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Ahmedabad: Delhi-based golfers, the seasoned Shamim Khan and youngster Arjun Prasad, took the early lead at the third edition of the Rs 40 -lakh prize money Kensville Open, at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near here Ahmedabad.

Ajmer: Unseeded Reeth Rishya caused the major upset of the day when she defeated No. 3 seed Ayhika Mukherjee 4-1 to enter the quarterfinals of the 49th Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships at the MCC Indoor Stadium here today.

Hyderabad: Defending champions Bengaluru FC will look to pick up their third win on the trot when they go up against new entrants Hyderabad FC at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here on Friday.

New Delhi: Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan (U.P) and Gurjoat Singh (Punjab) fired hundred percent targets over four rounds of qualifying in two days to lead the 110-strong Skeet field in the 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Thursday.

National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), started as a part of the ongoing e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project, now covers all district and sub-divisional courts of India. It computerizes, records the judicial information and monitors the cases from the time the case is registered, till it is disposed of with judgement. It also groups similar law points, court rules, similar cases and related Acts. While functioning as a tool of expeditious disposal of cases and reducing huge pendency of cases, arrears of cases are still not reducing simply because of ugly Bar-Bench nexus resulting in frequent adjournments, aided and abetted by continuing some large vacancies of magistrates/judges caused by inability of respective High Courts and State Governments to fill the vacancies on time. There appears to be a lack of coordinating machinery between the respective State Governments and High Courts.

Labour has exposed secret trade talks between the US and the Tories — now at an “advanced stage” — that would pave the way for the NHS to be opened up to US pharmaceutical firms.

India’s consul-general in New York arguing for Indian leadership follow the Israeli model of building settlements to take Kashmiri Pandits back to the Valley and suggested that those at the helm are determined to do so is certainly the matter of concern.

It was no surprise when BJP joined the power-wagon in Maharashtra immediately after the NCP-Sena-Congress expressed willingness to form government. It was also no surprise when on the turbulent night of November 23, the BJP government at the Centre bypassed due process in recommending the revocation of President’s rule in the state without holding a Cabinet meeting, nor was it particularly unexpected that the Governor complied with the BJP’s wishes brazenly, without even holding a cabinet meeting. Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister and Ajit Pawar, former leader of the opposition and NCP member as deputy chief, were hastily sworn in. All this was in clear violation of the Constitution, and yet it did not surprise anyone. In last six years, Constitution was ravaged many a time. Groaning in pain, people still managed to have on a brave face.

Guwahati: A goal-fest in Guwahati saw NorthEast United FC and Mumbai City FC share the spoils in a 2-2 draw in a Hero Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium on Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar: Hockey India on Wednesday named Bhubaneswar and Rourkela as the venues for the 2023 FIH World Cup.