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The person who at the height of his power refused to bow down to anyone had to make a mere request to Dadda Major Dhyanchand. Legends abound that during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hitler was so impressed by Dhyanchand that he asked him to stay back in Germany and offered the position of ‘Colonel’. Of course, Dhyanchand refused, for being a true Indian, only the benefit of the country was at his heart and not personal gains. Image:NewsNviews A few years ago while taking a Shatabdi train from Delhi to Bhopal, my compartment was full of foreign tourists, mostly European. As we neared Jhansi, we saw the statue of a man holding hockey stick. A foreigner asked her compatriot, “Who is this man?” The reply was, “He is Pele of India!” That is Major Dhyanchand for sports lovers – Wizard of Hockey. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid tribute to the wizard on Sunday in radio program Mann Ki Baat and said that Dhyanchand’s contribution to hockey is unmatched. He also said that India ...

North Korea fired a missile from Pyongyang towards the Sea of Japan. It was a ballistic missile and the whole act has brought the formidable prospect of World War 3 even closer. The Japnese government has issued J-Alert warning system across the cities such as Aomori, Akita, Hokkaido, Niigata, Tochigi, Fukushima, Yamagata, Nagano and Ibaraki. Source: Express The missile passed over Japanese territory and is thought to have fallen into waters 1,180km east of Cape Erimo on the island of Hokkaido. According to the Daily Express, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: “We will make utmost efforts to firmly protect the lives of the people.” JAPAN STARTED EVACUATION DRILLS A student at Hokkaido University, Joe Narsiso, said that Japan can not do anything about it, Even after doing evacuation drills or there were several places which were designated as the evacuation centers but once the missile would hit people should make up their mind that it is actually happening. SOUTH KOREA DR...

Gorakhpur: Despite the increasing death toll of children in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, a sting operation by Zee News has revealed that government hospital doctors have been busy running private clinics, instead of helping the suffering patients. Over 290 children have died at the hospital from August 1 till August 28, including at least 77 from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). In the last few weeks, accusations of the now suspended Dr Kafeel Khan, then head of the encephalitis ward in the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, busy running a private clinic, is seen as one of the reasons why the tragic deaths occurred. But Dr Khan is not alone. Here's the exclusive story by DNA that proves how malpractice has played a part in the death of over 60 children in a Gorakhpur hospital earlier this month: Zee News undercover reporter, pretending to be a person from the lower economic strata, found out that top government doctors are blatantly flouting rules and running the...

In what highlights the sorry state of medical infrastructure and doctors' lackadaisical approach towards their duty in Rajasthan, a shocking video has emerged showing surgeons squabbling among themselves during a critical operation. Doctors at Jodhpur's Umaid Hospital, which is considered to be the best in the region, almost came to blows inside the operation theatre while a pregnant woman was being operated. The video of the incident which took place on Tuesday (August 29) shows a gynaecologist and anaesthetic hurling abuses at each other right in the middle of an operation. While gynaecologist Dr. Ashok Neniwal and anaesthetic Dr. ML Tak were busy in squabbling, the woman patient was lying on the operation table with her stomach cut open. "You stay within your aukat (limits)," Dr Neniwal is heard shouting in the video. The doctors were performing an emergency C-section on the women to remove the stillborn. However, the shameless doctors completely ignored the ...

The Syrians are returning to the country’s southern city of Zabadani located not far from Damascus and the Lebanese border, due to the establishment of the ceasefire and de-escalation zones in the area, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Zabadani, which had been a resort city before the beginning of the Sytian civil war in 2011, has for several years been under control of Jabhat Fatah al Sham (formerly known as the Nusra Front) terror group, outlawed in Russia. "Before the war, around 200,000 people lived in the Zabadani region, while there are currently 80,000 people. Around 400 families have recently returned to central Zabadani," Bassel Adeilati told journalists. Adeilati added that the Syrian government forces had been carrying active clashes with the terrorists in the area just several months ago. Now that the city is liberated from the militants, the majority of the houses damaged by the shelling will be subject to demolition for the construction...

MOSCOW – The Russian military says major war games set for next month will not threaten anyone. The Zapad (West) 2017 maneuvers organized jointly by Belarus and Russia have raised NATO concerns. Some alliance members, including the Baltic states and Poland, have criticized Moscow for a lack of transparency and questioned Moscow's intentions. Russia-West relations have been badly strained over fighting in eastern Ukrainian. Russia's Deputy Defense Minister, Lt. Gen. Alexander Fomin, told Tuesday's briefing that Russia will invite foreign observers to the drills. He said the maneuvers in Belarus and Western Russia on Sept. 14-20 will involve 5,500 Russian and 7,200 Belarusian troops, about 70 aircraft, 250 tanks and 200 artillery systems and 10 navy ships. Fomin rejected what he described as Western "myths about the so-called Russian threat."

It is time for recognition and honour in sports. And the official ceremony of honouring sports achievers happens every year on this very day (August 29), the birth anniversary of Dada Dhyan Chand, the illustrious hockey legend the world has seen. Dhyan Chand’s birthday is indeed India’s National Sports Day and that is the only recognition the nation has given him. Though there are awards instituted in his name, nothing more has been given to the legend. Dada Dhyan Chand and Bharat Ratna. will the glittering award be bestowed on the hockey legend at least this time. - Google Repeated calls for Bharat Ratna to be bestowed on the yesteryear’s hockey star has always fallen on deaf ears and even protests all over India have failed to succeed.Even this year, nothing is known about, whether Dhyan Chand will be honoured with Bharat Ratna. Dada Dhyan Chand's son Ashok Kumar hoping that this will be the time. - Google Every year a bio-data of Dhyan Chand is sought and the sports m...

The London Metropolitan Police said that a terrorism investigation has been opened into a man who was caught near Buckingham Palace in possession of a large knife. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A terrorism investigation has been opened into a man who was caught near Buckingham Palace in possession of a large knife, the London Metropolitan Police said early on Saturday. "Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command are now investigating the incident which occurred near Buckingham Palace on the evening of Friday, 25 August," the statement read. Police said they had arrested a man in his twenties after spotting a large bladed weapon inside his car as he pulled up near a police vehicle parked in a restricted area. Two police officers suffered minor injuries to their arm as they wrestled the suspect out of his car. The man was slightly injured and was taken to a London hospital for treatment.

India's P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal entered the women's singles semi-finals, while Kidambi Srikanth lost in the men's singles quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships here on Friday. Saina, 12th seed, fought off home favourite and 16th seed Kirsty Gilmour 21-19, 18-21, 21-15 in an hour and 14 minutes to assure India of at least a bronze medal. Saina, who was playing her seventh consecutive quarter-finals at the World Championships, reached the semi-finals for the second time in the prestigious tournament. Saina, the 2015 World Championships runner-up, will face Japanese seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara on Saturday for a place in the final. Okuhara ousted two-time defending champion Carolina Marin of Spain with a 21-18, 14-21, 21-15 victory in an hour and 33 minutes. Continuing her good run, India's P.V. Sindhu won her quarter-finals match against fifth seed Sun Yu of China 21-14, 21-9 in.A She will now take on Chen Yufei of China, who continued her winning run...

At least 33 students were hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked from a cold storage facility located next to a school in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Wednesday, officials said. The students of Bharat Bharati School were taken ill and some even fainted due to the gas leakage from the adjacent potato cold storage facility. The police and emergency ambulance service were informed and the children rushed to the hospital. The reason for the gas leak is not known. The affected children complained of irritation in their eyes and throat. The children are said to be out of danger.

US President Donald Trump has slammed the country's "dishonest" media outlets for misrepresenting his remarks, in which he condemned the activities of far-right groups after violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Following the deadly Charlottesville protests, Trump commented on the clashes between representatives of rival ideological movements blaming "both sides" for violence. Trump's statement has been widely criticized by the country's politicians and media outlets, which accused him of siding with the far-right participants of the clashes. "They don't report the facts. Just like they don't want to report that I spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry and violence and strongly condemned the neo-Nazis, the white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)," Trump said on Tuesday during a rally in Arizona, as broadcast by the ABC News. The president added that he had called for "unity, healing and love....

There is one iconic shot of badminton legend Lee Chong Wei that stops the heart a wee bit more than the full-throttle jump smash where he is four feet up in air. It’s the one where he scurries chasing the shuttle with his back to the net. The run abruptly ends with a flat backhand flick mid-stride over the net — almost bat blind to where it might land, as he turns on his heel in a jiffy and stands ready for the next shot. It worked beautifully on Tuesday for a fleeting few seconds — and gave a stadium the sand-in-hand hope that the Malaysian legend could turn back time. It didn’t end in tears because Chong Wei has perfected the tight-lipped, dignified, smiling acceptance after losing 7 out of 7 finals (3 Olympics and 4 World Championships). But short of a meltdown, it all ended in the most heartbreaking fashion as Frenchman Brice Leverdez won 21-19, 22-24, 21-17 in 75 minutes bringing the stadium to a mooring silence as a lifetime of the legend’s struggles to win the big titles flash...

The oldest Hindu temple in Singapore is currently under investigation, and nobody but the authorities seems to know exactly what kind of crime has been committed there. Singapore's Commissioner of Charities (COC) on Tuesday announced that the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple — which was established in 1976 and obtained charity status in 1988 — was being probed, and some hint of what had gone wrong might lie in its statement. What is known so far is that the probe has been initiated under Section 8 of the Charities Act of Singapore, which simply deals with the initiation of a probe against charities, and what can happen if someone tries to impede the probe in any way. 'Certain areas of concern' The COC, which functions under Singapore's Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, said in a statement released on Tuesday, August 22: "The Commissioner of Charities (COC) has instituted an inquiry into the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple (SVT) under section 8 of the Charities ...

A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, known as TADA, cout will set the date to pronounce the quantum of punishments of five convicts, along with Abu Salem in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case on Tuesday. The TADA court had on 16 June 2017 convicted six persons, Mustafa Dossa, Abu Salem, Karimullah Khan, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui and Tahir Merchant in the Mumbai blasts case and had acquitted a seventh accused, Abdul Quayyum . Mustafa Dossa died shortly after, suffering from cardiac arrest on 28 June 2017. Arguments on the quantum of sentence continued after the conviction and the hearing concluded on August 10. Now the court is expected to pronounce the date of sentencing on Tuesday, according to a Quint report. All the accused were facing multiple charges which included criminal conspiracy, waging war against the Government of India and murder. The prosecution had in June told the court that it would seek maximum punishment under the law for...

The World Badminton Championship is set to begin on Monday and India is sending a strong 21-member contingent at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland in hope of elusive gold medal. All eyes will be on Kidambi Srikanth, who is in-form and Rio silver medallist PV Sindhu, who has won bronze at the tournament twice in 2013 and 2014. Saina Nehwal, who is the first woman from the country to have won a silver in the World Championships, will hope to put her injuries behind and give her best. Sindhu and Saina will feature on Tuesday and Wednesday in the second round while Srikanth takes the court on Monday. When is World Badminton Championships? World Badminton Championships will be held from August 21 to 27. Where will the World Badminton Championships be held? World Badminton Championships is slated to take place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Where can one watch the match live? The matches will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1/1 HD. Where can you follow the match onl...

One of the greatest athlete of all time the speed machine Usain Bolt will turned 31 years of age on 21 august.Here is list of 31 great facts about fastest man of world. 1. Usain Bolt real name Usain St Leo Bolt was born 21 August 1986.He a very famous retired Jamaican sprinter. 2. Bolt is the first person to hold both the 100 meters and 200 meters world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. 3. He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events. 4. Because of his dominance and achievements in sprint competition he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. 5. Eight time Olympic gold medalist Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games.

The Finnish police and the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) received a tip in early 2017 from a member of public that the key suspect in the stabbing attack in the southwestern city of Turku was radicalized, local media reported Monday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Friday, two people were killed and eight others were injured in a knife attack in Turku's market square. The key suspect, who was shot by the police while being detained, is an 18-year-old citizen of Morocco. The suspect arrived in Turku last year and was trying to get asylum in Finland. According to the Yle broadcaster, a foreign national had contacted the Southwest Finland Police Department early in 2017 about the suspected perpetrator of the attacks, claiming that he was radicalized and interested in extreme ideology. The police department then reportedly passed the information into Supo. Supo's communications chief Jyri Rantala confirmed the receipt of such information, adding that there had been no ment...

New Delhi: After facing defeat against Randy Orton, WWE champion Jinder Mahal lost his second consecutive match, though his title wasn't at stake, after he went down against John Cena at SmackDown Live, just days before SummerSlam. Cena won via disqualification as Baron Corbin, the Money in the Bank holder, interfered to break up a pinfall after Cena hit an Attitude Adjustment off the second rope on the Maharaja. It was just the start of the drama-filled event, as Corbin soon cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to jump right into the ring and challenge Mahal. His attempt failed to reap benefits, as Mahal tricked him into pinfall and made him join Damien Sandow as the only wrestlers to unsuccessfully cash-in and lose their match. Here's the video of the incident: Mahal surely has Cena to thank for being able to pin down Corbin. It was Cena's distraction that helped the reigning WWE Champion was roll up Corbin for a pin in the Money in the Bank cash-in match. Af...

Modi during his visit to the US invited Ivanka Trump for a global summit.And now it's in action.Recent news is that  US President Donald Trump’s daughter and his advisor Ivanka Trump is coming to Hyderabad.The reason is to take part in the Global Entrepreneurs Conference and also in the  US business delegation.This has kindled a plethora of questions in the Telangana government. Though TRS does not have any involvement the TRS is trying to take fuel out of it because the Centre has chosen the capital city  Hyderabad has its venue. Centre and the US have chosen the capital city Hyderabad for the conference purpose is only because the capital city has got the global recognition as a well renowned IT hub and fastest developing city.  How did Hyderabad get this status ??it was Chandrababu Naidu who took extreme efforts to put Hyderabad on the global map.

Srinagar, August 18: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a bid to curb terror funding and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir arrested a businessman from Srinagar Zahoor Ahmad Watali. Notably, Zahoor Ahmad Watali who is a close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was allegedly involved in terror funding case and anti-India operations. NIA will produce Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali on Friday before the Special NIA Judge at Patiala House Court in New Delhi. The arrest of Srinagar based businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali comes following the searches conducted by the central probe agency at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir belonging to his relatives and employees. Watali's residence in Srinagar was first searched by NIA on June 3 during which it had recovered several financial documents related to terror funding apart from land deals handled by him. During the searches, the NIA had unearthed highly incriminating material pertaining to receipt of funds by Wata...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Sources in both governments told the Nikkei Asian Review newspaper that Minister Kono planned to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. The paper said the trip could be pushed back to December depending on the Japanese parliament’s schedule. Minister Kono may also accompany the prime minister during his visit to Vladivostok next month. Hopes are that Russia and Japan will make headway in their dispute over the islands, referred to as Northern Territories by Tokyo, the Japanese Foreign Ministry told the outlet. The Russian and Japanese deputy foreign ministers met in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the first stage of joint economic activities in the island chain contested by Japan. The row over the ownership of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai has prevented the two neighbors from signing a peace treaty after the end of World War Two.

De Gea, 26, has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid for some time with Florentino Perez a long-term admirer. The La Liga champions came close to signing the Spain international in 2015, but an administrative error on deadline day prevented the transfer from going through. Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has continued to insist that David De Gea is not for sale this summer. However, The Sun claim Real have turned their attentions back to the former Atletico Madrid stopper after ending their pursuit of Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe. It is said Zinedine Zidane is no longer interested in bringing the France international to the Bernabeu due to the impressive form of Marco Asensio. Real Madrid have reignited their interest in Manchester United keeper David De Gea Real Madrid now apparently have no interest in signing any other Galactico-style outfield players. But they remain keen on bringing in a marquee signing, and De Gea fits the bill. The Sun say Real are now lo...

The Roma midfielder thinks his international team-mate can be recognized as one of the best of world - if he scores more goals Radja Nainggolan believes Eden Hazard has the quality to win the Ballon d’Or, but thinks the Chelsea attacker needs to score more goals to raise his profile. Hazard has been an important part of two Chelsea title-winning teams over the last three Premier League seasons, and took home the Premier League Player of the Year award in 2014-15. Roma 9/1 to win Serie A title with dabblebet However, he has yet to crack the mix for the Ballon d’Or, an award won by either Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi every season since 2008. Nainggolan believes his Belgium international team-mate has the talent of those two giants of the game, but thinks Hazard needs to score more goals to be considered in their class. "I think he has the capacity to win it because, for me, he is a very talented player, a very good player, a decisive player," Nainggolan told CNN Sp...

Kailyn Lowry is in no illusion that Chris Lopez will be as involved with their child as Javi Marroquin and Jo Rivera are with Isaac and Lincoln, a recent report claims. In fact, the Teen Mom 2 star was surprised when her third baby daddy actually showed up in the delivery room for the birth of her third son, who has yet to be given a name. Despite this, she doesn’t expect Chris to have a similar father-son relationship as with her other baby daddies. But while she might be selling herself as a strong woman who can do just about anything, a source told Hollywood Life that Kailyn Lowry is actually “exhausted and emotional” especially now that she is recovering from giving birth because she is gearing up to raise the baby alone. “Right now, Kailyn [Lowry] is just trying to rest as much as she can, and she’s bonding with the baby. She’s exhausted and emotional, but just really really happy that the baby is healthy and happy,” the insider reportedly close to the reality TV star claimed....

TORONTO: Do you often forget carrying your keys or umbrella with you while stepping out of your house? A simple memory trick may help! Imagining an action that connects two objects may help people overcome certain kinds of memory problems, a study suggests. Thinking about an action between two objects - like an umbrella being lodged in the door lock - and a potential consequence, such as not being able to lock the door, could help people improve their memory for relationships with other objects, researchers said. The strategy - termed "unitization" - could be used in personalised memory rehabilitation to help older adults and those with amnesia bypass gaps in their abilities, said Jennifer Ryan, senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in Canada. "Previous research has shown that imagining two objects fusing into one will help people work around these memory deficits; but our work demonstrated that understanding therelationship between the two it...

A total of 2 people were killed and 197 others injured in different places in Maharashtra in Dahi Handi-related incidents on the eve of Janmashtami which is marked by forming human pyramids. A 'Govinda' named Rohan Gopinath Kini died in Palghar district after suffering from an epileptic attack during the celebrations while in the Airoli district Jayesh Sarle died of electrocution. The 21-year-old Kini successfully got down from the human pyramid but died soon afterward. "He was a part of a human pyramid. He got down from the pyramid after breaking the handi. But soon afterwards, he suffered an epileptic attack and he died while being taken to a hospital in Palghar around 6.30 pm," police said. The 34-year-old Sarle died when he came in contact with a live wire. "The incident took place at a dahi handi event organised at a school ground in Airoli around 6.30 pm. Jayesh, who was also a 'Govinda', was standing near the gate of the venue when he came in...

Ilkay Gundogan made his first appearance in eight months as Manchester City lost 1-0 to Girona at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi. The midfielder, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the 2-0 Premier League win over Watford last December, managed just under 20 minutes as a second-half substitute during Tuesday's friendly defeat. Pep Guardiola named a much-changed side that included youngsters Brahim Diaz, Phil Foden and Tosin Adarabioyo for the meeting in Catalonia, with Danilo the only survivor from the starting XI of last Saturday's win at Brighton and Hove Albion. Portu scored the only goal of the game after 14 minutes, converting past Claudio Bravo after a slick counter-attack from the home side. Aleix Garcia, Pablo Maffeo, Marlos Moreno and Douglas Luiz, who are on loan at Girona from City, were all involved in the match. City had their chances, with Gabriel Jesus hitting the crossbar late on, but they were unable to find an equaliser. Guardiola's squad are ...

The Kerala Police have begun investigations into the death of a 16-year-old boy here after his family raised doubts that it was due to the Blue Whale Challenge game. The school student from Vilapilasala near here allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house on July 26. The boy’s mother today told a Malayalam TV channel that her son had downloaded the game in November last. “He said in the last stage of the game, one should either commit suicide or murder someone. I got scared after hearing it and asked my son not to play the game,” she said. She said the boy had once hurt himself using a compass and jumped into a river though he did not know how to swim. He was later rescued. Before he took the extreme step, my son had deleted the game from his mobile phone, the woman added. The statements of the family have been recorded and investigations are on, police said. The Centre has directed internet majors – Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo –...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with nemesis Hikaru Nakamura of United States to kickstart his campaign in the Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour. Among the chess elite, Nakamura has troubled Anand like no one else in classical chess in the past few years and the Indian decided not to go for the blood despite his white pieces. The end result was a rather dull draw. For the records, it was the Anti-Berlin by Anand and Nakamura had little troubles in equalising. The American tried to make some headway in the centre but Anand gave nothing away and it was a balanced position when the two players decided to repeat and signed peace after 30 moves. It was an otherwise lively start to the super tournament as the first round witnessed as many as three decisive games. The four Russian speaking Grandmasters were pitted against each other and that itself provided the major share of decisive results in the opener. Sergey Karjakin was a c...

US government report has confirmed that 2016 topped 2015 as the hottest year globally in 137 years of record keeping. "Most indicators of climate change (in 2016) continued to follow trends of a warming world," the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. "Several, including land and ocean temperatures, sea level and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere broke records set just one year prior," it said. The State of the Climate report, a sort of annual check-up for the planet, was compiled by NOAA researchers and had contributions from over 450 scientists from nearly 60 countries. According to the report, the 2016 average global carbon dioxide concentration was 402.9 parts per million (ppm), an increase of 3.5 ppm compared with 2015 and the largest annual increase observed in the 58-year record, it said. Global surface temperature was also the highest on record. "Aided in part by the strong El Nino early in the ye...

Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap knocked out top seed Lee Hyun Il of Korea in the men’s singles opening round of the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Anaheim On a comeback trail after recovering from a shoulder injury, Kashyap dished out a gritty performance to stave off the challenge from World No. 15 Lee 21-16 10-21 21-19 in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes. Fifth seed Sameer Verma, who also is making a comeback after recovering from a shoulder problem, made a positive start to his campaign by defeating Vietnam’s Hoang Nam Nguyen 21-5 21-10 in another men’s singles match. Second seed H S Prannoy, who was in rampaging form at Indonesia Super Series Premier, also reached the second round after beating Austria’s Luka Wraber 21-12 21-16, while Harsheel Dani brushed aside Mexico’s Arturo Hernandez 21-13 21-9 in another match. World No. 59 Kashyap will face Hungary’s Gergely Krausz, former National champion Sameer will take on Crotia’s Zvo...

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya presented the final draft Bill to set up a Code of Conduct for Parliamentarians, today. A four member committee was appointed by the Speaker, seeking their observation to further strengthen the drafted Bill. The four-member committee includes Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan, Justice Minister Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapakshe, UPFA MP and former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa and City Planning and Water Supply Minister Rauf Hakeem, who is a former Justice Minister.

Raja Ram (Pakistan): The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of village justice. Last month, a council of village elders ordered the rape of the 16-year-old victim after her brother was accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. The ruling highlighted the role such councils -- known as panchayats, or jirgas -- play in the lives of many rural Pakistanis, who see the country’s courtrooms as a distant presence. The councils have traditionally enjoyed broad support, thanks to their ability to offer immediate justice, compared to courts that can take years to settle a criminal case, and as much as a decade to resolve a civil dispute. But the recent ruling, which allowed a rape victim’s brother to sexually assault another innocent girl, has unsettled Raja Ram, home to some 3,000 people. “May God have mercy, it was such a strange day and it was such a big in...

They tried till the very last minute but Bengaluru Bulls fell victims to an amazing all-round performance from U.P Yoddha. The new boys on the block beat the Bulls 32-27 in Saturday's crunch Pro Kabaddi League encounter. Once again, Bengaluru’s usual suspect, Rohit Kumar produced a stunning performance scoring 11 raid points but his teammates couldn’t keep up with the pace of the game. “It’s my job to keep trying, the team fell behind and it is my responsibility to try and improve the situation. We were trailing by a huge margin, so I tried to bring us closer. I thought our defence could work but it didn’t happen,” Rohit said. The coach Randhir Singh also issued a challenge to UP Yoddha's captain, Nitin Tomar. The all-rounder had a great evening, scoring 9 points, leading from the front. But Randhir questioned if Tomar will be able to do in the upcoming games. “In today’s time, Nitin tried getting points in certain areas, let’s see if he tries the same in the upcoming game...

The UN Security Council unanimously backed a US-drafted resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korean exports in response to Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile tests. The 15-member body yesterday strongly condemned North Koreas ballistic missile launches on July 3 and 28 which the country has stated were of “intercontinental” range. The US-drafted resolution includes the strongest sanctions ever imposed in response to a North Korean ballistic missile test and targets its main exports, slashing their annual revenue by USD 1 billion. “The Security Council increased the penalty of North Korea’s ballistic missile activity to a whole new level. North Koreas irresponsible and careless acts have just proved to be quite costly to the regime. “This resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever leveled against the North Korean regime. The price the North Korean leadership will pay for its continued nuclear and missile development will be the loss of one-t...