On Sunday, the Internet was buzzing with congratulatory posts for Manu Bhaker for bagging a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol at the Paris Olympics 2024. Now, a video of Bhaker playing the national anthem on a violin has caught the attention of social media users. In the video shot at the MP Shooting Academy in Bhopal, Bhaker can be seen playing the national anthem on a violin, sitting in a lawn near a swimming pool, dressed in a red T-shirt and black pants. The video was shot in…
Month: July 2024
7 people shot, 1 fatally, at a park in upstate New York | World News
One person is dead and at least six others were injured following a mass shooting Sunday at a park in upstate New York. Rochester police said they responded to Maplewood Park around 6:20 p.m. to a large gathering with shots fired and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. An adult in their 20s was killed, another person suffered a life threatening injury and five people were hospitalised with minor injuries, Capt. Greg Bello said. The identity of the victim fatally shot has not yet been released pending the notification…
More traffic curbs in Ghaziabad as inflow of Kanwariyas to increase from today | Delhi News
The Ghaziabad police on Sunday issued more traffic restrictions after a car allegedly hit a few Kanwariyas at the Rawali Road cut on the Delhi-Meerut route in the Muradnagar area on Saturday afternoon. Later, the Kanwariyas created a ruckus, blocked the road for around 30 minutes, thrashed the driver, and vandalised the vehicle alleging that their Kanwar was desecrated. The inflow of Kanwariyas will also increase in Ghaziabad from Monday. According to the new route diversion for trucks, buses, canters, tractors, etc, vehicles coming from the Delhi side — Tulsi…
The evolution of Usha Vance | World News
Written by Joseph Bernstein and Katherine Rosman The night before the biggest assignment of her life, Usha Vance stayed up late with her husband, JD Vance. In their rooms at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, they went over each other’s speeches to the Republican National Convention. In keeping with many intellectual and professional endeavors over the course of their relationship, which got its start at Yale Law School more than a decade ago, they approached the task as a couple. Their lives were about to undergo a dramatic change. Two…
Attacking RSS is diversionary | The Indian Express
The Centre’s circular lifting the ban on government employees from participating in RSS activities has revived the controversy over whether the latter is a political or cultural organisation. This is not the first time the issue is being discussed. What is lacking is intellectual honesty in understanding the problem. The RSS’s reach is visible: More than three dozen affiliates work on almost every aspect of life, including programmes for tribals, Dalits and marginalised sections. However, the RSS is not an NGO. Its actions are more than philanthropic and not confined…
Aries Horoscope Today, 29-July-2024: Discover what stars say about your career, finance and love | Horoscope Today
Aries Horoscope Prediction Today, 29-July-2024: Be careful, you may break a few hearts today! Otherwise, your love life is steady, and you may now feel ready to commit to your beloved. If married, your relationship takes on a deeper hue and a strong binding attachment. Astrology Predictions: Aries Love Horoscope Today Thrill, chill and excite your lover this beautiful evening. After all, “love and be loved”- that will be your motto. You will be at your romantic best by the blessings of Ganesha. ARIES (March 21 – April 20) Astrology…
Srinivasan exits India Cements, sells 32.72% stake to UltraTech Cement for Rs 3,954 crore | Business News
Consolidating its number one position in the cement sector, UltraTech Cement Ltd, owned by the Aditya Birla group, has acquired 32.72 per cent stake of N Srinivasan and associates in India Cements for Rs 3,954 crore. With this sell-out, Srinivasan will exit from the company set up in 1946. As the Birlas will shell out Rs 390 per share for the acquisition, it will trigger a mandatory open offer for another 20 per cent stake in the company from the public at Rs 390 per share. The open offer, which…
Delhi UPSC coaching centre deaths: Two graduates, one PhD student, phone calls to 3 states | Delhi News
A BIOLOGY graduate from UP who moved to her uncle’s home in Delhi to chase her dreams; a JNU research student from Kerala who had quietly signed up for civil services coaching; an IAS aspirant who missed her parents in Telangana so much that she called them every day. On Saturday evening, these three lives, and their stories, crossed paths in the basement of the popular Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar — for the last time. A day later, long after the heavy rains and water…
Building development legacy key to Viksit Bharat: PM to BJP CMs | India News
Addressing chief ministers from BJP-ruled states on the second day of their two-day meeting — ‘Mukhyamantri Parishad’ — Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India would certainly become a developed nation if the Centre and the state governments work in unison for it. He said the “development of heritage as well as building a legacy of development were important for viksit Bharat”. All 13 chief ministers and all 15 deputy CMs of BJP-ruled states took part in the meeting, which was also attended by party president J P Nadda,…
TMC leader ‘thrashes’ woman, arrested and released soon | Kolkata News
After a video of a man beating a woman went viral, police in Purba Bardhaman district arrested a local TMC leader from Kalna on Saturday evening. The local TMC leader, Gopal Tiwari, seen in the purported video was released on bail on Sunday. Sources said that police did not oppose the bail plea in the court. According to police, the incident took place over a land dispute. “On Friday, Gopal and his gang members thrashed my mother-in-law. On Saturday, they came again and beat me and other family members in…