A decision by athletics bosses to pay Olympic gold medallists was inappropriate and has created problems with other sports, Team GB's boss has told Sky News. Last week's announcement by World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe was a surprise because sports have never awarded prize money in the 128-year history …...Read More
British Olympic Association chief criticises move to give prize money to track and field gold medallists
'Social inequalities' pushing disproportionate amount of children into care in north of England, new report finds
One in every 52 children in Blackpool is in care compared with one in 140 across England, according to new analysis which researchers said exposes "deeply rooted social inequalities". The report also found the North of England accounts for just over a quarter (28%) of the child population, but more …...Read More
Bradford: Two arrested after man found dead at property
A man's body has been found at a property in Bradford. Police launched an investigation after being called to a report of a "serious ongoing incident". The West Yorkshire force said officers were called to an address on Shetland Close just before 4pm on Tuesday. A man was found dead …...Read More
Centre forms panel to ensure queer community gets access to services, welfare schemes
April 17, 2024 02:18 am | Updated 02:18 am IST - New Delhi The Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday notified a six-member committee to address issues related to the queer community. The committee, to be headed by the Cabinet Secretary, will suggest measures to ensure that the queer …...Read More
Woman entrepreneur baffled by strange turn of events at her house
April 17, 2024 02:14 am | Updated 02:14 am IST - KOCHI A woman entrepreneur staying alone at a house at Thevakkal in Thrikkakara North remains baffled by a theft followed by the alleged visit of four strangers at her doorstep two days later. Vaitla Santhoshi Roopa, who is originally …...Read More
FIR registered against Austrian woman
April 17, 2024 02:13 am | Updated 02:14 am IST KOCHI Commotion prevailed in front of the Fort Kochi police station on Tuesday evening after the activists of the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) thronged the station demanding the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against an Austrian …...Read More
The importance of Madigas
April 17, 2024 01:52 am | Updated 01:52 am IST The rivalry between the Malas and Madigas, sub-castes among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Telangana, has come to the fore yet again after political parties, especially the Congress, announced candidates for the general elections. The Madigas constitute 59.52% of the …...Read More
In Tiruvallur, it is a straight contest between Congress and DMDK
April 17, 2024 01:22 am | Updated 01:36 am IST - CHENNAI The Tiruvallur (reserved) parliamentary constituency, comprising of six assembly segments, namely Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, Tiruvallur, Poonamallee, Avadi and Madhavaram, will witness a straight contest between Congress candidate, S. Sasikanth Senthil, a former bureaucrat who quit the civil services in …...Read More
'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook set to run London Marathon on Sunday - two weeks after finishing Africa challenge
Russ Cook, the British man nicknamed the Hardest Geezer who ran the length of Africa, has said he plans to run the London Marathon this Sunday. Mr Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, finished his 352-day challenge on 7 April, in which he covered more than 16,000km. The 27-year-old passed through …...Read More
KCR asks people to realise why there’s need to support BRS in Lok Sabha elections
April 17, 2024 12:39 am | Updated 12:39 am IST - HYDERABAD President of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the people of Telangana and the State government employees to know the truth and facts before making up their mind on their preference …...Read More
