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New Delhi: Deepak Kumar celebrated his birthday in style gifting himself and his country a perfect present, winning bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event and in the process, a 10th 2020 Olympics quota place,while Manu Bhaker clinched gold in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol on the opening day of the 14thAsian Shooting Championship (ASC) at the Lusail Shooting Complex in Lusail, Qatar, on Tuesday.

NOIDA: Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik will lead the star studded field in the Rs. 8,00,000 14th leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf to be Tour will be held at NOIDA Golf Club from Wednesday.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh faced a strange situation when both the ruling party and main opposition party took to streets to protest against each other. While Congress protested against the Central government for the delay in giving special grant to meet the extra expenditure for giving compensation to the people and particularly to Kisans for the huge loss due to heavy rains and floods. At the same time BJP held demonstration to protest against the Kamal Nath government for its failure to give relief to Kisans.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A flaming controversy has erupted over the arrest of two CPI(M) workers in Kozhikode district for their alleged Maoist links.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

In recent times, one often wonders how does a Constitutional Court like the Jammu & Kashmir High Court function in a State under complete lockdown, since last 92 days. It has been widely reported that the former President of J&K High Court Bar Association, Nazir Ahmed Ronga, and other office bearers have been detained by the State administration under the Public Safety Act, and lawyers have been on strike since then. Out of the sanctioned 17 judges for the High Court, the Court presently only has 9 judges on the Bench, and amongst them, only two judges are hearing the habeas corpus petitions, with more than 250 petitions being filed, owing to arbitrary detention of more than 4000 persons in the State.

This is the season for withdrawals. President Trump has formally begun the proceedings for USA to withdraw from the global climate pact — the Paris Agreement.

The brand Gandhi seems to be at a historic low at present. The grand old Congress Party has proved that it can survive without the dynasty as the recent Assembly polls to Haryana and Maharashtra showed. In both the states, the Gandhis did not campaign much, but the party had done much better than expected. Gone are the days when the party depended on the leader at the top to get the candidates elected as in the days of Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Today, it is the personal drive and popularity of the individual candidates, caste factor, local issues and the clout of the local satraps that get them elected.

New Delhi: A huge contingent of 108 shooters (63 men and 45 women) will represent India in the senior, junior and youth categories across the disciplines of Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun, as competitions to the 14thAsian Shooting Championship (ASC) get underway on Tuesday, at the Lusail Shooting Complex in Lusail, Qatar.

New Delhi: India’s Harsimran Kaur has been invited to participate in a multi-week training camp from Nov. 7 - 24 at The NBA Global Academy at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Canberra, making her the first prospect from the NBA Academies Women’s Program from outside of Australia to attend The NBA Global Academy.