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New Delhi: Team ‘Shiva Motocorp Land Rover’ executed a clean-sweep by winning all 7 of their matches against ‘Ardee Par Excellence’ on the opening day of the Second Edition of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League ’ here on Thursday.

Ahmedabad: Tokyo Olympics silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu London Olympics silver medalist shooter Vijay Kumar, shooter Elavenil Valarivan and gymnast Pranati Nayak will be the star attractions as the 36th National Games gathers steam on Friday, with competitions in nine more sports beginning a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the Games open at a spectacular ceremony.

Ahmedabad: Hosts Gujarat opened the defence of their women’s team tennis title with a commanding win over Telangana while Bengal’s women’s Lawn Balls team chalked out a dominating 12-11 victory over Assam in the 36th National Games on Thursday.

Gurugram: Carding day's best score of five under 67,Ahmedabad’s Varun Parikh joined Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma, in the lead after round three of the Rs. 1 crore Kapil Dev – Grant Thornton Invitational at the DLF Golf & Country Club.

Ahmedabad: Amid pomp, pageantry and colorful display of Gujarat's heritage, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi declared the 36th National Games open at Narendra Modi Stadium here this evening saying that "the feeling and energy of such a grand event are beyond words".

Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Jodo Yatra were in the Muslim-majority Kerala district of Malappuram the day before yesterday. Then, September 28, the ‘Yatra’ made its triumphant entry into Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency. Another day, and Bharat Jodo Yatra would be clean out of Kerala, into Tamil Nadu and next breathing Karnataka air.

The Compliance Audit Report of the Comptrollers and Auditor General of India (CAG) has exposed numerous cases of irregularities and corruption in Uttar Pradesh on which the state government did not take prompt actions even when they were pointed out making the real intention of the government a suspect of their complicity. The total financial impact of the audit findings included in the report for the year ended March 31 2020 is Rs418.13 crore.

October 2 is here again. The day Bapu was born. The unforgettable message Bapu conveyed to us was about change, its being eternal. He told us it is the way life is. Even the truth for which he laid his life. His last words, when the bullet pierced him, were “Hey Ram”! He was not unprepared. Not surprised. He knew his people only too well and the ‘other’ too. They had no roots among us. Us includes not only India, but beyond too. Bapu took us all in his thin bony arms. As he slowly crumbled, he knew it was not defeat. Only Godse and his mentors started shrinking. For them, Hindu Rashtra, the aim itself, got demolished after Bapu was killed.

Politics in India has turned dangerous. Pursuit of political hegemony by Modi-Shah duo has been undermining democracy. The knife of persecution is being frequently used to cut political leaders into size, make them to fall in line, and even to effect defection from other political parties to the BJP. The leaders in opposition are targeted and maligned, and the hate propaganda, from which stems the strength of the duo, in numerous shades is used against them.

Crude oil prices have now dipped below the level when Russia’s Ukraine war broke out, which means the market has not only absorbed the shock of disruption in supplies, but the end game is approaching for the oil cartel. The war, however, forced a tectonic change in the oil market dynamics, of which India has been a big winner, but not necessarily the Indian consumers.