CID nabs kingpin; CM hints fresh test
Expediting its probe into the leakage of Eamcet-II medical question papers, Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday arrested the kingpin Rajagopal Reddy. They also detained another suspect Iqbal from New Delhi for questioning. With this the number of total arrests in the case reached nine. The fresh arrests came even...
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Keralites' 'ISIS entry': Probe progress at snail's pace
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Satish Mathur is Maha's new DG of Police
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Mamta Kulkarni's eight bank accounts frozen in ephedrine case
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Maha inks deal with Malaysian firm, Mumbai-Nagpur e-way on track
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Rivers in spate, Bihar flood HITS 26l
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lightning claims 30 lives in Odisha
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Global terror attacks bear Pak footprints
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Kejriwal inaugurates Kalam's memorial
While inaugurating a memorial of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in the national Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Delhi Government did what the “Centre did not”, promising to further develop the memorial into a “knowledge centre”. The memorial, that has been built inside the premises of Delhi Haat,...
Mahadayi protests cripple normal life in Karnataka
A day after rain fury, a near total dawn-to-dusk bandh called by pro-Kannada and farmers’ organisations over Mahadayi water dispute between Karnataka and Goa came in handy for the Bengaluru city corporation workers in clearing debris and choking blocks of the lake links and rajakaluves (storm drains) for easy flow...
IOC to review final preparations
less than a week before the opening of the Olympics, IOC leaders will meet in Rio de Janeiro this weekend to review the final preparations for the games and deal with the fallout from the doping scandal that has led to the exclusion of more than 100 Russian athletes. The International...
Genetic doping is Sea serpent of cheating: Saugy
How big a threat is genetic doping to clean competition in sportIJ “It’s a bit like sea serpent,” mythologised, potentially capable of causing serious harm, “but not so present”, said Martial Saugy, former director of the Swiss laboratory for Doping Analyses. The lab is in lausanne, near the headquarters of the International...
Russian swimmer failed drug test: USADA
An Olympic medal winning swimmer linked to Russia’s state-run doping scandal has tested positive for the banned meldonium, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced. Nikita lobintsev was already one of seven Russian swimmers banned from competing in the Rio Olympics by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and USADA did not impose a...
Russian weightlifting team banned from Rio
Russia’s eight-strong Olympic Games weightlifting team was banned from the Rio Games in the latest doping-related blow to the sporting powerhouse. “The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by the Russians, therefore an appropriate sanction was applied in order to preserve the status...
Small fire forces Aus evacuation
Australian athletes briefly had to evacuate their apartments after a small fire in the troubled Rio Olympics Village. The Australian delegation, preparing to compete in the Games that start August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, went into the street until given the all clear. No one was hurt and there was...
