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Bengaluru: Women's national team players have hailed the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) plan to "broad-base women's football across the country" as the final round of Hero Indian Women's League 2019-20 is all set to get underway at the Bangalore Football Stadium in the capital city of Karnataka from 24 January.

Pune: Former Grand Slam doubles champions Robert Lindstedt and Jonathan Erlich will be among the main attractions in the doubles event as South Asia’s only ATP Tour Tournament, Tata Open Maharashtra is all set to take place at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium in Pune from February 3 to 9.

New Delhi: Asian medallist M Meena Kumari along with 3 other Indian pugilists claimed silver medals at the 9th Nations Cup Boxing Tournament for Women in Sombor, Serbia.

Guwahati: Uttar Pradesh and Haryana won the gold medals in the U21 Boys and U21 Girls sections respectively in the hockey competitions at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Tuesday.

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has decided to launch non-stop agitation programmes and strike actions to force the Indian Banks Association (IBA) give up its rigid stand, which has resulted in the long-pending demand for a fair wage revision settlement. The bank employees all over the country feel they have been neglected and given a rough deal whereas the RSS-controlled BJP government never thought twice before granting huge concessions to corporate India, including a heavy cut in the corporate tax. The latter move suits the Modi government’s rightwing understanding and commitment to demolish everything that is state-owned or public-owned.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan does not seem to be a mood to end the stand-off with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government.

Once more, at a time when India’s diplomatic skills are being challenged to the limit over the NRC and related issues, Bangladesh has outscored India in statesmanship: its Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda has shifted the scheduled date of polling for Dhaka city corporations from January 30 to February 1, responding to an appeal from the country’s Hindu population. The major Hindu religious festival of Saraswati Puja/Basant Panchami falls on January 30 this year. Hindu leaders representing some 1.7 crore people, had protested against voting on the day.

Suddenly an innocuous question has started making rounds in the political circles of Bihar, which has been causing consternation in the BJP circle. The question is: who is running the BJP government? Is it Narendra Modi or Amit Shah?

The protests against the draconian trio of CAA-NRC-NPR continue in India, while the Judiciary waits for the ‘violence to stop’, before making any meaningful intervention. In contrast, several state governments have voiced their strong disagreements on the principle behind and implementation of these laws; out of these, Kerala and West Bengal stand out as the fiercest critics, with both the Chief Ministers, P. Vijayan and Mamata Banerjee, having directed to stop the work on the NPR (‘National Population Register’) in their respective states. The growing opposition of the state governments to the fascist policies of the Central Government led by the duo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah, is a clear indication of severe strain on the federal structure of India, and the Indian Constitution.

Chennai: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Lakshya Sen combined to guide Chennai Superstarz to a win over Hyderabad Hunters as the fifth edition of the Star Sports Premier Badminton League got off to a thunderous start at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here today.