‘Jersey change decision taken without my prior knowledge’: Dilip Tirkey to Hockey India exec board | Hockey News

The controversy surrounding the Indian hockey teams’ change in jersey colour ahead of the World Cup took a fresh turn on Friday after Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey — a veteran of 412 internationals for India — wrote to the federation’s executive board claiming that the decision was taken without his knowledge.In an email sent…

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New spy agency, higher defence spending, lethal arms exports: Japan’s security reset explained

Japanese soldiers participating in an exercise. (iMage credit: JGSDF) Japan has formally launched the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), this is a watershed moment in the island nation’s post-World War-II security architecture. For, the last eight decades, Tokyo’s intelligence system was made up of different fragments, with the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO) struggling to…

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Pakistan Coal Mine Explosion: 34 killed as methane explosion tears through coal mine in Pakistan’s Balochistan

Coal mine blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan (AP photo) At least 34 miners in Pakistan were killed and 10 other remained trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Balochistan province on Thursday, as officials told news agency AP.While rescuers continued a race against time to reach those still underground.The explosion took…

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Shehzad Poonawalla: BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla drops party name from X bio, fuels exit speculation | India News

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has sparked exit buzz after he dropped part name from his social media bio NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla sparked rumours that he quit the saffron party after he changed his bio on X.In his latest bio, there’s is no mention of BJP. “Religion Islam, Culture~Hindu,Ideology~Bhartiya : ✍️Author: GST Ki…

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‘I am sad, I couldn’t be selected’: 17-year-old aspiring woman cricketer dies by suicide | Cricket News

Representational photo (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old aspiring woman cricketer allegedly died by suicide in Nagpur after reportedly being upset over not getting selected for a higher-level team. The incident came to light on Thursday morning in Laxmi Nagar under the Bajaj Nagar police station area. The deceased, Aditi Chaukhande, was originally from…

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Raghav Chadha: ‘Head of family PM Modi listens’: BJP’s Raghav Chadha hails ‘historic’ anti-paper leak Bill | India News

BJP MP Raghav Chadha (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: AAP turncoat and BJP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday broke his prolonged silence on the paper leak issue, speaking for the first time from the ruling side in Rajya Sabha. He spoke “wholeheartedly in support of the students of India” after BJP-pushed anti-paper leak Bill in Parliament.Chadha…

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Rahul Gandhi: ‘First you broke their bones, now filing FIRs’: Rahul Gandhi warns PM Modi, Amit Shah to not ‘threaten Gen Z into silence’ | India News

Rahul Gandhi took a jab at PM Modi and Amit Shah, calling them ‘India’s past’ NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the action against student protesters, alleging that the government was trying to “silence Gen Z”…

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