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Gold Coast, Apr 5: World champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu (48kg) went on a record-smashing spree, claiming three of them in a power-packed performance, to secure India's first gold medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. In a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and the Games record in snatch, pulling off clean lifts in all her three attempts (80kg, 84kg and 86kg)

Lucknow, Apr 5: After its new-found bonhomie with the BSP won it two Lok Sabha seats in recent by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party is set to celebrate Dr Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14 in a big way. The party which had stayed content with celebrating anniversaries of socialist ideologues like Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Janeshwar Misra so far has asked all its district units to celebrate

New Delhi, Apr 5: A Jodhpur trial court today convicted actor Salman Khan, while acquitting other accused in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. Jodhpur District Presiding Officer Devkumar Khatri pronounced the judgment, while holding off on awarding the quantum of punishment for Salman right away. The sentencing, however, is expected to be announced shortly. Co-accused Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre

Facebook has deployed technology tools like artificial intelligence and thousands of people to work on security as the company's "major focus" this year is to protect the integrity of upcoming elections in several countries, including India, on its platform, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. Terming 2018 a "big year" for elections, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook was enhancing its

Apr 5: Weightlifter P Gururaja opened India's medal account on the first competition day of the 21st Commonwealth Games, claiming a silver in the men's 56kg category here today. The 25-year-old Gururaja, making his CWG debut, equalled his personal best of 249kg (111+138) to finish second in a field where Malaysia's three-time Commonwealth Championships medallist Muhammad Izhar Ahmed (117+144)

Mumbai, Apr 5: Ahead of the verdict by a Jodhpur court in the blackbuck poaching case, Bollywood actors Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan and Tabu left for the Rajasthan city from here this morning. The three actors did not speak to mediapersons waiting outside the Mumbai airport while they left from here. Superstar Salman Khan, meanwhile, arrived in Mumbai in the early hours today from Abu Dhabi where

Dhahi Khalfan, security head of Emirate of Dubai has called Pakistanis a threat and has praised Indians. Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan, the head of security of Emirate of Dubai and former Dubai Police Chief has accused Pakistanis of being a “dangerous threat to Gulf nations”. Earlier he had also tweeted in Arabic saying “The Pakistanis pose a serious threat to the Gulf communities for the drug they bring

Dhahi Khalfan, security head of Emirate of Dubai has called Pakistanis a threat and has praised Indians. Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan, the head of security of Emirate of Dubai and former Dubai Police Chief has accused Pakistanis of being a “dangerous threat to Gulf nations”. Earlier he had also tweeted in Arabic saying “The Pakistanis pose a serious threat to the Gulf communities for the drug they bring

Tiruchirappalli (TN), Apr 4: Makkal Neethi Mayyam president Kamal Haasan today accused the Tamil Nadu government of being "subservient" to the Centre rather than upholding the state's rights on the Cauvery issue. The day-long fast observed by the AIADMK yesterday urging the Centre to immediately constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) "was farcical", Haasan told reporters here. Later, in a

Bhopal, Apr 4: Ahead of Assembly elections, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday accorded the `Minister of State' (MoS) status to five Hindu religious leaders, after appointing them to a committee for Narmada conservation. As per the order of General Administration Department's Additional Secretary K K Katiya, the MoS status has been accorded to Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj