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Jammu, Apr 15: Deepika Singh Rajawat, an advocate in Jammu, who faced the wrath of Hindutva politics after taking up the case of temple gang-rape, says that her fight is not just for the 8-year-old child who was raped but for all children including her daughter. “That is my daughter. She is five years old and her name is Ashtami. I am fighting this case also for her,” says Rajawat showing the

Gurgaon, Apr 15: Pravin Togadia, who has been with the VHP for over three decades, on Saturday announced quitting the outfit and said he would go on an indefinite fast from Tuesday to push the Hindutva cause. The veteran leader, who served as the VHP international working president since December 2011, announced his decision in a press conference after his nominee to the post of international

Gold Coast, Apr 15: Saina Nehwal's aggression and intensity quite literally wilted P V Sindhu as she picked up the women's singles Commonwealth Games gold medal with exhilarating triumph in the final here today. However, newly-crowned World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth let slip the early advantage to settle for a silver medal going down to Malaysian legend Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles summit clash

New Delhi, Apr 14: Union Minister Satya Pal Singh on Saturday said that minorities enjoyed many rights that the majority did not, and advocated that the way the Constitution had been interpreted in the past few decades needed a "revisit". Noting that all are equal before the law, the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) said, "In the last about two decades, the way the

Gold Coast, Apr 14: There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Adding another bronze to the count was Somveer, in the 86kg category. India signed off their wrestling campaign at the

Srinagar, Apr 14: Even though the two BJP ministers of Jammu and Kashmir government who had taken part in a protest to defend the temple gang rapists, submitted their resignations on Friday, the saffron party has brazenly justified them. Forest and Environment Minister Lal Singh and Commerce and Industries Minister Chander Parkash Ganga had addressed the rally of the Hindu Ekta Manch, a group

Gold Coast, Apr 14: Neeraj Chopra today became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, pulling off a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final here. The 20-year-old former junior world champion had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw yesterday and today again, he was leaps ahead of the field with his very first

The US and its allies fired more than 100 cruise missiles at Syria, a significant number of which were intercepted by Syrian air defences, the Russian defence ministry said Saturday. "More than 100 cruise missiles and air-to-land missiles were fired by the US, Britain and France from the sea and air at Syrian military and civilian targets," the ministry said in a statement quoted by RIA Novosti

New Delhi, Apr 14: India’s boxing contingent continued its fine run in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. After Mary Kom secured her maiden CWG gold medal to kickstart the day, two more medals were added in the form of gold medallist Gaurav Solanki, who triumphed in the final of men’s 52kg, and Manish Kaushik claiming silver in the 60kg category. Solanki's win brought India its 20th gold medal.

The legend of M.C. Mary Kom (48kg) grew larger as she added the Commonwealth Games gold to her packed medal cabinet, thrashing Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara in the final on Saturday. The 35-year-old five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist was competing in her debut Commonwealth Games, also perhaps her last, and made it a memorable one with yet another dominating performance to