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Near misses in Paris: How India lost as many as five medals by a whisker at the Olympics

The most disheartening outcome in major sporting events like the Olympics is often finishing just outside the medals, in the dreaded fourth place. India has had its share of such agonizing heartbreaks in previous Summer Games, including the near misses of legends like Milkha Singh and PT Usha.

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JD Vance recalls telling his 7-year-old son to ‘shut the hell up’ during call with Trump

Democratic attacks have labelled Vance ‘weird and creepy’

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Was confident about shooters' good performance in Paris: IOA chief PT Usha

NEW DELHI: PT Usha, the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), expressed her optimism regarding the performance of the Indian shooting team in the Paris Olympics, despite their lackluster showing in the previous two editions held in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

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The nearly Indian medallists at Olympics

Several Indian athletes and teams have, over the years, finished 4th in their event at the Games, thus missing out on a medal by a whisker. TOI looks at all those heartbreaks...

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JD Vance Recounts Trump's VP Offer In Joint Interview

JD Vance shares the amusing story of Trump's call offering him the VP nomination, revealing personal interactions and lighthearted moments in politics.

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IOA CEO appointment: 12 EC members allege president PT Usha 'exerted pressure', legend denies

NEW DELHI: Around a dozen of Executive Council (EC) members of Indian Olympic Association alleged that president P.T.Usha "exerted pressure" on them to pave the way for Raghu Iyer's appointment as CEO, a charge that the legendary athlete termed "shameful".

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Overcoming learning disability to ace Carnatic music

27-year-old Navin Padmanabhan's journey of overcoming learning disability to become a successful Carnatic musician.

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Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion in Mysuru to be restored to former glory, and more

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Sakleshpur police arrest 5 persons for unauthorised handover of newborn

Girija gave birth to a baby in the government hospital at Hettur in Sakleshpur on November 15, 2023. This was her third child. She has a 15-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter. On November 16, with the help of an anganwadi worker, she handed over the baby to a woman,…

The Hindu

The loneliness of the Indian woman runner

In "The Day I Became A Runner", Sohini Chattopadhyay goes back in time to explore the Indian woman’s tryst with athletics, specifically running. It explores the challenges women athletes, from Mary D’Souza to PT Usha to Santhi Soundarajan and others, faced in India over the years ago, and still do,…

The Times of India

Water scarcity makes Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project afloat this election

As the districts in eastern Rajasthan reel from water scarcity for both household- and irrigation purposes, the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) to divert surplus monsoon water from the Chambal basin has gained political currency, in the poll-bound State. The project has been mired in political wrangling for years.

The Hindu

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is Evil Rob channeling Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction?

Helen Archer’s ex continues his mind games, having returned from his death bed – just when we thought we were safe

The Guardian - UK

Chasing Usha's mark, Vithya emulates it

Closing in on the 55.42s set in LA 1984, Vithya equals it in 400m hurdles heats

The Times of India

A handbook for more accessible official documentation by the differently abled

Reshmi Mohan, a differently-abled employee, raised the issue of inadequate training programmes for the differently-abled. In response, Kerala's Local Self Government Dept. created a handbook, accessible via braille, audio, sign language video, large-sized font, etc. The book provides info on grass-root level governance, RTI Act, panchayati raj Act, civil registration,…

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Vithya Ramraj misses out on breaking PT Usha's record by one hundredth of a second

CHANDIGARH: Tamil Nadu's Asian Games-bound R Vithya Ramraj came agonisingly close to breaking the legendary PT Usha's 39-year-old women's 400m hurdles record as she clocked 55.43 seconds during the Indian Grand Prix 5 here on Monday.

The Times of India

New IOA regime changes deputy chefs-de-mission for Asian Games

NEW DELHI: The change in regime in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which is now headed by PT Usha with the country's football federation's chief Kalyan Chaubey as her deputy, has resulted in India's deputy chef-de-missions (CDMs) for the Asian Games in Hangzhou being dropped and replaced by officials of…

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Ad-hoc panel asks IOA to approach OCA again for further deadline extension

NEW DELHI: With the extended deadline of July 22 fast approaching to send athletes' entries by names for the Asian Games, the IOA ad-hoc panel on Monday yet again failed to set the date for the trials to pick the Indian wrestling team, leaving the fraternity baffled.

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‘Toolkit gang, urban naxals’: How right-wing Twitter is campaigning against the wrestlers’ protest

In the past week, we’ve witnessed shocking scenes from the protest held by India’s top wrestlers against alleged sexual harassment by Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

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Two ‘killer jumbos’ trample woman, elderly farmer to death near Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh

A woman and an elderly man were trampled to death while two women were injured in an attack by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Kuppam mandal in the early hours of Friday.

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FIR has been registered, now wrestlers should focus on their practice: Yogeshwar Dutt

ROHTAK (Haryana): Former Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, part of the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) seven-member committee to probe the wrestlers' allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, said that FIR has been registered, so now the grapplers should focus on their practice.

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Maid, accomplice arrested for woman's murder in Delhi's Dwarka

NEW DELHI: A sexagenarian woman was allegedly stabbed to death at her home in Dwarka's Bindapur area, Delhi police said on Thursday. The police have managed to track down the family's domestic help and her accomplice who allegedly executed the killing, they said.

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Don't want to put victims and their families in danger by disclosing their names, says Vinesh Phogat

NEW DELHI: Defending her stance of not revealing the names of the victims, Commonwealth gold medalist Vinesh Phogat on Friday clarified that why she has not mentioned the names so far as it would put the young wrestlers and their families in danger and said that it was one of…

The Times of India

PT Usha: A trailblazer in the true sense

NEW DELHI: To put it simply, PT Usha is a trailblazer in her own right.

The Times of India

PT Usha becomes first woman president of Indian Olympic Association

NEW DELHI: Ushering in a new era in the country's sports administration, the legendary PT Usha was on Saturday elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

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Athletics Icon PT Usha Set To Become As First Woman IOA Chief

The 58-year-old PT Usha is set to become the first woman president of IOA as she emerged as the lone candidate for the top post for the 10 December elections. Read on for details:

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