the end to win the men's pair gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Thursday.The Sinkovic brothers Valent and Martin, double sculls champion at Rio 2016, notched Croatia's second gold...

Tokyo: The organizing committee of the Olympic Games in Tokyo launched an investigation against a Chilean reporter who acted in a provocative manner against Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) said on Thursday.On Wednesday, Medvedev...

New Delhi: Nearly 48 per cent of parents are not willing to send their children to schools till they are vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, says a new survey.The survey conducted with over 32,000 parents across 361 districts...

Guwahati: A team of Assam police are going to Delhi to question Mizoram's Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena on what they alleged is a deliberate, unprovoked attack by the Mizoram Police near the border on Monday, the NDTV reported.Six...

New Delhi:  Rakesh Asthana, the controversial former official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, has been appointed the Commissioner of the Delhi Police, with a year's extension just three days before he was all set to retire on July...

Tokyo: Maud G Charron took the gold medal with a total of 236kg in women's 64kg weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 here on Tuesday, winning the second Olympic gold for Canada in women's weightlifting events.Charron, 28, was heavily favoured to...