Mysuru, Aug 13 (IANS) Yuvraj Sandhu fired a second straight bogey-free round, a five-under 65, to maintain his one-shot lead at the end of Day Two of the INR 1 crore Mysuru Open 2025 being played at the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club (JWGC) here on Wednesday.The Professional Golfers Tour of India (PGTI) Order of Merit leader Sandhu (61-65), who hails from Chandigarh, thus took his tournament total to 14-under 126.Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain (62-65) also went error-free for the second day in succ…

Mysore, Aug 13 (IANS) Mohammed Taha’s ferocious second consecutive century and Shivkumar Rakshith’s explosive finish lifted the Hubli Tigers to a remarkable last-over victory against the Bengaluru Blasters in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 at the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium. Chasing a season-high 226 after Rohan Patil’s fluent 80 had headlined the Blasters’ innings, Taha’s 54-ball 101, laced with seven sixes and nine fours, was aided by Abhinav Manohar’s brisk 33 before…

Greater Noida, Aug 13 (IANS) Haryana’s young boxing brigade delivered a stunning all-round performance at the 4th Sub Junior (U-15) Boys and Girls National Boxing Championships, clinching the overall team titles in both categories. Competing against the best emerging talent from across India at Galgotias University, Haryana’s boxers combined skill, power, and consistency to finish atop the standings ahead of Services in the boys’ division and girls’ competition.In the boys category, Haryana …

Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Infrastructure company HG Infra Engineering Limited on Wednesday reported a 38.95 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in its net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 (Q1 FY26).The Rajasthan-based company’s net profit dropped to Rs 99.2 crore in the April–June quarter of the current financial year, compared to Rs 162.5 crore in the same period previous fiscal (Q1 FY25), according to its stock exchange filing.Revenue from operations also declined, slipp…

Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Wednesday drew attention to the cold-blooded murder of a Pakistani youth from the Christian community in Sialkot city of Punjab province amid an escalating wave of violence against the religious minorities in Pakistan. The Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM) mentioned that 25-year-old Habroon C Qaiser, a member of a respected political family in Pakistan, who was dedicated to the values of “community, faith, and dignity”, had his life sto…

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League Party has alleged that last year’s violent July demonstrations were not a spontaneous revolution, but a “carefully orchestrated coup” executed by unelected technocrats, backed by foreign powers, and led by Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in the country.The party mentioned that on the morning of August 5, 2024 Bangladesh witnessed the fall of a democratically-elected government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,…

Quetta, Aug 13 (IANS) A Baloch woman has been staging a sit-in protest outside the Quetta Press Club in Balochistan for the last nine days, demanding justice for her killed son amid constant threats from Pakistani law enforcement agencies to remain silent.A leading human rights organisation, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), mentioned on Wednesday that on June 3, 17-year-old Ehsan Syed, son of Syed Manzoor Shah and a resident of Mastung district in Balochistan, was fatally shot by the personnel o…

Quetta, Aug 13 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Wednesday asserted that the US President Donald Trump has committed a “strategic blunder” by assuring Pakistan access to Balochistan’s vast and untapped mineral wealth.Mir stated that Balochistan will not allow its rare earth minerals to be exploited by Pakistan for purposes that undermine global peace and stability.Within just 48 hours of this assurance, the human rights activist said, Pakistan’s Army Chief Asi…

Kabul, Aug 13 (IANS) Thousands of Afghans in Pakistan, including many who took refuge after Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, now face an uncertain future under the Sharif government’s renewed Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan, a report has said. A nationwide crackdown has been conducted on undocumented Afghan refugees after the policy was revived in late 2023. In April alone, over 144,000 Afghans arrived back in Afghanistan — nearly 30,000 of them deported. Pakistan Prime Mini…

Bhopal, Aug 13 (IANS) Complying with directives of the Ministry of Education, the Madhya Pradesh government has so far prepared APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) IDs of about 99.41 lakh school children in the state. The state’s School Education Department in a statement issued to the press on Wednesday, stated that the Ministry of Education has given instructions to prepare APAAR IDs of children studying in both private and government schools in Madhya Pradesh. “The objective…