Kupwara army camp attacked by fidayeen militants in Kashmir; three armymen, two terrorists killed

Terrorists on Thursday attacked an armed force camp in Kupwara area of Jammu and Kashmir.

An armed force commander and two officers were slaughtered in the assault. The armed force officer executed was recognized as Captain Ayush, official sources told PTI. It was before mistakenly written about TV that five armed force staff had been murdered in the assault.

As indicated by a report in the IANS, the ambush on the armed force camp, which is 120 kilometers from Srinagar, was a fidayeen or a suicide assault. “Fidayeen psychological militants assaulted the Panzgam armed force camp near the Line of Control (LoC) (at) around 4.30 am,” Defense Ministry Spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told IANS.

India, US discuss measures to strengthen partnership at UN

The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley talked about with her Indian partner Syed Akbaruddin the financial and hostile to debasement changes embraced by India to goad development and measures to fortify Indo-US association at the world body.

Haley met Akbaruddin at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN here yesterday.
“They talked about peacekeeping change and India’s financial and hostile to debasement changes that have helped organizations and prodded development,” as indicated by an announcement issued by the US Mission to the UN.

The two representatives likewise talked about the “close ties between the two nations and chances to promote the association between the US and India at the United Nations.”

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt confirms upgrade to silver for London Olympics

After a disappointing first-round exit at Rio Olympics, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has something to cheer about.

The bronze he won at the London Games was upgraded to silver after Russia’s Besik Kudukhov’s, who finished second in the 60-kg freestyle event in the 2012 Olympics, tested positive for a banned substance, reports said Tuesday.

President Pranab Mukherjee confers Khel Ratna to PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai

President Pranab Mukherjee gave away the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to Rio Olympics medallists PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik alongside high achievers in gymnast Dipa Karmakar and shooter Jitu Rai. Sindhu had won a silver medal in women’s badminton singles event in Rio and Sakshi had won the bronze medal in women’s freestyle wrestling.

THE OLYMPIC GAMES & HISTORY

The Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, were revived in the late 19th century and have become the world’s preeminent sporting competition. From the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D., the Games were held every four years in Olympia, located in the western Peloponnese peninsula, in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately and have alternated every two years.

What Indian athletes did at home, what at Rio 2016 Olympics

INDIA returned with a silver and a bronze from the Olympic Games in Rio, both achieved with barely three days left for the competition to end. But not many recall that the contingent could have claimed a medal on just the second day of the competition.

In the 48kg women’s weightlifting category, Mirabai Chanu had stepped on to the dais with a total lift of 192 kg behind her, a national record achieved just a couple of months before at the selection trials in Patiala. But in Rio, Chanu managed just a single clean lift of 82kg in the snatch segment. The silver in Rio went to Indonesia’s Wahyuni Agustiani — she lifted 192 kg.

Sorry boys! Rio medallist Sakshi Malik's heart is already stolen by another wrestler

India's latest sporting sensation, Sakshi Malik, who ended the nation's medal drought at Rio Olympics by bagging bronze in women's 58kg Freestyle Wrestling category, has just broken many hearts by revealing her marriage plans.While refusing to divulge the name of her husband-to-be, Sakshi said that she is all set to get hitched with a fellow wrestler, this very year.

PV Sindhu targets World No 1 rank after winning silver at Rio Olympics 2016

                      

Hyderabad: Basking in Olympic glory, star shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has now set her eyes on the World Superseries, the only trophy missing from her cabinet, while becoming the World No.1 remains her ultimate goal.

The tall 5' 11" silver medallist in women's singles badminton at Rio Olympics is conscious of the fact that she will be the most marked player by her opponents in the upcoming tournaments.

PV Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal

PV SINDHU became India’s first woman to win an Olympics silver medal on Friday, creating history and pulling an entire country out of its Games gloom with a stunning display of talent, power and grace.

A nation watched, its billion hearts beating, as the 21-year-old pushed world champion Spain’s Carolina Marin to the edge after building anticipation for Indians across the globe ahead of the biggest showpiece final of the quadrennial for women’s badminton.