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Arjuna awardee Manika has mixed feelings as coach ignored for Dronacharya
An Arjuna award for her historic achievements has made Manika Batra happy but only just, as she says the Dronacharya snub to her coach Sandeep Gupta has been a dampener. The celebrations after securing the country's second highest sporting honour were subdued as her childhood coach Gupta missed out on the Dronacharya award for the second time. "Yes I wanted him to get the award. But it is the government's decision and we have to respect that. I will work harder so he gets it next time," Manika told PTI after being named as a sponsored athlete of Herbalife Nutrition here on Thursday. "It's a case of being partially happy for her," said her mother Sushma. Manika, who is the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold and an Asian Games bronze, was also in the running for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. "I was expecting that (Khel Ratna) but there were other deserving athletes. It is fine. I will continue to strive for it," said the 23-year-old. While her coach was overlooked for ...
Envoys of five nations present credentials to President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind received Thursday credentials from the envoys of five nations, including Netherlands and Lithuania, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to an official statement. The envoys, who presented their credentials were Ambassador of Iceland Gudmundur Arni Stefansson, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands Marten van den Berg, Ambassador of Guinea Fatoumata Balde, Ambassador of Lithuania Julius Pranevicius and Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Claude Kugener, the statement said.
Afghan envoy Abdali resigns
Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Abdali has resigned from the post, saying he wants to serve the people of his country who are facing challenging situation. Abdali has submitted his resignation letter on Wednesday when Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was on a day-long visit to India. In his resignation letter, Abdali, who served in Delhi for six years, said he wanted to go back to Afghanistan and work with the people for development, peace and national unity. "The exceptional warmth, hospitality and friendship extended to me during my tenure will remain a hallmark in my political career for which I'm deeply grateful to the friendly people and govt. of India," he said on Twitter. "Serving my country for years in India, I felt the need to return and serve my country from within. During my tenure, I have had the honour of witnessing our relations going from strength to strength," he said. It is not immediately known whether his resignation has been accepted or not.
5 envoys present credentials to President Kovind
Ambassadors of Iceland, the Netherlands, Guinea, Lithuania and Luxembourg presented their credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
Richa in Georgia for 'Inside Edge 2'
Actress Richa Chadha is in Georgia to start filming for the second instalment of Excel Entertainments "Inside Edge". Richa will reprise her role as Mumbai Maverick team owner Zarina Malik.
Maroon 5 to perform at Super Bowl Halftime 2019
Maroon 5 will be the halftime performers at Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show in 2019. Multiple sources confirmed to Variety, the music group was locked by the organisers owing to their all-star collaborations, such as Cardi B-featuring Girls Like You, What Lovers Do with SZA, Cold with Future and Don't Wanna Know with Kendrick Lamar. A representative for Maroon 5, fronted by lead vocalist Adam Levine, did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Last year, Justin Timberlake headlined the Super Bowl Halftime. The group joins the artistes, including Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Beyonce, to headline the show.
Shambhulal Regar, who lynched man on camera, may contest 2019 polls
Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena has offered a Lok Sabha ticket from Agra to Shambhulal Regar, the man who allegedly hacked and burnt a Muslim man to death in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district last year.Addressing the press conference in Agra, Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena national president Amit Jani announced names of five contestants who would be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019, which includes Regar from the seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes.Jani claimed that Regar's life is in danger in Jodhpur jail, where he is currently lodged."We will save Regar and will give political assurance to him. According to Regar, he did self-defence and it's up to the court whether he is a killer or not," he said.Jani further lauded Regar's effort to "save Hindutva". He said, "Regar has the constitutional right to contest election till his conviction. We want only Hindutva faces to contest elections on our party's tickets and there can be nobody better than him."The victim ...
Victoria Beckham opens up about relationship with her kids
Fashion designer and singer Victoria Beckham has the perfect mantra to raise the kids right.She is one proud mother of four, namely, Brooklyn Beckham, Harper Seven Beckham, Romeo James Beckham, and Cruz Beckham. Besides being a perfect mother, she has also found great success with her fashion line.In between the London Fashion Week, she recently interacted with E! News, to celebrate her 10th Anniversary Collection. During the same, she opened up about her supportive and loving family.Talking about her relationship with her kids, she said, "We are strict with the kids, you have to be, but at the same time still allow them to have fun and express themselves."The relationship and love were quite evident during the Fashion Week when her husband David Beckham and their kids supported 'The Spice Girls Story' actor at her star-studded show."I got so emotional. I really did, you work so hard for a long time and you want to do the best that you can do," Victoria said.Victoria surely ...
Demi Lovato's mother opens up about daughter's drug overdose
American singer Demi Lovato's mother, Dianna de la Garza, has finally broken her silence over her daughter's drug overdose and said she shakes a little bit remembering what happened that day.According to a report by E! Online, Dianna said that she was in shock and did not know what to say. She had to break the news to Demi's sisters Dallas and Madison.Dianna said that while she knew she had to get to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, she was not in a state to drive, so Dallas offered to drive her. They jumped out of the car at the emergency room and ran into the emergency room to be by her side.She also mentioned that when she saw Demi for the first time in the hospital after the incident, the singer did not look good, and this was the time when Dianna turned to her faith."I think that was one of the things that got me through the next couple of days when she was in critical condition. We just didn't know for two days if she was going to make it or not," she said.Talking about Lovato's survival,
JU to confer DLitt on Mary Kom, Kaushik Basu, others
Boxer Mary Kom, eminent economist Kaushik Basu, haematologist Dr Mammen Chandy and banker Chandrasekhar Ghosh will be conferred the honorary D Lit at the 63rd Annual Convocation of Jadavpur University, Pro-Vice Chancellor Pradip Ghosh said on Wednesday. He said cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his inability to receive the honour on ethical grounds. Molecular biologist Dipankar Chatterji will also be given the honorary D Sc at the Convocation to be held in the university campus on December 24, Ghosh said at a press meet. He said the university had also approached Sachin Tendulkar for conferring him the honorary D Lit. "But he mailed us back expressing his inability to receive the honour on ethical grounds," Ghosh said.
Drake sues woman who accused him of raping her
Rapper Drake sued a woman who accused him of raping her and making her pregnant.The 'Hotline bling' rapper filed a lawsuit against the woman, Layla Lace, whom he met during his 'Boy Meets World Tour' in Manchester, England, reported TMZ. He confirmed that during this tour back in February 2017, they "had consensual sex".In the lawsuit, Drake claimed that Layla protested after he sent her home instead of taking her on his musical tour.Further, Drake, in his lawsuit, revealed that through continuous text messages, Layla created a "fantasy relationship" with him, adding that it reached a point where he couldn't respond to her anymore.In April last year, Layla, in an Instagram post, revealed that she was pregnant with Drake's baby. The lawsuit even revealed that on May 2017, she hired a lawyer and demanded a big sum of money for the baby.Despite several requests, the lawsuit also claimed that Layla refused to take a paternity test to prove what she claimed.Drake is now suing her for a ...
Air Marshal Randhir Singh passes away at 97
Air Marshal Randhir Singh (retd), a highly decorated Indian Air Force veteran, passed away here at the age of 97 after a brief illness. A contemporary of IAF's late Marshal Arjan Singh, Air Marshal Randhir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, Vir Chakra, died Tuesday night. He was cremated Wednesday with full military honours at Sector-25 crematorium in Chandigarh, a Defence Ministry release said. His son, Wing Commander Pradeep Singh (retd), performed the last rites. Air Marshal Singh is also survived by a daughter.
HP CM congratulates Lt commander Jamwal over Tenzing award
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur congratulated Lieutenant Commander Pratibha Jamwal for being named as a recipient for the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award. Jamwal sailed around the world in eight months with an all-women crew aboard an Indian naval vessel. President Ram Nath Kovind will honour her with the award in a ceremony to be organised at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on September 25. The chief minister said it was a great achievement by Jamwal as this award was the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure. Thakur said Jamwal, who hails from Kullu district, brought laurels to the state and the country.
U'khand House passes resolution seeking 'mother of nation' status to cow
The Uttarakhand Assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday, seeking the status of "rashtra mata" (mother of the nation) to the cow. The resolution will be sent to the Centre. It was moved by state Animal Husbandry Minister Rekha Arya and passed unanimously after it got the support of both the Opposition and treasury benches. Moving the resolution in the Assembly, Arya claimed that the cow was the "only animal that not only inhales oxygen, but also exhales it", and spoke at length about the "medicinal qualities" of cow urine. "The cow is treated as an incarnation of motherhood. The cow's milk is scientifically considered the best for newborn after his mother's milk," the minister said. Giving the status of "rashtra mata" to the cow will further strengthen cow-conservation efforts all over the country, she added.
French court upholds fine for magazine over Kate topless photos
A French court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by editors of gossip magazine Closer, and upheld two 45,000-euro ($53,000) fines for publishing pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless. The court upheld the maximum fines imposed by a lower court for invading the privacy of Prince William's wife Kate with its 2012 publication. Closer published the grainy snaps of Kate wearing only bikini bottoms while on holiday with the prince at a chateau in the Luberon region of southeastern France in September 2012. The pictures caused outrage among the British royal family and public. In a letter read out in court in May last year, William said the case had brought back painful memories of the paparazzi hounding his mother, the late princess Diana who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 while being pursued by photographers. Lawyers for Closer editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri argued that the pictures of the royals were in the public interest and conveyed a ...
Hong Kong airlines spells own name wrong on plane
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific has had to send a new plane back to the paint shop after the company's name was spelled incorrectly on it.
Newly wed couple injured in attack by woman's father
: A newly wed couple was injured in an attack here Wednesday, allegedly by the woman's father opposed to their marriage, days after the 'honour killing' of a Dalit Christian man in Nalgonda district. "The man attacked the couple with a sickle and they suffered bleeding injuries. They have been admitted to a private hospital," a senior police official told PTI. The assailant fled the scene, he said. Footage of the incident, captured on a CCTV from a nearby building, showed the man attacking the couple from behind with a sickle as they were sitting on a two wheeler. Preliminary investigation showed that the reason for the attack was the man's opposition to the marriage, he said. Sandeep and Madhavi reportedly belonged to different castes. Some local residents, who found the couple lying bleeding on the road and got them shifted to a private hospital, the official said. Some of them said the couple had got married a week ago. It was an inter-caste marriage, which her father ..
Para shuttler Raj Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award
Two years after Para shuttler Raj Kumar was denied the Arjuna award, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore bestowed the player with the honour here on Wednesday.Two years back, Kumar had filed a case against the ministry after his name was not considered for the prestigious award by the selection committee.The decision to give him the award came after the Delhi High court delivered a ruling in the para shuttler's favour.Expressing happiness over receiving the award, Kumar said that it is the biggest achievement of his life and credited his coaches for the same."It is the biggest achievement for me. I have been world champion three times. In 2017, I applied for the award but was ignored. I fought a court case to win the award so it is a big achievement. I would like to credit my national and international coaches for my achievements," he added.Kumar had won a gold medal in the 2015 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships which was held in England.
Kanye West moving back to Chicago
Rapper Kanye West told a crowd at his hometown here that he plans to move to Chicago for good.
Love for family connects Priyanka, Nick
Love for family and faith was the connect that pulled Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas towards each other, says the American singer, who got engaged to the Indian actress in July.