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Bengaluru: Kolkata based Divyanshu Bajaj posted an impressive 65, including hole-in-one, to be the best-placed Indian in tied second place while Germany’s Michael Hirmer shot a sizzling eight-under 64 for the first-round lead at The Challenge a US$300,000 event being played at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Six-time World Boxing Champion MC Mary Kom and ace footballer Sunil Chhetri have urged the Indians to embrace sports and engage themselves in regular physical activity after an report formulated by sports brand PUMA India and analytics firm Nielsen Sports revealed that kids and adults in the country lack the motivation to participate in sports and physical activities.

British Labour Party’s national executive (NEC) is due to consider a motion in Keir Starmer’s name on Tuesday confirming that Jeremy Corbyn will not be endorsed as a candidate for the party at the next election. Nobody will be surprised at this long-trailed development.

At the demonstrations for saving Israel’s democracy, I carry a sign that says, “There is no democracy with occupation.” It is not very popular, and at every demonstration, some people feel compelled to tell me that it is not in the right place. My answer is that those words are central to the struggle for Israel’s democracy, and if they don’t like it, they should deal with it. For me, that is the essence of what I am protesting.

BHOPAL: BJP is resorting to virtual 'ghero' of Madhya Pradesh. Besides several small leaders, two stalwarts of the party chose to visit Madhya Pradesh almost at the same time. While home minister Amit Shah visited Chhindwara, stronghold of Kamal Nath for more than four decades, party president J. P. Nadda arrived in Bhopal.

Things are moving fast in Karnataka where assembly elections will be held in April-May, a matter of a few weeks. In the latest, after the BJP announced the scrapping of the 4 percent quota for the Muslim minority, the Congress vowed to restore it if it is returned to power. The Bommai government has also decided to honour the demand of Scheduled Castes for internal reservation as suggested in the 2012 AJ Sadashiva panel report.

The contemporary Indian narrative of the times of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is full of confusing signals for the common men. On the one hand PM Narendra Modi and his government in all their appearance has been trying to be truthful, doing justice, and virtuous, while on the other the opposition accuses them of resorting to falsehood, doing injustice to the people of India, and dishonest.

Is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi politically finished after the recent court verdict and his subsequent dismissal from Parliament? Is it an advantage or a setback for him and his party? It is too early to predict as it is an evolving story. But experience says that no politician is finished until he is finished.

New Delhi: Boxing federation of India (BFI) on Monday hailed the performance of its pugilists,as the country had best ever campaign in 17 years finishing with four golds at the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship which concluded at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here last evening.

New Delhi: The ambitious Indian Taekwondo Premier League (TPL) was launched here with the promise of transforming the sport in the country and grooming international champions.