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India has made remarkable strides in the Asian Games 2026, gathering a total of eight medals in athletics, shooting, and kurash. Notably, Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav achieved a spectacular javelin double, while Murali Sreeshankar secured a silver in the long jump. Contributions from Esha Singh and Pincky Balhara, who earned silver and bronze medals respectively, further bolstered the nation's success.

Defending champions India ended their Asian Games group campaign in style, thrashing Bangladesh 10-0 in a rain-hit match on Monday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as India finished at the top of Pool A. They will now face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-final on October 1.

R Veeramani, previously arrested in a child rape case, has been charged with another incident. This new charge relates to the suicide of a 16-year-old girl in 2014, prompting her mother to file a complaint. The case remained dormant due to police record loss after a fire. The special investigation team is now looking into both incidents and collecting evidence from the public.

India won eight medals on Day 9 of the Asian Games, including four silver and four bronze. Notable performances included Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav securing silver and bronze in the men's javelin. Esha Singh earned silver in the women's 25m pistol, while several athletes contributed to the medal tally across different sports. Despite the successes, India's gold medal count remained at four, keeping it in 12th place overall.

A two-storey building in Damodarpur, Balasore partially collapsed due to heavy rainfall and weakened structure. This nearly 300-year-old building had historical connections with Fakir Mohan Senapati, an Odia writer and litterateur. People from the family of Bachu Keshab Rao occupied the building over generations and still resided in part of it. Fortunately, there were no injuries or casualties from the incident that blocked a local road.

The sell-off intensified on Monday. The BSE benchmark plunged 1,124.02 points, or 1.52%, to close at 72,771.72, marking its lowest closing level since March 30, 2026. The Nifty fell 360.25 points, or 1.56%, to finish at 22,780.25, its lowest level in nearly six months. The weakness was also visible beyond the frontline indices. The BSE SmallCap Select index fell 1.90%, while the MidCap Select index declined 1.39%.

Gulzar Singh's alleged suicide has brought Punjab's drug problem back into the political spotlight ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. AAP now has nearly five years in office to defend, Congress is reviving its old attacks, and the BJP is making the issue a major part of its statewide push.

Travis Kelce has built an impressive real estate portfolio spanning Kansas and Ohio. His reported properties include a 17,000-square-foot Leawood mansion, a 21,000-square-foot lakefront estate in Bratenahl and a former 10,000-square-foot Kansas City home. Together, the three properties cover nearly 48,000 square feet, with reported purchase prices totalling about $12.35 million. His Leawood home also reportedly served as the setting for his 2025 proposal to Taylor Swift.

Weeks into the hearing process of the Special Intensive Revision, many are still trying to find their notices and understand why they had been called.

Party chairman Jose K. Mani, MP, says the inclusion of agricultural land in 25 villages across nine districts on the latest ESA list was a matter of serious concern

“The message should go out loud and clear that the medical fraternity cannot be touched. They serve people and cannot be attacked in this manner,” the Supreme Court said

Daring the Central and State leaderships, Mr. Paswan said, “You can send me a notice, you can remove me from the government; it makes no difference to me but I will raise this question.”

The scheme, one of the poll promises of the ruling TVK, envisages gifting a one-gram gold ring to all newborn babies delivered in Tamil Nadu’s government hospitals on or after June 22, (Mr. Vijay’s birthday).

Students of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute clash with members of a right-wing consumer group holding an event inside the campus; police claim students wrongfully restrained on-duty personnel