Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s international race walker Ram Baboo and Punjab’s Manju each won gold medals in the men’s and women’s 42km full marathon walk at the 13th Indian Open Race Walk Competition held at Sukhna Lake on Saturday.The 26-year-old race walker finished with a time of 3:09:17.00 to secure the gold medal in the challenging full marathon walk, which was introduced this season by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). In his first race of the season and following h…
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Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Competitors at the 13th edition of the Indian Open Race Walk Competition in Chandigarh will race over two newly-introduced events — the 21km (half marathon walk) and 42km (full marathon walk) in senior men and women — for the first time this season. The two-day domestic race walk competition will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday at the picturesque Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.“The World Athletics—global governing body in track and field–had introduced half-marath…
Jaipur, Jan 5 (IANS) The impact of the cold wave and severe cold continues to intensify across Rajasthan, government officials said on Monday. After Baran district, school holidays have now been extended in three more districts namely Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and Bundi due to persistently low temperatures here.According to district administration orders, government and non-government schools in Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and Bundi have announced temporary closures for students of primary c…
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Jan 1 (IANS) An incident involving the murder of a man for allegedly sending messages on Instagram to his former girlfriend, whose marriage had been fixed with another man, was reported from Tarikere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district on Thursday.The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Manjunath, a resident of Udeva village near Tarikere. The arrested persons include the girl’s brother Kiran, her fiance Venu, and their friends Appu and Manju. Manjunath was sta…