Anush Agarwalla gets first-ever Paris Olympics quota in Dressage for India

Anush Agarwalla gets first-ever Paris Olympics quota in Dressage for India

New Delhi, Feb 19 Anush Agarwalla, who won a historic gold in Team Dressage at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, has secured a quota place for the country in dressage discipline for Paris Olympics, the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) informed on Monday. Agarwalla, who also won an individual bronze in Hangzhou Asian Games in…

LS elections: AIADMK to release manifesto soon after reaching out to voters across TN

LS elections: AIADMK to release manifesto soon after reaching out to voters across TN

Chennai, Feb 19 The AIADMK will soon be releasing its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections after reaching out to different segments of voters . A team of AIADMK leaders led by deputy leader in the legislature Assembly R.B. Udhayakumar and former minister Natham R.Viswanathan had toured the state from February 5 to 10…

Heavy snowfall in hills, rain lashes plains in J&K

Heavy snowfall in hills, rain lashes plains in J&K

Srinagar, Feb 19 Higher reaches of J&K received heavy snowfall on Monday as rain lashed the plains. The Meteorological (MeT) Department has forecast that rain/snow will continue during another 48 hours which could result in light snowfall in the plains of the Valley as well. Hill stations of Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Doodhpathri, Daksum, etc., received…

Srinagar-Leh highway closed due to heavy snowfall

Srinagar-Leh highway closed due to heavy snowfall

Srinagar, Feb 19 Major snowfall during the last 24 hours closed most of the highways leading out of Kashmir in J&K on Monday except the Srinagar-Jammu highway on which traffic was moving smoothly. Traffic department officials said that Srinagar-Jammu national highway is open for traffic while the Srinagar-Leh, Mughal Road, Bandipora-Gurez road, Sinthan-Kishtwar and roads…

Landslide blocks Srinagar-Jammu highway, traffic halted

Landslide blocks Srinagar-Jammu highway, traffic halted

Srinagar, Feb 19 Incessant rainfall triggered landslide in the Banihal area of Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Monday after which the road was closed for traffic. “The highway was open for traffic in the morning, but a landslide hit Chamalwass in the Banihal area of the highway. “Travellers are advised not to undertake the journey without…

Snowfall eludes Shimla, but Manali wraps in white blanket

Snowfall eludes Shimla, but Manali wraps in white blanket

Shimla/Manali, Feb 19 Snowfall eluded this Himachal Pradesh capital on Monday, but another tourist resort, Manali, had moderate snow. The minimum temperature recorded at Manali was 2.8 degrees Celsius, the weather office here said. “Manali and the hills overlooking it experienced mild to moderate spells of snow early Monday,” an official of the meteorological office…

Man held for killing, robbing businessman in Delhi after a decade

Man held for killing, robbing businessman in Delhi after a decade

New Delhi, Feb 19 On the run for nearly a decade, a 35-year-old man, wanted for murder and robbery in Jama Masjid area, was nabbed after a massive hunt, an official from Delhi Police’s Crime Branch said on Monday. The accused identified as Devender Kumar, also had a reward of Rs 50,000 on information leading…

IAF’s Sarang team to display skills in Singapore Airshow

IAF’s Sarang team to display skills in Singapore Airshow

New Delhi, Feb 19 The Sarang Helicopter Display Team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform a four-helicopter display at the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday. The team, after arriving in Singapore, conducted its first practice display on Sunday. The IAF said on Monday that the team was operating from the Changi Airbase of the…