SEOUL,DEC 27: South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite”, was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide, Yonhap news agency reported. The actor was discovered inside a vehicle at a park in central Seoul, Yonhap reported, citing police. Lee, 48, had been under police investigation over his […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,DEC 27 : Flights in and out of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport faced delays on Wednesday morning as a thick blanket of fog enveloped the Delhi-NCR region. The visibility dropped to almost zero. “Delhi Airport is facing delays affecting approximately 110 flights, both (domestic and international) arrivals and departures, due to dense Continue Reading
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,DEC 24 : Kerala reported 128 fresh Covid-19 infections and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to data on the Union Health Ministry website on Sunday. Of the 334 active coronavirus infections reported nationwide till 8 am today, 128 were from Kerala, taking the active cases in the state […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,DEC 24 : Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said he is “done” with the sport and the newly-elected body will now take care of it as he has many more responsibilities to look into, including next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Brij Bhushan’s comments came soon after […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,DEC 24 : The new Wrestling Federation of India body, under the leadership of Sanjay Singh, has been suspended by the Sports Ministry. The ministry announced its decision on Sunday, 24 December citing that the WFI body had shown complete disregard for the existing rules and regulations. In an official release, the Sports Ministry […]Continue Reading
JAMMU/KASHMIR,DEC 24 : A retired senior police officer of the Jammu and Kashmir police was shot dead by terrorists in the state’s Baramulla district on Sunday when he was offering prayers in a mosque. According to the police, Mohammad Shafi Mir, a retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), was offering prayers in a local mosque […]Continue Reading
WASHINGTON,DEC 24: A Japanese-owned chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted by a drone “fired from Iran,” the Pentagon said, a sign of expanding risks to commercial shipping beyond the Red Sea. It was the first time the Pentagon has openly accused Iran of directly targeting ships since the start of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,DEC 23: Deaflympics gold medallist Virender Singh Yadav, better known as Goonga Pehlwan, has now decided to return his Padma Shri to the government, showing solidarity with the country’s top wrestlers who have objected to the election of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh as WFI president. Throwing his weight behind Olympic bronze […]Continue Reading
NOIDA,DEC 23: Popular motivational speaker and social media influencer Vivek Bindra has been booked for allegedly assaulting his wife in Noida, police said. A video of the incident is also going viral on social media. Bindra has 21.4 million followers on YouTube. As per the FIR which has been lodged by Bindra’s brother-in-law in Noida […]Continue Reading
BENGALURU,DEC 23: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to involve himself in the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Olympic medallist Punia had reached the Kartavya Path […]Continue Reading
