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The Maharashtra Government headed by Uddhav Thackeray has started well with a human rights face by agreeing to consider the withdrawal of cases against the activists who were implicated in the famous Bhima Koregaon case by the state police under the earlier regime of Devendra Fadnavis. For the last eighteen months, these renowned activists and lawyers are in jail on bizarre charges of being urban naxals.

The Modi Government in its second term is set to follow a policy on public sector under which there will be no special efforts to rejuvenate the loss making units which have potential but due to extraneous factors, are ailing. At the same time, the Government is milching the blue chip PSEs to garner funds for bolstering the central finances.

Canberra (Australia): India overpowered New Zealand 2-0 in their opening encounter of the 3-Nations Junior Women hockey tournament here on Wednesday.

Albany: Tiger Woods may or may not be holding the Tiger Trophy at the end of the week for there are 17 other hugely accomplished golfers at the Hero World Challenge. But the focus remains firmly on Woods – as player on a comeback and finding the winning ways.

Kathmandu: Indian women's football team began their South Asian Games campaign with a comfortable 5-0 win over the Maldives on Tuesday. Bala Devi grabbed a brace and Dangmei Grace, Manisha and Jabamani Tudu all scored a goal apiece to hand the team three points at the Pokhara Stadium in Nepal.

Kathmandu: After the stupendous gold medal-winning show from the Indian men’s and women’s teams, the contingent made a thunderous start in the individual section at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) here today with shuttlers from the country registering five wins to progress into the quarter-finals.

Kathmandu: The Indian men and women paddlers claimed team gold medals for yet another time, stamping their authority in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SAG ) at Kathmandu today.

Kathmandu: India’s men’s and women’s kho kho team registered dominating wins over Sri Lankan teams in the semi-finals to enter their second consecutive finals at the 13th South Asian Games here in Kathmandu.

Pune: Odisha FC will be out to break their string of draws with a victory when they host defending champions Bengaluru FC at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Kannur: Boxers from Chandigarh and Punjab dominated the proceedings on the second day of 4th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships at the Mundayad Indoor Stadium, Kannur, Kerala on Tuesday.